Thank you for visiting my site.
My Hope for You
No matter how little time you spend here, I hope that you will take away from it an understanding of at least the following Biblical truths:
► God exists.
► God created Universe – i.e. all that was, is, or is to come.
► God created humans, the first of which were named Adam and Eve.
► God determines the rules for human behavior – not we ourselves – which are now codified in the Ten Commandments.
► When we disobey God’s rules, we sin and must pay the consequences, which are (a) death in this life and (b) eternal separation from God in the next life.
► Adam and Eve sinned, and thereafter every one of their descendants has been born a sinner, estranged from God and unable to do anything about it.
► God sent his only Son into the world (a) to live a humble and sinless life, (b) to hang for six hours and then die on a cross at Golgotha on Passover in 33 AD to provide a perfect, unique, one-time, all-sufficient sacrifice to atone for the sins of others, (c) to spend three days in a grave, (d) to be resurrected on the first day of the week, Sunday, (e) to spend the next forty days ministering to His disciples, and (f) to ascend into Heaven, where He now sits on the Throne of God, at the right hand of His father.
► God will now forgive the sins and grant eternal life in the company of his Son and the saints to anyone who confesses and repents of his or her sins and accepts and openly professes his Son as his or her Savior and Lord, which incidentally is the Biblical definition of a saint.
► Now, the only mediator between God and one of his creatures is the Lord Jesus Christ – not a temple priest, not the rabbi of a synagogue, not the Roman pope, not the Virgin Mary, not someone whom the Roman Church has canonized as a holy person, not the pastor of a church, not Mohammed, not Buddha, not an animal or bird, not a statue – not anyone or anything excepting God’s Son.
► To reject – let alone disparage or dishonor – his beloved Son is the most egregious affront to God which mankind can devise. Don’t do it.
A Prelude to My Site
In 1980, which was an annus mirabilis for me, I came to believe that the Bible was inspired by God and speaks the truth about everything to which it refers. Then, I began asking myself questions about what the Bible really says about a variety of subjects like epistemology, theology, cosmology, ancient chronology, natural history, human history, Israel, human nature, the nature of family, church, and state, and corporate governance. As you will discover, however, all of them boil down to just three questions that are of vital interest to each one of us: Where did I come from? Why am I here? and Where am I going?
If any of my questions interest you, you might also be interested in my answers to them. A bit of browsing will soon tell you whether or not you would be. Before you start looking, however, please consider the following:
First, I must issue a disclaimer. I have accomplished little in my life that merits your attention. I’m not an expert in anything, excepting perhaps planning, which I define as organizing information, people, and things in sensible, workable, and, if possible, elegant ways. So, don’t think that you are consulting an authority on any of these subjects. I’m just someone who thinks a lot about most things.
Second, I must issue a suggestion. You will find some of my answers plausible; some, possible; and many, preposterous. Whatever your initial reaction, I hope that you will persevere. In the end, you may be surprised by how well the answers hang together. You may also be surprised by what you come to believe.
Finally, I must issue an invitation. If you find some of my answers worthy of further investigation, please consider trying to improve them. That would delight me for two reasons: some answers undoubtedly contain errors which need correcting and some answers are incomplete and need filling out.
May God be with you in your reading.
John Holbrook Jr.
Retired Architect
Copyright © 2016
To see some of the questions that I try to answer, click here: Questions.
To purchase my first book on Amazon.com, click here: My Search for the Truth – a prolegomenon.
Carol: Thank you for your kind words. I hope that you will keep reading my posts. Shalom, John