you choose Q: “will a believer in Jesus enter heaven if he commits suicide?”

by an odj community member on January 12th, 2012 | 8 responses
Q: What does the Bible say about suicide? Will that person enter heaven if he/she was a believer but took their own life?  —Denise A: While some churches have taught that those who take their own lives do not go to heaven because of the unforgivable act of self-murder, there is... read more »

go tell

by an odj community member on January 12th, 2012 | no responses
“How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who proclaims peace, who brings glad tidings of good things, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, ‘Your God reigns!’” (Isaiah 52:7). Those shepherds were really something! Can’t you just see these... read more »

God’s amazing love

by an odj community member on January 12th, 2012 | no responses
Romans 8:34-39: Who then will condemn us? No one—for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and He is sitting in the place of honor at God’s right hand, pleading for us. Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean He no longer loves us if we have trouble or... read more »

questions

by tim gustafson on January 12th, 2012 | 3 responses
A recent televised interview captured my attention. The author of a controversial book kept responding to questions by saying, “That’s a great question.” And then he would orbit that “great question” without ever landing on an answer. Jesus surely frustrated the “interviewers” who came... read more »