You, Life and God Podcast Vicki L. Thompson

Transforming Perspectives |Yes, every person should obtain or have access and read the Bible. The Bible is not only for Christians but for all mankind to understand God, his creation, our need for one another and his redemptive plan for humanity. The Bible was written and compiled by inspiration of God, meaning the Spirit of God breathed upon or made alive all of its contents. The Bible contains 66 books representing historical and future events of pertinent times impacting civilization and h...

Transforming Perspectives|The English definition of the word revelation, is a surprisingly or previously unknown fact presented often dramatically. Biblically, the meaning of revelation is the unveiling or uncovering of facts and truths.The Book of Revelation is specific in its intent and purpose, primarily the revealing of the Lord, Jesus Christ. All inhabitants of the earth will behold the sky unfolding at the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ. Contextually, Apostle John saw ov...

Transforming Perspectives |A Christian or simply a believer is anyone who believes Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the Messiah, a confession of faith enabled by the transformation of one’s heart through the enlightenment of the One and True Living GOD. Contrarily, the identity of a Christian is neither recognized by the outward appearances such as wearing a certain attire, emblem nor frequency of church attendance nor the ability to recite scriptures. Simply, a believer or a Christian s...

Transforming Perspectives | After Jesus’s death, resurrection and ascension unto heaven, an angel appeared before several disciples who were standing gazing upward at the sky and asked, “Why are you still standing gazing up?”During any period of uncertainty or distress many are stilled in silence. The event of Jesus’s ascension marked three significant impacts in the chronological age. The first, defeating death having risen into the glory of the Father so that every believe...

Transforming Perspectives |Salvation or being saved is not a frivolous term spoken only by Christians. Salvation is God’s redemption plan for mankind which has been unfolding throughout the historical ages. Isaiah the prophet foretold of Zion, of the salvation of God being offered to everyone as promised to the Jews as well as the world, accomplished in Jesus Christ’s birth, death and resurrection. Salvation means being saved by faith, accepting God’s Grace in Jesus Christ a...

Transforming Perspectives | Everyone confessing faith in Jesus Christ needs the Holy Spirit, who is the Spirit of God and of whom is the evidence of our faith, as our keeper and guarantee for redemption.Paul expresses in the letter written to the Corinthians, warning about the carnality of men’s wisdom exhorting by which it is impossible to understand the things of God, because they are spiritually discerned.Apostle John emphasizes the need to be born again of the Spirit of God, a transformat...