Category: Apologetics
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In his Gospel, the apostle John records Jesus praying to the Father and addressing Him as “the only true God” (John 17:3). Some critics of Christianity have suggested this statement disqualifies Jesus from being God Himself. However, when evaluating a position, we should endeavor to understand and represent it accurately before attempting to critique it…
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The question is ultimately one of allegiance: Whose approval are we seeking? Whom are we trying to please? For the Christian, our first concern is not the approval of others—or even confidence in ourselves—but faithfulness to God. “My endeavor has been to please God, not man.”— John Chrysostom, Commentary on Galatians 1:10 Much later, C.…
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Before encountering the risen Christ, Peter denied Him, James did not believe in Him, and Paul persecuted the Church. Yet their failures were not the end of their stories. Their testimonies pointed beyond themselves to the good God who saved them—and remind us that our past is not beyond God’s redeeming grace. “For I decided…
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“A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line.” — C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity “The Word of God I think of as a straight edge, which shows up our own crookedness. We can’t really tell how crooked our thinking is until we line it up with…
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Seek truth instead of relying on perceived helplessness. Your identity is too important.
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God → to man → through man → for man → recognized (not made) as God’s Word → Scripture. “To him (Jesus), what Scripture says, God says.”John W. Wenham, Christ and the Bible, 3rd ed., p. 44. Scripture was given by God—who created humanity with the ability to communicate—to humanity, through humanity, and for humanity.…
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When Aristotle sat down to write his Categories, he wasn’t trying to map the absolute limits of the universe. Instead, he was cataloging something much closer to home: the fundamental ways we talk about things that are—substances, quantities, qualities, relations, time, and space. It was a brilliant, structural look at ontology (being) and the basic…
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“So Pilate said to them, ‘Take Him yourselves, and judge Him according to your law.’ The Jews said to him, ‘It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death,’ 32 in order that the word of Jesus which He spoke would be fulfilled, signifying by what kind of death He was about to…
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Henny Penny (or Chicken Little) tells the story of a well-meaning hen who mistakes a single falling acorn for a falling sky. Swept up in panic, she gathers a group of loyal friends to warn the king. Yet because those friends mistook passive agreement for true loyalty, no one stopped to check the facts—and their…
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“You matter because you are more than matter.” Wes Huff Joe Rogan Experience #2252 ✔️Something cannot come from nothing. ✔️ Life cannot come from non-life (biogenesis). ✔️ Consciousness cannot come from unconsciousness. ✔️ Personal cannot come from impersonal. ✔️ Love, communication, and a desire for community cannot come from an impersonal and distant unitarian God.…
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How do you know you’re getting the truth about a claim (via an advertisement, the news, an author, or a podcaster) unless you examine the claims for yourself? Regarding the prominent assertions made about our beginning, design/purpose, brokenness, and salvation, why wouldn’t we research these — by examining the various major worldviews who claim to…
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The problem of evil is something every worldview needs to answer. Buddhism blames desire for our suffering and says to work harder (karma is coming). Islam teaches to endure every hardship by working harder, knowing there’s no promise of salvation (judgement is coming). Christianity acknowledges that self-righteousness work cannot save us, but the righteous work…
