Pretending really hard

The sad thing is that the cartoon has a point. There are lots of believers who mix up belief and knowledge, faith and facts. But actually faith does NOT mean pretending to know something you are as clueless about as others. Faith in God has rather few to do with hard facts. God can be there if creation or evolution is true, that won’t hinder too much. And God can even be there without any afterlife....

06.12.2013 · 4 min · De Benny

By grace alone

I ran across an article by Gary where he addresses the question of whether you are saved through works or through faith. He points out correctly that it is faith alone, which isn’t very surprising as he is lutheran, or should I say, protestant? Because basically, I only knew about catholics being accused of teaching that you’d have to earn entrance to heaven through good works, and that without them you could have faith as much as you wanted, but wouldn’t be let in....

14.08.2013 · 11 min · De Benny

Why I am not a biblicist

God is Love Comments Comment by Thomas Jakob on 2013-04-06 08:23:51 +0100 Lang ist der Weg durch Lehren, kurz ist der Weg durch Beispiele. Danke für diesen illustrativen Beitrag. Comment by De Benny on 2013-04-06 12:00:42 +0100 Danke für das Lob 🙂 Comment by Christina on 2013-04-08 18:01:28 +0100 2.Petrus 1,19-21 : Und wir haben desto fester das prophetische Wort, und ihr tut wohl, daß ihr darauf achtet als auf ein Licht, das da scheint in einem dunklen Ort, bis der Tag anbreche und der Morgenstern aufgehe in euren Herzen....

04.04.2013 · 2 min · De Benny