Wrestling with Scripture

"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven" -Ecclesiastes 3:1 We know that God can do anything, anytime, anyplace as there is nothing impossible for him, then why does he sometimes not give us what we want as soon as we ask for it. In my own experience, I have had many prayers answered and seen the impossible happen, yet many times I have gone through a phase of desperation, pleading with God, anger, hopelessness, surrendering, learning to trust and finally having my prayer answered. And in all honesty, there are still some prayers yet to be answered and I am simply waiting on the Lord. But the question is, why the wait? Do you remember the story of Lazarus? When Jesus heard that Lazarus was ill, he didn't rush to him and heal him, instead he stayed two days longer in the place where he was. The result of his decision was the death of Lazarus. Jesus would have definitely known that this would cause great pain to Martha and Mary who

If you believe that the Bible alone can teach you everything you need to know about your faith, then why are there so many interpretations of the same Holy Bible among different denominations of Christians? Let's be humble to admit that it is not easy to understand scripture and just like the Eunuch in Acts 8:26-40 needed Philip to explain the meaning of a scripture passage, we too need a trusted source to give us the correct interpretation of scripture. Does the Bible endorse itself as the only rule of faith? Not at all, in fact you will not even find the word Bible in scripture, that is because the New Testament of the Bible didn't even exist until around 393 AD - 397 AD. It was the Catholic Church that undertook the task of deciding which books were inspired and handed it over to the world. Most denominations will defend 'sola scriptura' ( scripture alone) by quoting 2Timothy 3:16-17 "All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for repr