“A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic—on the level with the man who says he is a poached egg—or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this… Continue Reading
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Case-Making 101: Lee Strobel and A Case for Christ
Lee Strobel’s “The Case For Christ” was one of the first books I read when I was searching for truth about the Christian faith. As a skeptic I had so many questions that Christians I asked could not answer. Most of my questions were about deciphering truth from a faith and a book that seemed so… Continue Reading
Case-Making 101: How does finding truth relate to Bible study?
How do we distinguish truth from hearsay or opinion? You know, “THEY SAY…” is how most people preference hearsay and this usually means they don’t have any evidence for the claim they are making. How many of us defer to “THEY” when we don’t want to take time to fact check for ourselves? In today’s… Continue Reading
Case-Making 101: Why should I practice Christian Apologetics?
What is Christian Apologetics? The word “apologetics” comes from the Greek word “apologia,” pronounced “ap-ol-og-ee’-ah.” It means, “a verbal defense.” It is used eight times in the New Testament: Acts 22:1; 25:16; 1 Corinthians 9:3; 2 Corinthians 10:5-6; Philippians1:7; 2 Timothy 4:16, and 1 Peter 3:15. Apologetics is the Biblical call to all Christians to give a defense of their faith. Apologetics,… Continue Reading
Case-Making 101: Does the Old Testament really connect to the New Testament?
I have often heard skeptics of the Christian Bible say that the Old and New Testaments have no connection and that the God of the Old Testament is not the same as the God of the New Testament. Most skeptics have never really studied the Bible – I know cause I was one of them.… Continue Reading
Case-Making 101: God vs. evolution
The Case for evolution cannot prove its hypothesis that the complexity of life we have today has evolved from a single-cell organism in a primordial soup, and that soup was the foundation by which random chance conditions were able to produce the first building blocks of life (amino acids). The problem with that assumption is that there is… Continue Reading
Case-Making 101: Why Do Christians Need To Understand and Practice Apologetics?
What is Christian Apologetics? The word “apologetics” comes from the Greek word “apologia,” pronounced “ap-ol-og-ee’-ah.” It means, “a verbal defense.” It is used eight times in the New Testament: Acts 22:1; 25:16; 1 Corinthians 9:3; 2 Corinthians 10:5-6; Philippians1:7; 2 Timothy 4:16, and 1 Peter 3:15. Apologetics is the Biblical call to all Christians to give a defense of their faith. Apologetics,… Continue Reading
Case-Making 101: Take the challenge, investigate the claims of Christianity at its purest level
Happy New Year! Do you wonder what 2016 will bring? What kind of resolutions, hopes and dreams do you have for the year? If you are soul searching and asking any of the big “why or what” questions of life I hope you will follow this blog or join one of our Case for Christianity… Continue Reading
Case-Making 101: Is There Evidence In the Universe For The Existence of God, Part 4 Evidence from Morality
“The first principle of value that we need to rediscover is this: that all reality hinges on moral foundations. In other words, that this is a moral universe, and that there are moral laws of the universe just as abiding as the physical laws.” -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Take a close look at everyone… Continue Reading
A Case for Christianity: Were all the New Testament Authors Apologists?
The New Testament writers anticipate and answer objections and seek to demonstrate the credibility of the claims and credentials of Christ, focusing especially on the resurrection of Jesus as the historical foundation upon which Christianity is built. Many New Testament writings are occupied with polemics against false teachings, in which the apologetic concern is to… Continue Reading