In my last post, as I began to discuss the subject “What Happens After You Die?”, I addressed one of two primary issues regarding life after death, namely, “Is life after death conscious or unconscious?” To be more explicit, “After death do we continue a conscious personal life or is our individuality lost as we are absorbed back into a universal and impersonal life-force?” Continue reading →
When I addressed the subject, “Is There Life After Death?” I challenged my readers:
“If you believe this life is all there is, you are free to live however you please with no consequences. But if you exist after you die, and how you live now determines whether your next life is torture or bliss, then you might choose to do what would positively influence what happens after you depart this life.”
Of course, whether you choose to live differently based on the anticipation of an after-life would depend on what the life that exists after death is like. That is the topic I wish to probe briefly in this post. Continue reading →
If you aren’t, you should be “dying” to know (not literally, of course) whether you’ll live after you die. If you believe this life is all there is, you are free to live however you please with no consequences. But if you exist after you die, and how you live now determines whether your next life is torture or bliss, then you might choose to do what would positively influence what happens after you depart this life. Continue reading →
In my last post I explored the amazing prediction of the details of Jesus’ crucifixion by David in Psalm 22, which was written centuries before the Romans invented this cruel method of execution. From that I concluded, “If God was revealing future events to the authors of the Bible, then it is reasonable that God is speaking in the Bible. And if God is speaking, we would be wise to listen carefully.”
And I promised that in my next post, I would share with you the rest of my “Top Five Predictions in the Bible.” Continue reading →
How did King David write an accurate account of the experience of crucifixion centuries before this cruel method of execution was invented? Or did he? You decide.
In Psalm 22, David describes an execution, something he never experienced. Continue reading →
Only One God? Part Three: The Resurrection Trump Card
Why is the resurrection of Jesus from the dead the ultimate turning point for me? If Jesus rose from the dead then he can make an exclusive claim that trumps that of any other leader of any other religious movement. If Jesus rose from the dead, then he most assuredly is the Son of God as he repeatedly asserted. And if he is the Son of God then we should listen to him as an infallible authority. Continue reading →
Only One God? Part Two: What Would Jesus Say?
If you come to embrace my premise that the different Gods which are worshipped by various world religions are not the same God called by different names, you must then decide which God from among all those with followers around the world, is the one true God. Continue reading →
Only One God? Part One: The Name Game
In Psalm 86:9-10, King David asserts about God:
“All the nations you have made shall come
And worship before you, O Lord,
And shall glorify your name.
For you are great and do wondrous things;
You alone are God.”
To dare to suggest that there is only one God is to be rejected out of hand by most 21st century Americans, even those who attend church. Popular opinion presumes that enlightened, well-educated, tolerant folks recognize that there are many ways to God, that God called by any other name is still the same God, that for any one religion to claim exclusive access to the one, true God would be arrogant, insensitive and bigoted. Continue reading →
The purpose of “Ron’s Round Table” is to engage people who are seeking spiritual truth in casual conversations: answering questions, exchanging viewpoints, exploring the way to God, considering how to live life.
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