Help Me Understand

Answers to some of life's biggest issues... along with some advice for Christians.

Topics covered are:

• What is evolution? Is there more than one type of evolution? How did life begin? There are only two possibilities of how things began... chance or design.
• Don’t let what you see ahead of you confuse you, remember what you know.
• Jesus is the son of God, He came from heaven to earth, lived a perfect life, and died on the cross to pay for our sins, He was raised from the dead and lives in heaven now where He is preparing a place for us. This is the Easter story.
• A wise man once said he realized he couldn't make a mistake.
• God has already given us all things we need for life?
• If you have some serious failure in your life, something that feels that serious to you, then you need to quit running from it.
• The aspect of marriage I know a lot about is divorce.
• Can we steal because we know God will forgive us?
• We will be judged for the things we do, all of us. That means that "No one gets away with anything".
• I want to live in peacefulness and safety.
• You can get some peace in the world, for brief moments. Like an escape from your troubles.
• There was a radical change in Peter that made him a great leader
• Examine yourself so you can see clearly. So you can help others.
• Marrying someone that doesn't share your faith.
• For Men: as a leader, the wife you marry will have a big influence on your abilities to lead, no matter what you are leading.
• A man should believe in some things, because they are worth believing in.
• What did you commit to when marrying your spouse?
• Counseling: The Bible tells us specifically the things we need to work on in our own lives.
• Thinking of becoming a missionary? Count the cost.
• Forgving ourselves and others.
• Freedom From pride and arrogance
• Going out and coming in: It seems like the call to the mission field is very romantic.
• The purpose of this site is to show truckers our appreciation and to bring glory to God.
• How to Know God
• Who is Jesus? To You?
• A journey of faith
• Guest article by my mom
• Tolerance and passion
• The list for a mate, we all have them...
• If you want to bring new people into your church through your website, you must answer the 7 questions they want to know.
• What does it feel like to be a Christian Conservative Republican in 2021?

How to Know God

Our greatest desire is for people to come to know God personally. The simple truth is that there is a God who created you and loves you very much. (Genesis 1:1) He gave us life and deserves our gratitude and love.

We, however, have chosen to disobey Him and sin against Him; all of us have done wrong and failed to do what is right. (Romans 3:23) We may not be more sinful than our neighbor, or we may be far worse than anyone we know, it does not matter. Either way, we are guilty before God. (1 John 1:8)

God is perfect, completely good, always right and fair. He cannot tolerate sin. He cannot simply overlook the fact that we have chosen to disobey Him. The Bible says "the wages of sin is death." (Romans 6:23) This means that the fair payment for our rebellion against God is death. It is the punishment that we deserve.

Jesus, the one and only Son of God, came to earth and lived a perfect sinless life. He was crucified even though He was completely innocent. He received the punishment that we deserved. He was the perfect sacrifice, He was put into our place and took on Himself the sentence of death that should have been ours. (Romans 5:8)

Jesus did not, however, remain dead. After three days, He rose from the grave and later ascended into heaven. He will return for all those who are trusting in Him as their Savior.

Jesus died for you. You can be saved by asking Him for forgiveness from your sins. If you are willing to repent of your sin, He is waiting to forgive you. It doesn't matter what you have done in the past, if you cry out to Jesus for forgiveness, He will not reject you. You need to look at your life, admit that you are a sinner, genuinely desire to turn your back on that sin, and ask Him to forgive you. If you do this, He promises to forgive you.

True Christianity is not about attending a particular church, or how your parents raised you, or what country you were born in. Being a Christian means that you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, that He is your Savior. It's not good enough that your priest, pastor, mother, or aunt knows Jesus, you must know Him for yourself. They cannot believe in Him for you, you must believe for yourself.

Jesus is everywhere all the time. He can hear you now if you ask Him for forgiveness. Please turn your life over to Him now. Time slips by so quickly, don't miss this opportunity. If you want to pray and ask Jesus to be your Savior, you can say a prayer something like this:

"Jesus, I know that I have sinned against you. I know the truth is that I have sinned by my own choice, and I am the one responsible for it. I know that I have earned punishment from You, and that the fair punishment would be death. Jesus, I believe that You died in my place. Forgive me for my sin. I cannot cover or take my sin away, I am relying totally and only on You. You are the only one who can save me. I reject my sin, I turn away from it. Come into my life, take away my sin, and show me how to live my life in a way that is right and pleasing to You."

If you have prayed this, YOU ARE SAVED! You are now completely forgiven, a new creation, innocent in the eyes of God. Welcome to the family of God!

It is important for you to start to grow in your relationship with Jesus. Just like any relationship, you need to spend time with someone if you want to know them well. The way to know God is through the Bible and prayer. It's also important to find a church you can attend where they teach the Bible. This will allow you to talk with a pastor who will help explain questions you might have, and it will give you a chance to spend time with other Christians who can encourage you.

If your "education" has taught you there is no God then you have been studying the wrong things. You have a choice what to study. Some good-hearted Christians will tell you that you have to "take a step of faith" to believe in Jesus. That is not true. You could choose to study about Christianity. A good place to start is alwaysbeready.com

Got some tough questions? Pastor Charlie Campbell has some well thought out answers.