Category: Apologetics
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“Why does this man speak like that? He (Jesus) is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” Mark 2:7📕 Mark is thought by numerous scholars to be the earliest of the four gospel accounts recorded with “internal and external data pointing to Rome as the place of composition around the mid-to-late 50’s.”(1) With Jesus’s…
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What seems inspirational may not necessarily be “inspired.” Through the trials I’ve encountered in life, God has helped me to understand that I 💯need His help to discern what is actually “good” and “right.” For my opinions of what seems helpful could be misleading and possibly, short-sighted. For example, if you or I wanted to…
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“Having correct or helpful information does not justify disobedience to God.” Marcia Montenegro (Source: https://reasonsforjesus.com/should-people-trust-in-psychic-readings/). In my humble opinion, this quote by Marcia succinctly demonstrates possibly the most prominent reason why the #Enneagram is an idol in so many lives, today: perceived helpfulness (#pragmatism). We all battle the temptation to lean into our own understanding.…
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“Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.” Acts 17:11 Friends, no matter how popular the author or inspirational the message, it’s imperative that we readily test every message being taught about Jesus (in books, through…
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✔️Is it Christian? The Enneagram was created by George I. Gurdjieff in 1916 for the purpose of gleaning knowledge from the Cosmos as well as for creating “sacred dances” (using an occult number wrapped around the shape: 142587). Divination is the act of seeking information from any spiritual sources other than God, which is prohibited…
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“The bigger question is, ‘Why does the Enneagram seem so wonderful to some people if it’s not actually accurate?’” Dr. Jay Medenwaldt Preface: This post is not an endorsement of the #Enneagram, but is instead highlighting Dr. Medenwaldt’s important work. This clip is a must watch (12m)! Per the TEDx video description: “The Enneagram is…
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Friends, the hope God provides is real. So real that we can gaze at the historical reality of the cross (AD 30 or 33) and daily consider the significance of the empty tomb. And while the library of documents we call the Bible (66 books written over 1,500yrs by 40+ people from different regions) are…
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“Brethren, let us cut out of our sermons everything that takes men’s minds away from the cross. One look at Jesus is better than the most attentive gazing at our gems of speech. Christ must ever be in the foreground, and our sermons must point to him, or they will do more harm than good.…
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Psalm 22, written by King David nearly 1,000 years before Jesus’s crucifixion in AD 30 or 33, was penned 300 years before crucifixion was even invented! And Isaiah 53 (The Suffering Servant) was drafted 700 years beforehand! Why does this matter? How could we recognize our Savior without evidence to back up His claims (Mt…
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You and I are not the Christ. Even John the Baptist, whom Jesus said, “among those born of women no one greater than John the Baptist has appeared,” proclaimed that he was not the Christ (Matthew 11:11; Jn 1:19-20). The scriptures demonstrate that Jesus was/is both fully God, and fully human. Why is this so…
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What or who is the #Trinity? Dr. James White, author of “The Forgotten Trinity as well as director of Alpha and Omega Ministries, explains that “The doctrine of the Trinity is simply that there is one eternal being of God – indivisible, infinite. This one being of God is shared by three co-equal, co-eternal persons,…
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