Over the next few weeks we will look at what many Christian Apologists believe is the number one complaint leveled against the Christian God: The problem of evil. Skeptics claim, ‘if God, why evil?’ I am going to spread out this topic to cover three areas that I believe are interconnected: Doubt, Evil and Suffering.… Continue Reading
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Defending Your Faith 101: The Moral Argument for the Existence of God
As we head into another ‘New Year,’ and put 2017 in the record book, I find myself watching the pages of the calendar tear off in more rapid succession. The realization that we are given only a few years to do this thing called life is becoming more apparent, and I don’t know about you… Continue Reading
Defending You Faith 101: The Teleological Argument, Part 2
Intelligence in Biochemistry Shrinking down to the size of an atom as you rode Disneyland’s Adventure Thru Inner Space was both scary and exciting as you imagined how far into the microscopic world we could travel. This attraction opened on August 5, 1967 as part of the New Tomorrowland and was every serious science student’s… Continue Reading
Defending Your Faith 101: The Teleological Argument, Part 1
The “Teleological Argument” is an argument for the existence of God based on the design factors we see in and around us. There is a definite “fine tuning” of constants in our Universe that must be balanced at levels as thin as a razor’s edge, otherwise life as we know it would not exist. However,… Continue Reading
Defending Your Faith 101: God’s Existence
There are a growing number of people today who seriously doubt the existence of God, or are skeptical of the God of the Christian Bible. This trend does not include hard-core atheists (you know, the ones that get really angry when you try to talk about God or His existence) because they have always been around.… Continue Reading
Defending Your Faith 101: Why Jesus?
“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
Defending Your Faith 101: Christianity’s Exclusive Claims
Is God’s grace limited to the relatively few who, often through accidents of time and geography, happen to have responded to the gospel? No, certainly not. –Clark Pinnock, “More Than One Way?” The late Clark Pinnock was a leading proponent of evangelical inclusivism, but when that idea is taken to its logical conclusion it is… Continue Reading
Defending Your Faith 101: World Religions and Christianity – A Comparison
“I am a Christian who believes that there are certainly many more paths to God other than Christianity.” -Oprah Winfrey As we saw last week, there is prevailing thought in culture today that all forms of faith will lead a person to God and Heaven, especially the view that if we do our best to… Continue Reading
Defending Your Faith 101: Religious Pluralism?
Day One: What is Religious Pluralism? Religious pluralism: The view, in our culture today, that all religions, and forms of spirituality, are equally valid and have paths that lead to god and heaven (i.e., co-exist bumper stickers). Some will narrow that view down to just the major or ethical religions, and some will expand it… Continue Reading
Defending Your Faith 101: Is There Truth in Your Worldview?
“Bluntly, to serve God well we must think straight; and crooked thinking, unintentional or not, always favors evil. And when the crooked thinking gets elevated into group orthodoxy, whether religious or secular, there is always, quite literally, hell to pay.” –Dr. Dallas Willard, Christian Author and Professor of Philosophy, University of Southern California Watch… Continue Reading