Do We Have to Bow Our Heads and Close Our Eyes When We Pray?

Many churches today require to bow their heads and close their eyes during public prayers, which makes many Christians form a pattern when they pray. So the problem arises that many Christians think that prayers that are not in this pattern are extreme or wrong. Let’s put the question aside and look at what the… Continue reading Do We Have to Bow Our Heads and Close Our Eyes When We Pray?

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How is physical death related to spiritual death?

The Bible has a great deal to say about death and, more importantly, what happens after death. Physical death and spiritual death are both a separation of one thing from another. Physical death is the separation of the soul from the body, and spiritual death is the separation of the soul from God. When understood in that way,… Continue reading How is physical death related to spiritual death?

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What does it mean that everything is meaningless in Ecclesiastes?

Question: “What does it mean that everything is meaningless?” Answer: The book of Ecclesiastes starts out with a startling exclamation: “‘Meaningless! Meaningless!’says the Teacher.‘Utterly meaningless!Everything is meaningless’” (Ecclesiastes 1:2). Other translations have the word vanity or futility in place of meaningless. The point is the same: Solomon in his old age has found everything in this world to be empty and… Continue reading What does it mean that everything is meaningless in Ecclesiastes?

What Rest Does Jesus Promise?

Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28) Just as man’s part in salvation is to come humbly, it is also to come in faith. Although finite minds cannot fully comprehend the truth, divine grace and human faith are inseparable in salvation. God sovereignly provides salvation, which includes the… Continue reading What Rest Does Jesus Promise?

How to Take Up Your Cross?

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.” (Matthew 16:24) When Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me,” they were doubtless reminded of the time He had called each of them. Some two and a half years… Continue reading How to Take Up Your Cross?