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Rocky's Ramblings Christian Discipleship Course

GREETINGS! Welcome to my ministry website, where I hope your desire is to learn more about what it means to be a Christian. Whether you are a new Christian, have

Christian Living

Response-Ability

We heat our house partially with wood, which I love for a number of reasons. It gives me a good excuse to be out in our 30-acre wood, getting Rocky Balboa style exercise and fresh air while thinning out trees, opening the canopy to

Christian

Dad, I Think I Might Be Broken

This was the thought with which our daughter contacted me last night. My immediate response was, “I think, if we are honest, we do realize that we are broken; we live in a broken world. Without God to mend our cracks, we would fall

Evangelism

The Power Greater than the Storm

I returned home on Easter Sunday from ministering to victims of the tornado that hit Newnan, Georgia on Thursday, March 25, 2021. I have to begin by saying that as a Rapid Response Chaplain with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, I have seen much

Apostles

Matthias or Paul - Who was God’s Choice to Replace Judas? Did the Eleven Apostles Get It Wrong With Matthias?

When Judas hung himself after betraying Jesus Christ unto His crucifixion, the remaining eleven apostles were left to choose a replacement to return their circle to the number twelve, which represented the twelve Tribes of the Jewish nation (Israel and Judah). God’s plan

alcoholism

Only God Can Remove Your Sin

I’m going to take a break from reviewing Bobby Conway’s One Minute Apologist videos to give you what I believe is a real-world application of apologetics – a real-world situation that has hit a little close to home with more than one

Apologetics

Did Jesus Raise from the Dead and How Could a Good God Send Nice People to Hell?

These two questions are difficult to answer for different reasons. The first is impossible from a natural perspective, and the second seems to contradict God’s character. If you look at the two questions together, it begs yet another question: how could God bring

Apologetics

How to Answer Questions About What Happens to People Who Have Never Heard of Jesus Christ, and Are Miracles possible

Following the question of whether or not Jesus is the only way to salvation, comes the question about what happens to those who have never heard of Jesus Christ, the next tough question answered in Bobby Conway’s video series on the Tough Questions

Apologetics

Toughest Questions Christians Face (continued)

The next tough question is one of the hardest questions to answer, one of the largest stumbling blocks keeping non-believers from accepting God’s love. In the next One Minute Apologist video in the series on the Tough Questions Christians Face, Brett Kunkle, apologist

Apologetics

The Toughest Questions Christians Face

I want to move into reviewing a new video series, also part of the One Minute Apologist series by Bobby Conway. This series of seventeen video shorts (each from 1 to 3 minutes in length) deals with the toughest questions that we face in

Apologetics

Why Christianity Can Lay Sole Claim to Being the One True Religion

The final videos in Bobby Conway’s series on worldviews in Right Now Media examine the claims that Christianity is the one true religion, based on the evidences of discussed in the videos to this point. The first point is one that was made

Apologetics

Opposing Concepts of Different World Views: Truth &Relativism and Pluralism vs. Particularism

In my last posting, we listed the 7 religious categories of religious worldviews, gave a one-line description of what each holds as their concept of god, and listed a few of the major followers. In the video series, What is a World View, one

Apologetics

How Many Worldviews Are There and How is Christianity Unique Among Them?

Continuing with videos through Right Now Media, I want to continue with another series by Bobby Conway on worldviews. This series starts with an interview with Dr. Norman Geisler, author, professor, theologian, and world-renowned Christian apologist. In answer to the basic question of how

Apologetics

Winning the Battle of Defending Your Faith

Let’s begin by bringing three Bible passages together for us to consider. The first is what we know as The Great Commission, in which Jesus gave His final and most important instructions to His disciples – current and future: And Jesus came up

Christian

Sanctified for Your God-given Ministry

“You are the light of the world…on the lampstand, [where] it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.” (Matthew 5:14-16)

Bible

What is Your Worldview?

In my last post I gave a couple of illustrations designed to help us understand that we, who believe in the inerrancy of God’s Word, The Holy Bible, see all of existence through a different worldview than do people without such faith in

Apologetics

In Defense of 'in the beginning god...'

While on deployment as a Samaritan’s Purse Volunteer to a rebuild team after Hurricane Harvey in Texas, we were being hosted by the Grace Baptist Church of Brazoria, the church of Pastor Mark Brumbelow. If you have been around the Samaritan’s Purse

Christian

How great a gift is the privilege of grandparenting

Going through my morning Bible Studies and/or daily devotionals has taken on new significance as I look for things to share with you here on Rocky’s Ramblings. Sometimes I share things I have written, or synthesized from what others have written.

Apologetics

Introduction to Biblical Apologetics…Shared Unapologetically

That title may seem like a conflict in terminology. But, given that ‘Apologetics’ is defined as ‘making a defense’, it makes more sense that we who believe what the Bible says would share it without apology. But, there is a huge gap

Christian

Protecting Children

I want to tell you a story from when I first became a daddy. Our son was perfect, and my wife and I were thrilled at such a gift! We loved him so much and vowed before God to love him, to protect him

Bible

Who Am I To Judge Another When I Myself Walk Imperfectly

A follower of Rocky’s Ramblings asked me to share some thoughts on this topic some time back, and I thought it was particularly appropriate to our current national situation, so I’m re-sharing. At the outset, we need to recognize that

Choosing a Church...to leave?

As I go through my morning communications, I look for meaningful articles, videos and sermons to enrich my spiritual life, and to give me wisdom worth sharing. I have decided to do that right here on my own website, rather than continue dancing with

What If He Meant What He Said?

I was recently asked to fill the pulpit and lead online Bible studies on the Wednesdays on either side of that Sunday, while our local pastor and his wife took a well-deserved vacation. I chose my Title from a relatively new song by Mark

Coronavirus

COVID-19 Therapy: HydroxyChloroquine

Two videos that Facebook, YouTube and Twitter have been shutting down as fast as anyone can share them. These two videos are from a briefing with America’s Frontline Doctors – doctors that have treated massive numbers of COVID-19 patients with Hydroxychloroquine. I&

Samaritan's Purse Challenge

It has been a while since I’ve posted a new show. To those who have been waited with bated breath for the next show, I do apologize. I will explain below. But, first, I want to introduce this very short, but very