Tag: Jesus
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The Islamic Dilemma
Made popular by Christian Apologist David Wood (dear friend of the late Nabeel Qureshi), the Islamic Dilemma provides a compelling case for the Quran’s deference to the Christian Scriptures as the straightedge for theological matters.
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Why You Can Trust the Bible
The Bible is… “The Bible is a reliable collection of historical documents, written by eyewitnesses, during the time of other eyewitnesses,” “…who report supernatural events that took place in fulfillment of specific prophecies.”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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Wes Huff Explains the Trinity
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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Apologetics Games for Families
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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This is Why the Banker Analogy Falls Short
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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Jesus, Mary, and Joseph Fled to Egypt
“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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“Why Do You Call Me Good?” (Mark 10:18)
“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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Jesus, Christians, Nicaea, and the Scriptures
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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Ho Ho Homoousios!
“First, if he claims to be God and yet in fact is not, he has to be a madman or a lunatic. Second, if he is neither God nor a lunatic, he has to be a liar, deceiving others by his lie. Third, if he is neither of these, he must be God. You can…
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Jesus Doubles Down: John 10 and Psalm 82
Erik Manning from Testify and Is Jesus Alive explains that prior to the words recorded in John 10:34 (quoting Psalm 82:6), Jesus was “clearly claiming divine authority,” and the Jews demonstrated awareness of this because they picked up stones to kill Jesus for blasphemy (v33). Manning points out that Jesus doesn’t correct these men, but…
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Is Rohr Correct about Propitiation?
An updated post from June of 2024: Per his book The Universal Christ, Richard Rohr promotes the view that penal subustitutionary atonement, was and still is, merely a “theory.” Rohr claims that “the early church had never heard” of penal substitutionary atonement. [1] Another quote comes from a devotional entitled, An Alternative Story: “The theory…
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