Hold Fast Apologetics

What Does Scripture Say?

Category: Apologetics

  • 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…

  • What I Know, Not What I Feel (Galatians 5)

    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:”…

  • Receiving Correction: Peter’s Example (Galatians 2)

    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…

  • Examining the Enneagram

    “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…

  • 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…

  • Richard Rohr: A Different Jesus and a Different Gospel 🚩 (updated repost)

    “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…

  • Belonging to Jesus is Worth the Cost (Acts 19)

    “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…

  • “Those Who Cause Divisions” (Romans 16)

    “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…

  • “Who Made God?”

    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…

  • ✏️“Fulfillment Of Prophesies Of Christ In Isaiah 53,” http://www.netbiblestudy.net/lessons/21-Fulfillment-Of-Isaiah-53.pdf Written between 739 and 681 B.C. (approx 700 before the crucifixion), Isaiah 53 is a powerful example of God’s faithfulness, not to mention, His sovereignty. God purposefully wove the gospel plan into history, preparing His people for the Messiah/Christ. The writers of the New Testament Scriptures,…

  • “If Jesus was raised from the dead, you’re going to have to deal with everything in the Bible.” (19:27 minutes in) Tim Keller Luke 24 (CSB) On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb. 3 They went…

  • Isaiah 53 and Jesus

    ✔️Isaiah was written between 739 and 681 B.C. (approximately 700 before the crucifixion);✔️Jesus came down and put on humanity between 6 and 4 B.C. (Jn 1:1-14);✔️Jesus’s crucifixion and resurrection A.D. 30 or 33. 📙ISAIAH 53:1-12 Who has believed what we have heard?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2 He grew up…