Darkened Glass Reflections

Category: Revelation and Scripture

  • The Authority of Scripture

    The Authority of Scripture

    The Holy Spirit inspired the writers of Scripture and directed them as they wrote. He guided the apostles to understand truths they were not ready to receive during Jesus’ earthly ministry (John 16:12–13), and these now appear in the pages of Scripture. This is not an ordinary book. Sadly, many Christians treat the Bible like…

  • Special Revelation IV: Recording the Revelation of Jesus

    Special Revelation IV: Recording the Revelation of Jesus

    The Bible is a book like no other. It is living and active because it is a divinely-inspired record of God’s revelation of Himself to mankind. Let us read and study that Word not so much to gain intellectual knowledge, but to come to know the Author and Source of all Truth.

  • Special Revelation III: From the Living Word to the Written Word

    Special Revelation III: From the Living Word to the Written Word

    “You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life” (John 5:39–40).

  • Special Revelation II: God in Christ and Christ in Us

    Special Revelation II: God in Christ and Christ in Us

    Jesus is God in human flesh. He is the most perfect revelation of what God is like. If you want to know what God is really like, look at Jesus. If you want to know what it means to be a man of God, look to Jesus—for He is both God and man. If you…

  • Special Revelation: God Reveals Himself!

    Special Revelation: God Reveals Himself!

    The Bible is not primarily a theology textbook, science text, philosophical treatise, or rule book. At its foundation, it is God’s inspired written record of His testimony to mankind. He calls us to encounter Him through His Son Jesus Christ, whom the Written Word of God reveals as the Living Word of God. This is…

  • God, Nature, Science, and Revelation

    God, Nature, Science, and Revelation

    We can look within our hearts and come to have faith that there is a God who loves us because we want to believe in this Being. We can look to the world and universe around us, see the intricate order, and know for certain that there is a wise Creator behind it all.

  • Hard-Wired to Seek God

    Hard-Wired to Seek God

    How can we know God? How can we know that there is a God? And, if there is a God, how can we know what He/She/It is like? These are important questions, from which many of the other great questions of life spring forth.