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Joshua Spatha
Nov 25, 201924 min read
By the Sword: The Moral Use of Deadly Force
Violence can be difficult to reconcile with morality. Yet war, capital punishment, self-defense, and defending the lives of others are...
Joshua Spatha
Nov 11, 201931 min read
The Outpouring: An Introduction to the 3rd Person of the Trinity
Cessationism or Continuationism? Unfortunately, the debate in the church today misses the bigger picture of valuing the identity and role...
Joshua Spatha
Nov 2, 201913 min read
The Myth of the Jesus Myth
The skeptics' idea that Jesus was not a historical figure and that the entirety of the Christian faith was a fabrication of man is both...
Joshua Spatha
Jun 25, 20198 min read
The Shelf Life of a Leader
In Western Christianity, aging can be difficult. While scripture instructs us to honor our elders, our culture generally dismisses them...
Joshua Spatha
Apr 9, 201822 min read
Radicle Faith
If faith the size of a mustard seed can move mountains, it is understandable that most Christians become discouraged. If such grand...
Joshua Spatha
Mar 26, 201816 min read
A Leap From Faith
You've probably heard the phrase once saved, always saved—but does scripture support such a sentiment? The answer is both complicated and...
Joshua Spatha
Dec 18, 201753 min read
Understanding The Underworld: Hell, Hades, Death & Sheol
Death. It’s an uneasy reality that looms over us all. Scripture spends far more time talking about here than the hereafter, but there is...
Joshua Spatha
Oct 18, 201628 min read
The Inner Man: Biblical Insights on Fasting
Fasting is a core spiritual discipline along with prayer, scripture reading and meditation, yet probably one of the least understood and...
Joshua Spatha
Oct 17, 201638 min read
Sons of Earth & Sky: The Nephilim
There are many provocative, intriguing, and tantalizing passages in the Bible that as such, often cause the reader to react to,...
Joshua Spatha
Apr 7, 201614 min read
The Question of Possession
Many Western Christians struggle with the idea of demonic possession—it seems rather incredulous to the materialistic, scientific mind....
Joshua Spatha
Mar 12, 20166 min read
The Answer to Islam
While military action is the default political strategy of the world, the real war is for the hearts and minds of men- a spiritual war...
Joshua Spatha
Dec 4, 20153 min read
Sins of the Fathers
Scripture alludes to an astonishing concept that man's free will - our choices - impact our children even in a hereditary sense. In...
Joshua Spatha
Aug 9, 201517 min read
Alien Theology
Science fiction has burned into our minds the idea that life exists throughout the universe. An acceptance of biological evolutionary...
Joshua Spatha
Jul 23, 201517 min read
Why Missions Matters
Missions is often perceived in our politically correct society today as an unwelcome and even destructive offshoot of imperialism. In the...
Joshua Spatha
Jul 7, 20154 min read
Even Atheists Believe in a Creator
A NASA-snapped photograph of a distant nebula cloud dubbed "The Pillars of Creation" may be more than a simple tongue-in-cheek name given...
Joshua Spatha
Jun 22, 20153 min read
The Challenge of Islam
It is a pretty rare occasion that I agree with much of anything Bill Maher says, but he has surprised me lately with his boldness to...
Joshua Spatha
Jun 4, 20153 min read
The Fruit of Persecution
The church father Tertullian said, "The blood of the martyrs is a seed of the church." Persecution is often perceived as detrimental to...
Joshua Spatha
Jun 4, 20155 min read
Generation Hero
The time for the big reveal of the brand new ministry focus I've been helping develop is coming soon at generationhero.org. Years in the...
Joshua Spatha
Feb 19, 20151 min read
God Created the Missionary
A great inspirational, but brutally honest overview of the missionary lifestyle. Narrated by Loren Cunningham, the founder of Youth With...
Joshua Spatha
Jan 30, 20156 min read
Relevant Magazine Defends Big Bang Theory
Relevant magazine chose to side with the Pope in supporting weak science rather than the biblical texts and so Christianity continues to...
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