Bible studies, church history, systematic theology, and Christian apologetics by Dr. Peter J. Carter, D.Min.
Easter is not merely a story about resurrection. It is the declaration of a new reality. While every other religion centers around a founder who lived and died, Christianity centers around a Savior who lived, died, and rose again. The resurrection is not merely an event; it is a turning point in history, in eternity,...
Science and religion have long been perceived as fundamentally opposed, two systems making competing claims about the origins of the universe and humanity’s place within it. But the real conflict is not between a telescope and a Bible. The real conflict is between two radically different answers to the most important question any person can...
The single greatest problem in the human heart may well be a question of seating: whose seat one occupies. The throne of the heart was never meant for the self. And when the self is placed there, everything begins to collapse. The following study examines how Scripture calls believers to step down from that seat...
In the beginning, there was no debate about God. Adam walked with Him. Eve heard His voice. Cain and Abel brought their offerings before Him. Noah received His commands face to face. The earliest chapters of human history describe a people who knew God directly, not through ritual, not through religion, but through personal, unmediated...
"As he thinketh in his heart, so is he." These seven words from Proverbs 23:7 contain one of the most profound truths in all of Scripture. They declare that the inner life, the world of thought, belief, and conviction, is the ultimate determinant of what a person becomes. Not circumstances. Not background. Not even intention....
Everyone has presuppositions. They are the beliefs assumed to be true before one even begins to evaluate evidence or engage in conversation. They are the invisible lenses through which every experience, every encounter, and every piece of information is interpreted. And when it comes to matters of God, faith, and ultimate reality, presuppositions are among...
God has saved us. He has blessed our lives, given us companions, and relieved us of the burden of sin. These are not small things. They are the defining realities of the Christian life. But with these blessings comes an obligation, a sacred duty that has been carried forward from the Day of Pentecost to...
God made this world, and when He made it, He designed it to be self-sustaining. Every system, from the reproduction of trees and birds, to the ecosystems that regenerate continually, to the red blood cells that fight infection and the DNA that checks and repairs itself, was built to function without constant intervention. In every...