Category: Apologetics
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Jesus, a Jew (monotheistic), accepted worship. Jesus received worship because he was and is more than a mere model of faith — He was and is the author and object of our faith! ✔️Claimed pre-existence before Abraham (John 8), ✔️Claimed the authority to forgive sin (Mark 2), ✔️Claimed that His words were/are equally authoritative as…
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The Bible is… “The Bible is a reliable collection of historical documents, written by eyewitnesses, during the time of other eyewitnesses,” “…who report supernatural events that took place in fulfillment of specific prophecies.” “…and claim their writings are divine, rather than human in origin.”
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What is the Trinity? And is this concept of God biblical? The 3-minute video provided here shows Wes Huff describing the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) for Andrew Schulz and Akaash Singh of the Flagrant Podcast. Wes demonstrates in a clear manner how the Trinitarian view of God was not only early (historically), but…
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D.A. Carson succinctly exegetes “the firstborn of all creation” from Colossians 1:15-16 for Lee Strobel: “The vast majority of commentators, whether conservative or liberal, recognize that in the Old Testament the firstborn, because of the laws of succession, normally received the lion’s share of the estate, or the firstborn would become king in the case…
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Educational quizzes and games created to equip Christians to share the historical reliability of Jesus’s existence, His claims to be God, the reality of God’s existence, and the trustworthiness of the Scriptures.
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You see, when Jesus told his disciples, “unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven,” he wasn’t promoting blind faith, nor was he suggesting they follow mindlessly. Instead, Jesus was instructing his disciples to come to Him with humility. “Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest…
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Written approximately 700 years before Jesus was born in Bethlehem (~4BC), Isaiah prophesied of the promised Messiah, God incarnate. ‘Unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given.’As Jesus Christ is a child in his human nature,he is born, begotten of the Holy Spirit, born ofthe Virgin Mary. He is as truly-born,…
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Numerous scholars of historical documents view Philippians 2 as containing a hymn which was sung by Christians several years before it was recorded by Paul (to the Church in Philippi ~AD 62). What stands-out is the very early acknowledgement that Jesus was both Messiah and God. Notable points to recognize: ✔️ God’s love for humanity.✔️…
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Two years ago, I was watching an interview on YouTube featuring respected author and celebrated Christian apologist Nancy Pearcey discussing the importance of recognizing counterfeit gospels. During this 50-minute dialogue, the interviewer shared an analogy which had impacted her: [When Banks want to train their employees how to recognize counterfeit bills], they never let them…
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“After they were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, ‘Get up! Take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. For Herod is about to search for the child to kill him.’ 14 So he got up, took the child and his mother…
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“And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, ‘Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ 18 And Jesus said to him, ‘Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. 19 You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not…
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Here are the main points of this clip: ✔️Jesus was a Jew. “The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez…
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