Your Worldview Minute with Jonathan Morrow

Christians can ask the hard questions. Questioning the Bible isn’t always comfortable. In fact, it can be downright scary. If we dig underneath “because the Bible says so” what will we find? Have we based our lives on a bunch of fairytales? How we view the Bible is no small matter. A lot is at stake...

What is Substitutionary Atonement? When it comes to understanding the Christian faith, there aren’t many ideas more central to grasp than this one. Those words can sound intimidating, so let’s break them down. To “substitute” is to stand in the place of or take the place of. To “atone for” is a multifaceted biblical term which means to “cover”, “forgive”, and “reconcile.”This is the heart of the Gospel. Jesus died in my place, as my substitute, for my sins. Peter, who saw Jesus raised from the dead, described...

How were people saved in the Old Testament? That’s a good question and one that many of us wonder about. Was it by good works or was it by faith? Here’s the big picture. When we look at the Scriptures, this is the pattern that emerges. Salvation is always…Offered by the grace of GodBased on the atoning death of Jesus ChristReceived by the exercise of faith applied by the work of the Holy Spirit until the time of Christ...

The Christian life is active not passive. It’s so easy to start letting life happen to us. There’s so much to do. Information to process. schedules to manage. Emails to check. Laundry to fold, Practices to get to and homework to be done. The pace is crazy. If we’re not careful, we can become passive observers in our own lives. Here’s the problem: If we’re passive, then we’ll not be able to do all that God has called us to do...

Where do human rights come from? You may have noticed that everyone is not the same. Look around your classroom, workplace, or on social media and you quickly realize that people are, well, different…Men, women, big, small, different cultures and ethnic backgrounds—we don’t have equal abilities, power, talents, strengths, or intellect. So why treat everyone the same if we’ re not? [...]

What is atheism? Contrary to what you may hear in pop culture or see on YouTube, atheism is not merely the absence of belief. Or as the popular atheist, Christopher Hitchens put it, “Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith.” But even with a delightful British accent—saying it’s so, doesn't make it so.

Just as Theism is the positive claim or belief that there is a God. Atheism is the positive claim or belief that there is no god.

Here’s the big idea to grasp: The claim that “no gods exist” is ....

Why are you a Christian? If you ask a lot of Christians you’ll usually get one of these answers—I was raised in the church, my parents were Christians, I had a powerful experience or God changed my life. And I’m grateful for these answers.

But at the end of the day, the reason why I’m a Christian is because it’s true. I’m convinced it accurately describes reality...

Do all religions lead to God? If you’ve ever had a conversation about your Christian faith, then you probably have encountered this slogan. But is it true?

No, and here’s why. Isn’t it interesting how people tend to create special rules when investigating spiritual or moral questions? Sometimes we make it more complicated than it needs to be.

For example, are all economic systems the same? Socialism and capitalism are very different. What about forms of government? Having a king (monarchy) and rule by the people (democracy) are very different as well....

Do all religions lead to God? If you’ve ever had a conversation about your Christian faith, then you probably have encountered this slogan. But is it true?

No, and here’s why. Isn’t it interesting how people tend to create special rules when investigating spiritual or moral questions? Sometimes we make it more complicated than it needs to be.

For example, are all economic systems the same? Socialism and capitalism are very different. What about forms of government? Having a king (monarchy) and rule by the people (democracy) are very different as well....