Tag: #Truth
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Whose Purposes?
“The story is not so much about God’s wonderful plan for your life as much as it is about your life for God’s wonderful plan. God’s purposes are central, not ours.” Greg Koukl (The Story of Reality, p.44) When we read the historical records of the Israelite people, we witness the steadfast tendency of men…
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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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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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Is Rohr Correct about Propitiation?
Per his own words, Richard Rohr promotes the view that penal subustitutionary atonement is merely a “theory.” Rohr claims that “the early church had never heard” of penal substitutionary atonement. [1] Is Rohr accurate when he advocates that the early church did not view Jesus’s crucifixion as atonement for sin? Is it merely a theory…
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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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Richard Rohr’s Theology
Link to article (here). Seminary professor and author, Dr. Douglas Groothuis: “Not all who speak of ‘Christ’ mean the Jesus Christ of Scripture, the true Lord and Savior of the universe. Jesus Himself warned us of imposters who would rise after His departure. ‘At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the…
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Is the Enneagram Christian? Fast Facts to Consider and Share!
Honest question: If restaurants & grocery stores recall food for the possibility of food poisoning, why don’t Christian publishers humbly recall books they’ve printed which promote poisonous teaching contrary to historic, biblical Christianity? 📙For example, why would two respected Christian publishing companies (Zondervan and IVP) choose to print literature promoting verifiably non-Christian programming? Given that…
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Good Friday: Psalm 22 and Mark 15
Question: Have you ever wondered why Jesus exclaimed, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” before yielding His spirit to the Father? In order to adequately address this heartfelt query, we need to highlight an important cultural detail concerning how scripture was both memorized and shared around AD 30. Per numerous scholars, if…
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Jesus in Old Testament Times: A Snapshot
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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Test It
Ladies, did you realize that Satan, “The Father of Lies,” (John 8:44) is well-versed regarding scripture? He sure is! This is extremely important to understand! For quoting the Bible doesn’t necessarily equate to correctness nor to worshipping God. According to a recent 2022 poll by Arizona Christian University, only 37% of professing Christian pastors hold…
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Did Jesus Claim to be God?
Friends, Jesus’s claim to be God is captured in Scripture for us, and has been an essential teaching of Christianity from the very beginning of the Church (~AD 30). Despite its historical significance, Mikel shares that only 43% of surveyed professing Christians today accept the teaching that Jesus is God(!). Concurrently, a recent Barna poll…
Hold Fast Apologetics 