Tag: bible
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I was asked to comment on this video. He is advocating for the ancient heresy of Marcionism which decrees that the God of the Old Testament is a different God than the God of the the New Testament. Marcion rejected the Old Testament and even some of the New Testament.…
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Last month, Barna Group reported that a growing number of practicing Christians express a higher level of trust in AI than even non-practicing Christians do. Read about it here. Practicing Christians express majority-level trust in AI across most domains of personal flourishing—and nearly half (48%) say they would trust AI…
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Timothy Paul Jones has an excellent article here emphasizing the importance of trusting Scripture for those who want to faithfully follow Jesus. For apologists, until we declare the full truth and authority of the Bible (i.e., its’ inspiration and inerrancy), our apologetic witness is incomplete. As Dr. Jones concludes, “Defenses…
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The has released a report here on the state of the Bible in America in 2026. They summarize, “With an increase in Bible sales and reports of greater attendance at religious events over the last year and a half, many researchers, cultural commentators, and community leaders were hopeful that the…
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The key Bible verse that describes the rapture of the church is 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, which states that the Lord will descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first, followed by those who are alive being caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the…
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Ayman S. Ibrahim, the Islamic professor at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, warned us here in 2015 about duplicitous Iran. “Following news of the nuclear deal with the United States, Iranians celebrated in the streets over what they viewed as a national victory . . . While American leaders are convinced…
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If you are looking for a parallel Bible with both Greek and a good literal English translation (the ESV), here is the one I recommend. I purchased this book based on a recommendation from a professor – The Greek-English New Testament: Tyndale House, Cambridge Edition and English Standard Version (Hardcover)…
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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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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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Here is a pertinent word on the church and politics from church historian Michael A.G. Haykin Michael Haykin, 29 Mar 2026 What has always struck me as an historian of late Antiquity and a lover of Greek and Roman history since I was 5 or 6, is how few major…
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Christian Apologetics 