Hold Fast Apologetics
What Does Scripture Say?
Category: Apologetics
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Have you heard of the classic fable, Chicken Little? đź“• A few years ago, my children and I were reading an older version of Chicken Little called, Henny Penny, a story about a beloved hen who (after being hit on the head by a falling acorn) wrongly perceived that the sky was falling. In her…
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Don and Joy Veinot and Marcia Montenegro in their book, Richard Rohr and the Enneagram Secret, address the frequent misquoting of John Calvin (by Ian Cron and others). Numerous Enneagram authors and enthusiasts, like Ian Cron, have advocated the pursuit of self-knowledge via the enneagram by appealing to highly respected Christian sources…like Calvin and Augustine.…
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Christians should view the Scriptures as Jesus views the Scriptures…as God’s authoritative word, true and unchanging (Mark 7:8-13; Matt. 26:54; Luke 4:21; John 7:38). With this important fact in view on Valentine’s Day, Christians should always look to God’s Word (Bible) as our Dictionary in defining what love is, and from Whom it comes! Not…
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✔️Mowing our neighbor’s lawn.✔️Shoveling a widow’s snowy driveway.✔️Taking meals to new parents.✔️Giving money to combat human-trafficking.✔️Sharing our dinner tables with those who are new to town.✔️Listening to a grieving friend for as long as it takes.✔️Forgiving those who have wronged us. Yes, let’s keep doing all of the above, and more! And… Let’s always be…
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💡“Why is there evil and wars?”💡“Is the Bible true?”💡“How is the Bible relevant?”💡“How do we reconcile science and faith?”💡“If God created the universe, who created God?” đź’ˇWhat if someone hasn’t heard of God?💡“Do dogs go to Heaven?” …and more! Shared below is a 60m clip of Christian Apologist, Dr. Sean McDowell, speaking at a church…
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More pertaining to the scientific veracity of the Enneagram: According to an interview with Dr. Rhenn Cherry, a Biblical Counselor who wrote his PhD dissertation on the Enneagram, approximately 139 doctoral-level mental health professionals, with an average of 26 years experience, participated in a peer reviewed study in 2015 which found the Enneagram placing 2nd…
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If someone played Beethoven poorly, would you play blame Beethoven? As Frank Turek suggests, “Of course not!” The fact that Christians are unable to live-up to Jesus’s standards, only affirms our desperate NEED for Jesus and what He did on our behalf (Isaiah 53; 1 Co 15; 1 John 4). If we are completely transparent,…
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I grew-up with Santa (and adored him). But when I became a mom, I was faced with the reality that if Steve and I pretended Santa was real, we would be lying to our children. 🎅🏼 But if we didn’t participate in the Santa tradition, would we be robbing something incredibly fun from our children?…
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The next time you grab for a slice of bread, think upon God’s sovereignty… Why? Bread has been an important staple in our diets for thousands of years. God knows this fact and therefore draws upon it to teach us! In Matthew 4, for instance, we get to hear Jesus proclaiming the imperative need of…
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“The whole commandment that I command you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land that the Lord swore to give to your fathers. 2 And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing…
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When we are walking through a trial (notice the word, “when”), we long for the rock-solid security which holds us upon shaking ground. We long for a real hope which steadies our emotions and reigns-in our reactive tendencies. The hope God gives us through His work upon the cross is not a myth nor is…
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Shared here is the tenth chapter of First Corinthians along with commentary from the ESV Study Bible as well as quotes from some early church fathers pertaining to the essential Christian message that Jesus as LORD. To preface, the apostle Paul wrote his first letter to the church in Corinth between AD 53-55 with the…
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