Posts by HillFaith
WHAT DO YOU THINK? Did Thomas The Disciple Die A Martyr For The Gospel In India?
Tradition has it that all of the original surviving 11 disciples of Jesus died as martyrs while defending their claims that Christ had been resurrected on the third day after being crucified. Thomas, the skeptical disciple (i.e. the “Doubting Thomas”) who refused to believe the resurrection until Jesus appeared to him and invited him to…
Read MorePUEBLA 2020: A Well-Spent Week Comes To A Close With A Blessing
This year marked the fifth in the past six that I have joined a devoted and talented team of nearly two dozen men and women who are present and former members of Friendship Baptist Church (FBC) in Sykesville, Md., on a week-long mission to Puebla, Mexico. At the outset, let me be clear that my…
Read MoreMYTH-BUSTERS: No, The God Of The Old Testament Is Not A Moral Monster
A common objection heard from atheists, agnostics and other skeptics these days is that the God of the Old Testament was immoral because He allegedly endorsed such horrors as forced servitude, genocide and rape. As RZIM’s Brandon Cleaver explained recently in a lengthy analysis of the issue, “slavery in the Bible was vastly different. First,…
Read MorePUEBLA 2020: ‘PoPo’ The Volcano Is Quiet Today But God The Creator Is Not
People living in Puebla respectfully call the nearby 17,000 foot-high volcano Popocatepetl “PoPo” and when it erupts, everybody, including folks in Mexico City some 83 miles northeast of here, can hear, feel and smell the explosions. PoPo is not erupting today, though, as you can see from the photo above, its typical grey smoky plume…
Read MorePUEBLA 2020: It’s All About Christ, Cranes And Cows On Day Two
Turn on a cable TV reality show about home remodeling, customizing cars or rescuing animals and odds are good there will be an episode that revolves around having to get something done by a deadline. Miss the deadline and bad things will come to pass. It’s all faux drama, of course, using a corny plot…
Read MorePUEBLA 2020: Monday Is Mexico’s Constitution Day And WorkDay One At Hananeel
Fireworks are heard pretty much all day and late into the night on Constitution Day in Puebla, Mexico, to commemorate the 1917 Constitution that was adopted on February 5, 1917. The holiday is celebrated the first Monday in February. For the Friendship mission crew, Monday is also the first workday and it is inevitably a…
Read MoreSunday Breakfast In Puebla
It’s Puebla Week for 2020, so I and a bunch of fellow believers from Friendship Baptist Church in Sykesville, Maryland, and a bunch of other places from around the country are here for the week to do construction work for Hananeel Baptist and to share the Gospel with the people of this beautiful city. I’ll…
Read MoreGREAT QUOTES: If Thinking Is Mere Behavior, How Do We ‘Believe’ Anything?
“If mental states are nothing more than behaviors, none of us could actually know what we believe until we have observed our behavior. Yet we are clearly aware of our beliefs, sensations and thoughts even before we behave in a certain way.” — J. Warner Wallace, “God’s Crime Scene.”
Read MoreHere’s What Football And Sunday’s Super Bowl Teaches Us About The Purpose Of Life
San Francisco’s 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs meet Sunday in the Super Bowl and millions of people around the world will be tuned in to watch what could be one of the most exciting such games ever. Nobody on the playing field, in the grandstands, listening on radio or watching the game on TV…
Read MoreIMPEACHMENT PRAYERS: Senate Chaplain Dr. Barry Black’s Wise Appeals To The Almighty
Every day of the Senate impeachment trial has been opened with a prayer offered by Senate Chaplain Dr. Barry Black. Each of Black’s prayers has included admonitions that are particularly applicable in the current tense atmosphere, as well as in the every day functioning of Congress and the nation. On the opening day, for example,…
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