christian apologetics

-Never Read a Bible Verse

If there was one bit of wisdom, one rule of thumb, one single skill I could impart, one useful tip I could leave that would serve you well the rest of your life, what would it be? What is the single most important practical skill I've ever learned as a Christian? [...]

May 30, 2008

-Discernment: Head or Heart?

Is "spiritual" discernment an objective judgment of the mind, or a subjective intuition of the spirit? [...]

May 30, 2008

-Who do people say I AM?

Who do people say I AM? [...]

May 29, 2008

-Allah or Jesus?

This is a must read - it's short but very informative! The Muslim religion is the fastest growing religion per capita in the United States, especially in the minority races!!! [...]

May 28, 2008

-A Ten-Minute Witness

The fisherman recounts an opportunity he had to use the rod and bait God has given us, and he didn't even have to leave his living room. [...]

May 27, 2008

-Baptism of the Holy Spirit

What is the baptism of the Holy Spirit? Are the miraculous gifts recorded in the book of Acts for today as well? [...]

May 24, 2008

-Faith & Works: Paul vs. James

One of the thorniest textual problems any Christian can face is the apparent contradiction between Paul and James. Is justification by faith, as Paul claims, or by works, as James seems to say? This problem actually has a very simple solution. [...]

May 23, 2008

-Bad Arguments Against Calvinism

We've been talking about the biblical question of predestination lately--not strict determinism, which mechanistically fixes every detail of our lives, but rather the view that God has personally chosen (predestined) those who would believe in Christ for salvation. [...]

May 22, 2008

-Romans 1 on Homosexuality

A rather lengthy passage in which Paul seems to use homosexuality as indicative both of man's deep seated rebellion against God and God's proper condemnation of man. [...]

May 22, 2008

-Paul, Romans and Homosexuality

To most readers, the first chapter of Paul's letter to the Romans contains the Bible's clearest condemnation of same-sex relations--both male and female. Recent scholarship, though, reads the same text and finds just the opposite--that homosexuality is innate and therefore normal, moral, and biblical. [...]

May 21, 2008