Challenge to Christians!

~ Are you a Christian?
~ Are you an active Christian?
~ Do you know your biblical history?
~ Can you give a reason for your faith beyond emotion?
~ If you were to get bombarded by someone that challenged your Christian faith, would you have answers and confidence supported by historical and biblical facts?
~ Could you encourage a struggling believer with solid facts?

Of course book knowledge can never substitute properly for God's holy Spirit. But the Bible does say that the holy Spirit brings all things into remembrance. Heck if we don't use wisdom by filling ourselves with the things of God then what?

The Bible says that he that wins souls is wise.
The Bible says that God's people perish for a lack of knowledge.
The Bible also says to not be ignorant of the enemies devices [tools, methods].

Do you confuse questioning God with questioning the society we are in today?

Some topics I desire to look deeper into:
~ The similarities of Jesus and mythical characters
~ The validity of the Bible~ Calvinism and free will. Or should I say Calvinism OR freewill. Which is it and how far does God utilize His sovereignty?

As a fairly young and average Christian lady with only a little biblical training, I will be addressing these topics. I will simply record my findings on essence of things (this blog).

I already have my preconceived thoughts on these topics but like many other Christians, I found that my knowledge was either limited or divided. I can always answer enough to get by for the sake of being right. But my plight here is not to be right but rather, honest, realistic, and thoroughly informative. MY MAIN GOAL is to always challenge Christian believers to not blindly believe and blindly follow. This is what I believe leads to Christians being weak minded as the Bible mentions, easily being lead astray.

Having solid facts doesn't hurt to have when our faith may shake through circumstances. We are not being any less faithful for choosing to educate ourselves in the faith. We educate ourselves in everything else but then come short of the Word of God. Let us change this.