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
Category Archives: Case-Making 101
Case-Making 101: How are we fighting the deception of evolution?
“In grammar school they taught me that a frog turning into a prince was a fairy tale. In the university they taught me that a frog turning into a prince was a fact!” – Ron Carlson, Professor and Author, U.C. Irvine As I began to investigate the claims of Christianity, coming out from agnosticism, I… Continue Reading
Case-Making 101: Genesis and the Existence of God
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth…God saw all that he had made, and behold, it was very good. Genesis 1:1, 31a When I began to seriously study the Bible I found that Genesis quickly became my favorite book. As a science teacher I knew that this is where the battle would… Continue Reading
Case-Making 101: Does prophecy fulfillment support the reliability of the Bible?
Our evidence collection over the past few posts has been based on the question that many skeptics have posed: How do we know the Bible is the Word of God? In those posts we have gone over some of the available evidence that falls into the following categories: Physical Evidence: This includes historical and literary… Continue Reading
Case-Making 101: Does Archeology Support the Bible?
When I began to investigate the Bible I had no idea that Archeology was a relatively new science that did not take root until the nineteenth century A.D. (prior to that time archeology was mainly done by grave robbers). I was astonished to learn how these relatively recent discoveries were consistently supporting Biblical accounts. Could… Continue Reading
Case-Making 101: Are there multiple eyewitnesses for the events recorded in the Bible?
Eyewitness Accounts: Many people think the Bible is just like other “holy books,” giving good advice and telling allegorical and maybe mythological stories. However, upon close examination we find that the Bible is mainly an historical narrative giving facts about people, places, events and times. It contains one mega-theme that connects its 66 books, written… Continue Reading
Case-Making 101: How do we know what we have in our Bibles today is the same as the originals?
Last week we looked at the evidence for the reliability of the New Testament in terms of the early Church’s canonization. We also looked at reasons why Christians reject the Apocrypha and gnostic gospels with an emphasis on the dating of those writings. With that in mind it is important to look at what scholars consider… Continue Reading
Case-Making 101: A Case for the Bible – Have you ever wondered how we know that the New Testament is reliable?
During my skeptical years I bought into the misconception that the books of the Bible were decided, and even written, by a certain group of men hundreds of years after the fact, and because of that we could not trust it. But that is far from the truth and the onus is on us to… Continue Reading
Case-Making 101: A Case for the Bible–How was the Bible transmitted over time?
When I began to look into the reliability of the Bible I first wanted to know how we got the Bible we have today. Was the means of transmission trustworthy enough to ensure that what we have today is the same as what the original writings had? I was very surprised at the amount of… Continue Reading
Case-Making 101: A Case for the Bible – How do we know that we can trust the Bible?
Over the years I have come across Christians who believe that it doesn’t matter whether we know anything about the Bible and defending our faith. “Just have faith” some would say. But, faith in what? Because I became a follower of Jesus later in life I would have thought that the Bible would be the most important… Continue Reading