Tag: #faith
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Why Christianity?
Why should anyone of a quest for truth consider Christianity, first and foremost? Per Dr. Craig Hazen, Director of Christian Apologetics at Biola, here are the 4 reasons why Christianity is the worldview you should pursue first: 1) Christianity is testable, 2) Salvation is a free gift, 3) Christianity has a terrific worldview fit, and…
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An Educational Treasure
Do you or a loved-one have earnest questions concerning the reliability of the Bible? If so, please do not suppress these queries, nor place them on the “back burner.” Asking questions is incredibly important! Pursuing truth, in combination with investigating the truth claims we hear/read daily online, is something we should prioritize — all of…
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In Richard Rohr’s Own Words
Compiled by Meridith BlackContact: gal220black@gmail.comGoogle Document (Landscape)Google Document (Portrait)Full 86-page Research Document “Jesus was objectively Christ from his birth in Bethlehem, his conception in Nazareth, just like you and I are objectively Christ.”🚩 –Richard Rohr Center for Action and Contemplation. 2019. Jesus, Incarnation, and The Christ Resurrection. cac.org. https://cac.org/podcasts/1-jesus-incarnation-and-the-christ-resurrection/. This side-by-side chart was compiled with…
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Investigating Truth Claims
Seeking-out the #truth is searching for the facts (vs. blindly submitting to “the feels”). For example, we don’t walk across the street without looking both ways. Even if we don’t feel like it. Apathy in that moment would be irresponsible and reckless. Our lives literally depend upon choosing to investigate what is objectively true —…
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Apologetics and Hope
“But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect, having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior…
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Early Christian and Non-Christian Attestations about Jesus
“Even if you silenced the voices of the New Testament authors, you would still have a robust description of Jesus and his followers from ancient, hostile non-Christian voices in the fallout…There are more non-Christian voices in this extrabiblical collection (ninety-two historical figures) than Christian ones, and regardless of their social stature, ethnicity, motivation, or region,…
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Non-Christian Attestations About Jesus’s Existence Outside of the Bible
“Even if you silenced the voices of the New Testament authors, you would still have a robust description of Jesus and his followers from ancient, hostile non-Christian voices in the fallout…There are more non-Christian voices in this extrabiblical collection (ninety-two historical figures) than Christian ones (figure-one), and regardless of their social stature, ethnicity, motivational, or…
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Jesus is God: Proclaimed Early (Not Late)
“And behold, Jesus met them and said, ‘Greetings!’ And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshiped him.” Matthew 28:9 Any theology which proposes that Jesus’s claim to be God was a later development of the Church (invented by the Disciples) is not only dismissing the veracity of the Scriptures, but also…
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Why Hell?
Friends, we wouldn’t go to Hell because we don’t choose Jesus. We go to Hell because we are sinners. Sin separates us from a Holy God. And since God is good (Mk 12), God is perfectly just. We would deserve Hell. In The Story of Reality by Greg Koukl, Koukl makes this point by illustrating…
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The Gospel According to Mark: Jesus is God
“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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Be Bereans: John Mark Comer
“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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“Gospel-Centered?”
Food for thought, Christians: When the Magicians documented in Acts 19 began worshipping Jesus, they didn’t incorporate magic back into their new way of living (ie. “Gospel-Centered Magic”). Instead, they left magic behind! Per the ESV Study Bible, they discarded nearly $6M of materials! Friends, how is the #Enneagram any different? History shows that the…
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