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Marcus Tullius Cicero was not a Christian; he lived from 106 BC to 43 BC, long before Christianity emerged. He was a Roman statesman, lawyer, philosopher, and orator who adhered to the religious and philosophical beliefs of ancient, pagan Rome. He is famous for characterizing religion as either “nothing at…
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There is an interesting article here entitled “Engineers For The Gospel.” It’s worth reading in entirety. Engineers tend to make good apologists. They think logically, are practical and deal with certainty. They can self-teach new things. They know what they believe and why they believe it. They know that ideas…
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I did not know that Francis Schaeffer (of L’Abri) had a son until I saw this interview with him conducted by Sean McDowell. This was painful to watch. Frank claims to be an “atheist who believes in God.” Sean is very gracious in the interview. While it’s obvious that Frank…
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But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than…
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+ Anarchy, Art, faith, inspiration, Nihilism, Objective truth, photography, relative truth, Sovereign Citizen, truth+
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A worldview represents one’s understanding of reality. This understanding can either correspond to reality or deny reality. False worldviews have an inevitable tendency to either collide (sometimes violently) with other worldviews, or implode. Some of the major conflicts in our culture represent worldviews in collision: i.e., between naturalism and supernaturalism,…
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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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I was asked to respond to two posts by Scott Bignell. Here is the first post. The first thing I would note is that the author, Scott Bignell, claims to have been “studying Judeo-Christian Origins” as a “passionate hobby”. Scott provides nothing on his background so the reader literally has…
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There are different categories of ethical actions: Ethics are essential because Orthopraxy (right conduct) determines Orthodoxy (right belief.) Your ethical behavior will have tremendous impact on your theology. We shape our theology to justify our behavior. Bad ethics will ultimately manifest in bad theology. Your worldview is foundational to your…
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+ Antinomianism, Conflicting Absolutism, ethics, faith, Graded Absolutism, Justification, Legalism, Moral Reasoning, Nonconflicting Absolutism, Obedience, Old Testament, sanctification, Situationalism, Works+
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There are differing positions on adherence to Ethics (Moral Law) as depicted in the following figure. You want to be in the middle where true freedom exists. Here are the characteristics of Christian Ethics: The ultimate goal of Ethics is enabling us to live for the glory of God (1…
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I’ve always marveled at how Christ precisely fulfills the Old Testament Jewish feast days. Consider . . . 1) Passover (Leviticus 23:5) – Pointed to the Messiah as our Passover lamb (1 Corinthians 5:7) whose blood would be shed for our sins. Jesus was crucified on the day of preparation…
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Christian Apologetics 