Sunday Chima buried his face in the family Bible in the comfort of his mothers bed. Sunday struggled to make out the words distorted by the tears which flowed from his eyes. The Bible still smelled like a mix of Old Spice and smoke from the fire. Sunday coughed and pressed his head against the … Continue reading Sunday Chima And God’s Answer

[Originally a short paper written for partial completion of Liberty University's Apologetics class] Introduction One would have to be blind to not see the existence of evil in this present world. Evil and suffering affects the hard-hearted atheist and the most tender-hearted Christian. Many Christians can have a crisis of faith when he or she … Continue reading The Emotional Problem of Evil as Answered by Jonah, Job, and Jesus

Nichols, Michael Edward author, Short Life: Living for What Matters During Our Few Days on Earth, Morgan James Publishing 2021. amazon.com $16.99 Biographical Sketch of Author Short Life was written by Dr. Michael Edward Nichols. Dr. Nichols has sixty plus years of life experience, twenty- five of those years as the professor of missions at … Continue reading Short Life Book Review

"The righteous shall live by faith." (Romans 1: 17) Susan scratched her hair under the shaded area in her back yard. "What does that mean? Surely Paul isn't saying that all we have to do is believe Jesus will save us and He will." She heard some twigs break. "Who is there?" A tall brown … Continue reading Susan Reads Right

https://youtu.be/zEMnFtqXrQU John tells his hearers about the kind of love God hates. 1 John 2:15-17.

https://youtu.be/GEU-1cYAlLQ John addresses his audience and reassures them of their salvation. 1 John 2:12-14.

The first rule of hermeneutics is to read the passage in it's context. That means the verses surrounding the passage of study, the genre of the book, the historical context, and the grammatical context. We don't just read the Bible however we want to interpret it. That being said, it can be useful to look … Continue reading When to Use the Church Fathers

by Josiah Nichols [This paper was originally submitted to Dr. Robert Talley for partial completion of the Introduction to Apologetics class for Liberty University's MDiv program on 11/22/2020] Introduction             Since September 11, 2001, Christians in America have had to come to grips with Islam one way or another. It is reported in the media … Continue reading Islam Fails Its Own Test

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp60M9YlchU One key test to know if you have been changed by Jesus is if you love your brothers and sisters in Christ. Josiah Nichols unpacks 1 John 2:7-11 to see what this means.