Category: Apologetics
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When defining Christian terms, the Christian dictionary is necessary (Scriptures). Friends, be careful not to readily accept any claim made about Jesus without checking the Scriptures first. Even if it’s someone with a popular podcast, a New York Bestseller, or a place up on stage preaching. Check to see what God says. We can’t mold…
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It’s not about what we do or have done. It’s all about what Jesus has done. Galatians 2 1Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me. 2I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those who seemed influential) the gospel that…
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Apologist Nancy Pearcey, in her book Finding Truth, describes a worldview as an “explanation of those inescapable, unavoidable facts of experience accessible to all people, in all cultures, across all periods of history.” The Christian worldview explains that God has chosen to make himself known to humanity through all he has made. “For his invisible…
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While the word, “Trinity,” is not found in the Bible, the reality that God is one WHAT, represented as three WHO, is found within both the Old Testament and New Testament scriptures. You could also say that the Trinity is one God existing in three Persons. It’s imperative to understand that when we talk about…
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When we read not to follow the “desires of the flesh” in Galatians 5:16-26, it’s incredibly necessary to understand that Paul is not blaming the physical body. We were made human, by God, as a body and soul (Genesis 1). Both are important! To quote Christian Apologist, Francis Schaeffer, from his book “Escape from Reason:”…
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Will our pastors make mistakes? Indeed! They are human, after-all. And we will error as well, Sisters! So what do we do when a fellow brother or sister in Christ needs correction? Galatians 2 really speaks to this important inquiry for all of us. You see, if Peter, a man who walked and talked with…
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“Dear friends, do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the Spirit. You must test them to see if the spirit they have comes from God. For there are many false prophets in the world.” 1 John 4:1 The 10-minute video below was shared by Pastor Justin Peters on Twitter this week as to…
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The gospel according to Mark was composed by Peter’s attendant and writer, John Mark, around the mid-to-late 50’s A.D., only 30 years after Jesus’s resurrection. When we study chapter 12, we witness a rich, young man approaching Jesus and addressing Jesus as, “Good Teacher.” Per the ESV Study Bible, Jesus makes it clear that only…
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“He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.” Titus 1:9 “The whole Enneagram diagram is called ‘the face of God.’ If you could look out at reality with nine pairs of eyes and…
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“An earlier report from the American Worldview Inventory 2022 showed that just 37% of Christian pastors have a biblical worldview, with the predominant worldview among pastors (62%) being syncretism, a hybrid mixture of disparate worldview elements blended into a customized philosophy of life. According to this latest report, the widespread absence of biblical worldview among American…
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“I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them.” Paul to the Church in Rome (Romans 16:17) Romans 16 Apelles, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the family of Aristobulus. 11 Greet my kinsman Herodion. Greet those in…
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The following is a message was written by Christian Apologist, Ken Ham, via Twitter on April 20, 2023: Who made God? I have many secularists mock at me as a Christian for believing in an eternal God. They’ve asked me the question “so who made God?” They then claim it doesn’t make sense to believe…
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