Month: June 2025
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When apologists talk about knowledge, they are describing what is known as “epistemology.” Britannica defines epistemology as “the philosophical study of the nature, origin, and limits of human knowledge”. The term derives from the Greek epistēmē (“knowledge”) and logos (“reason”), and is sometimes referred to as the theory of knowledge.…
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There are different aspects of the atoning work of Jesus Christ. Think of the Atonement as a multi-faceted diamond; depending on which facet we look through, we can see the diamond from different perspectives. From our finite perspective, I do not think we can ever fully comprehend what transpired on…
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“Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered.” – CS Lewis Some Christians unfortunately think that believers have no business studying philosophy. Hwever, philosophy is a powerful aid in apologetics. It helps the church in polemics. Whereas apologetics involves the defense of…
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A single human’s DNA has 875 megabytes of data . . . which is equivalent to 106 volumes of Encyclopedia Britannica. Geneticist Guillaume Riesen explains it here. It’s important to understand that this 875 megabytes of data is “functional” information with specified complexity, as opposed to “Shannon” information (named after…
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Orthodoxy: that which the New Testament calls “sound doctrine” (1 Tim 1:10; 2 Tim 4: 3; Titus 1:9; 2:1) that which rightly reflects in summary form all the teaching of Scripture and which the church is bound to believe and obey. Heterodoxy: Greek meaning a “different belief”, is an opinion…
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Dr. Stephen Meyer, PhD from Cambridge, is an expert in information theory. Functional information, as opposed to random information, necessitates the prior existence of an intelligent mind. In the first video, he describes how “functional” information, such as found in DNA, requires intelligence. In the second 10-min video he explains…
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“But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law” (Gal 4:4.) What does “fullness of time” mean? Is it referring to Newton’s absolute God-time? Or Einstein’s relative time within creation? Or something else? Time has no effect on God…
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There are four areas of apologetic defense (tolerance, rationality, gospel and orthodoxy), two from general knowledge (general revelation) and two from special knowledge (special revelation). TO THE WORLD TO THE CHURCH FROM GENERAL REVELATION TOLERANCESeeking tolerance for the faith RATIONALITYPhilosophical arguments for Christian theism FROM SPECIAL REVELATION GOSPELDefense of Christian…
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There’s an old saying – “There is no doctrine a fundamentalist won’t fight over, and no doctrine a liberal will fight over.” Not every error is a heresy. And when the error we oppose is fatal heresy, the goal should be to heal, not to destroy. Most Christians have a…
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Christian Apologetics 