Category: apologetics
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Bad apologetics does not have the gospel as the goal; it is arguments for argument’s sake. If an apologist spends an hour talking with an unbeliever offering numerous arguments but never gets to the gospel, his priorities are misaligned. The gospel must always be the goal in apologetics. We may…
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I was asked to respond to this article by Ewdard Babinski. In responding to anyone, I of course want to know something about the author. In Babinski’s case, the information is sparse, almost non-existent. He apparently claims to be an “independent researcher”, whatever that is. He also apparently claims to…
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“Using the problem of evil as an argument against God is dangerous for the skeptic, since, ironically, this problem can turn into an argument in favor of God’s existence.” — The Comprehensive Guide to Apologetics by Joseph M. Holden Scripture teaches 4 truths simultaneously: Scripture teaches 5 truths simultaneously with…
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+ christianity, Christus Victor, Evidential Evil, Evil, Existential Evil, faith, Free Will Defense, god, jesus, Logical Problem of Evil, Sovereignty, Theodicy+
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Here is the classic problem: Most philosophers agree that Alvin Plantinga successfully refuted the logical problem of evil using the Free Will Defense; it is no longer considered a valid argument by most philosophers and theologians. Note this applies only to the logical problem of evil, not the evidential or…
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A willingness to live with unresolvable questions is a mark of intellectual maturity, not a matter of logical nonsense as some unwisely regard it.” – Oxford Professor Alister McGrath The problem of evil is often deployed by atheists as their decisive “nuclear option” against theism. Evil can precipitate a “crisis…
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(The following is extracted from a research paper entitled “The Argument From Beauty” submitted on Jun 20, 2022 at Southern Seminary.) We often hear that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” Does that mean that beauty is subjective and not objective? Is beauty objective or subjective? The ancient…
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The EndGame For Transgender Insanity In the analysis of any worldview, one of the primary considerations is to follow its understanding of reality to its logical conclusion. In other words, what is the “endgame”? The endgame for nihilism is despair, mental illness and ultimately . . . destruction . .…
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Transgenderism, Nihilism, and Frankenstein Rufo comments on contemporary gender theory that is taught in college, writing: “they wanted to smash the conception of sex and argue against all traditional notions of human nature, including the biological reality of male and female. This has, understandably, caused enormous frustration, as there is…
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Inside the Transgender Empire Christopher Rufo is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. He has a well-researched essay here entitled “Inside the Transgender Empire”, that is based upon a lecture he gave at Hillsdale College. Rufo doesn’t pull any punches and calls the transgender movement out…
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James Sire, widely respected apologist, author, and lecturer who served for more than thirty years as senior editor at InterVarsity Press, provides five reasons why nihilism is unlivable: 1st) From meaninglessness nothing at all follows, or rather, anything follows. If the universe is meaningless and a person cannot know and…
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Christian Apologetics 