Category: apologetics
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There is an interesting account in the gospel of Luke 49-56: While he was still speaking, someone from the ruler’s house came and said, “Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the Teacher any more.” But Jesus on hearing this answered him, “Do not fear; only believe, and she will be well.” And when…
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In dialogue with unbelievers who ask good, difficult questions, it is often wise to ask questions of your own. Jesus often did this. We see it in Mark 11:27-33 and again in Luke 20:19-26. The apologist Greg Koukl calls this the “Columbo” tactic after the cop in the TV series…
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The historic doctrine of Hell is “under fire” (no pun intended) by both unbelievers and unfortunately a disturbing and increasing number of believers. Brian Recker is a self-proclaimed former evangelical pastor who walked away from his faith, church and marriage and concluded that Hell is a myth. He still claims…
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There is a powerful article here entitled “The Awful Grace of God: The Civil War as Theological Warfare.” The author (Naivion) wrestles with the theological nature of the American Civil War. “The irony was that both sides appealed to the same Bible . . . Abolitionists believed all humans bore…
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Carl Trueman has a thought-provoking essay here entiled “Playing God, Becoming Nothing.” In a nutshell, he argues that when we attempt to play God, we ultimately destroy ourselves. This is of course the lesson in Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein. “when the Promethean act that makes us feel and act…
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In 1979, Air New Zealand was conducting commerical sight-seeing flights to the Antarctic. In November, the final flight of the season, flight 901 crashed in Antarctica in what is known as the “Mount Erebus disaster”, killing everyone onboard (257 people). There is a video here detailing what happened, including actual…
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In 2024, Donald Williams posted an excellent apologetics comment here entitled “Question the Question” wherein he argues the best response in apologetics sometimes is to question the question that is being asked. “Often in apologetics the best response is, “That’s not the right question.” For example, instead of, “Why can’t…
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(From my coming book) For nineteen centuries, Christian apologists were not reluctant to use death in their arguments for the faith. It is instructive to briefly survey the historical apologetic writings of the church. The certitude of death makes it a powerful apologetic that speaks to everyone. The historical church…
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Troy Miller argues here that America’s real crisis is Biblical illiteracy. I think his argument has some merit. “The nation finds itself preoccupied with familiar concerns: political polarization, civic deterioration, institutional distrust, and cultural fragmentation. These are serious realities, but they are not ultimate ones. They are symptoms of a…
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Keith Lowery has a powerful essay here entitled “Say Something” wherein he wrestles with our responsibility to engage a culture freefalling into decay. His experience with young teenagers at a movie theater is shocking. “The cultural decay all around us feels increasingly like a relentless assault, and sometimes I grow…
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