Is it important for everyday Christians to study Apologetics, including Christian history? A Pastor of a popular local Church was asked by some of the members for a Christian Apologetics’ class. The response was pretty shocking. The Pastor told them that such a class was not needed because defending the faith and interpreting the Bible… Continue Reading
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A Case for Christianity: The Importance of Understanding Christianity’s Roots When Practicing Christian Apologetics
Over the next several posts we will take a quick tour of some important events and turning points in Christian history that can help us understand why we need to be trained in Christian Apologetics more than ever. As Christians we should be able to identify error when skeptics, and others, attack the Christian worldview… Continue Reading
A Case for Christianity: The Importance of Discipleship in Practicing Christian Apologetics
In practicing Christian Apologetics we often forget the goal of our endeavor, and our goal should always be to bring people to Jesus. How do we accomplish this? By learning discipleship skills. Discipleship is a tough commitment in our fast paced, independent and self-sufficient world. Many of us believe that we can take care of… Continue Reading
A Case for Christianity: The Importance of Practicing Hermeneutics in Christian Apologetics
READING—STUDYING—MEDITATING Know the difference Reading: Get the big picture (the story) by reading the Bible in large chunks—an individual book or a complete storyline within a book—just like any good novel. Studying: Get a study Bible and some tools like a Bible dictionary or concordance, and then use the hermeneutic method (see principal #2 below). Meditating: Pick… Continue Reading
A Case for Christianity: The importance of studying the Bible when practicing Apologetics
Why Study the Bible? My experience in practicing Christian Apologetics has shown that most people today, even Christians, do not understand what the Bible actually teaches and this has resulted in an epidemic of Biblical illiteracy. Is there an epidemic of Biblical Illiteracy in our culture today? On an episode of “Cash Cab” (a TV… Continue Reading
A Case for Christianity: The Importance of Prayer in Apologetics
In practicing Christian Apologetics we can get so excited to share the evidence of the faith that we often forget to stop and pray. We are in such a hurry to give answers for the hope that we have in Jesus that we forget to ask Him for help in doing just that! Prayer is… Continue Reading
A Case for Christianity: How would the claims of Christianity fare in a court of law?
As we begin our investigation into the claims of Christianity it is important to understand, when we are asked to give reason for the hope that we have in Christ Jesus (1 Peter 3:15), we can have confidence that what we believe would hold up in a court of law at the highest levels. We… Continue Reading
A Case for Christianity: Why Defend the Faith?
We have started a new series called “A Case for Christianity” with a focus on giving reasons to believe. Today, we find ourselves in a culture of skepticism on just about everything, especially religion. Therefore it is vital for Christians to be able to articulate their faith by giving evidential reasons for why we believe what… Continue Reading
A Case for Christianity: What is Apologetics and Why Do We Need It?
“Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.” –C.S. Lewis Christian Apologetics: Apologetics=apologia (ap-ol-og-ee’-ah) in the original Greek means to give a verbal defense, like one would do in a court of law. It is used eight times in the New Testament: Acts… Continue Reading
A Case for Christianity: Why do we need to make one?
I’m reposting this introduction for our new series as we have new members, and some old members, just added to the newly updated email list. If you are just starting to receive the posts I hope you will continue to follow along each week for this new apologetics’ based series. Posts are sent out on… Continue Reading