Safely Home
By Randy Alcorn

"This book has been recommended to me by more people than any other book. An incredible story." - Steve H.

"Is this the day I die?" wonders Li Quan as he endures persecution for his faith. Half a world away his college buddy, businessman Ben Fielding, steps on the plane to China. Reunited after 20 years, both men face decisions that will determine their destinies---and the fates of their nations and the world. 400 pages, softcover from Tyndale.

Why Don't American Christians Act Like Christians?

This is the question we asked when we started this web site in the fall of 2000.

The answer is: Because they are not Christians.

The parable of the Wheat and Weeds (Matthew 13:24-30) tells us there will be nonbelievers (weeds) in the church among believers (wheat).

One of the biggest problems is that many people who call themselves "Christian" don't believe the Bible is true.

That's Satan's basic strategy... getting us to not trust or believe God's word. It started right at the beginning. What did Satan tell Eve in the Garden of Eden?

"Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?"

The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.'"

"You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman. "For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." - Genesis 3:1-3 (NIV)

What has Satan done?

First, he casts doubt on the Word of God. He asks, "Did God really say this?"

Then he convinces Eve that God was trying to keep her away from something that was good for her. He tells her that if she ate from the tree, she'd be just like God. Wow!

Look what Satan has done. Satan has convinced her not to believe or trust the word of God. That is exactly what Satan is still doing today. That's why Christian don't act like Christians--they don't believe the word of God.

It starts with Genesis Chapter 1. The Bible clearly says that God created everything in six, 24-hour days. If that is not clear in Genesis, turn to Exodus 20:11

"For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day."

This is a very easy to understand verse. God created the world in six days. But we prefer to listen to Satan, who says, "Surely God must have created everything in millions of years." Remember, Satan is the father of all lies, and he is very good at it. He has us thinking that man's wisdom, in the form of science, is better than God's word--when the truth is that man's wisdom has not produced any proof the universe is billions of years old nor that life "evolved" from non-life.

So, are you going to listen to the creator of the universe, or are you going to listen to the father of all lies? Once Satan gets you believing that Genesis isn't true, then he has you in his grip. He has you in a position in which you feel God's word no longer has authority nor can it be trusted. From there he can easily convince you that divorce is okay (although God hates divorce - Malachi 2:16); that abortion is a woman's choice; and that not only is homosexuality acceptable, but homosexual marriage is okay with God!

It's your choice. You can go with Satan or you can believe the truth of God's word.