A most excellent response to a Muslim’s question by Ravi Zaccharias. I also love how he explains the multiple denominations within Christianity.
Category Archives: Apologetics
Ravi Responds to a Muslim
Posted by Jay
on November 23, 2011
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How the Deaths of the Apostles Evidences Easter
Posted by Jay
on April 10, 2009
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Michael Patton has written an excellent article on how the martyred apostles gives evidence to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. (Michael is also the director of Reclaiming the Mind Ministries and the soon to be announced Credo House – if you haven’t taken advantage of the Theology Program it is excellent!)
May everyone have a blessed Holy Week. I’ll be taking some time off of blogging and writing this weekend.
I have an interest in the death of the Apostles. We all should. Every Christian should spend some time looking into the historical records. There are many legends concerning their deaths which makes the historical evidence hard to interpret. Many times the accounts conflict with one another. Most early Christians wanted their home to be crowned with the stature of having been the final resting place of one of the twelve. It is probably for this reason that there were embellishments forged.
13 Evangelistic Phrases That Produce False Conversions
Posted by Jay
on December 19, 2007
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Churches divide over carpet color, building additions and budgets. In the meantime, our fellow church members are going to hell by the boat load.
A.W. Tozer said, “It is my opinion that tens of thousands of people, if not millions, have been brought into some kind of religious experience by accepting Christ, and they have not been saved.”
D. James Kennedy said, “The vast majority of people who are members of churches in America today are not Christians. I say that without the slightest contradiction. I base it on empirical evidence of twenty-four years of examining thousands of people.”
Friend, we argue over so many petty things. May I suggest we have lost sight of the most important debate of all, “What is salvation?” My theology teaches that salvation happens when a man repents and places his trust in Jesus Christ (Acts 20:21).
Hell – It’s Under Fire.
Posted by Jay
on August 3, 2007
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The doctrine of hell and it being a real place of eternal torment never sits well. Of course no one should like the idea of a place of “gnashing of teeth” where “the worm never dies”. The Bible describes hell as a place of eternal fiery damnation. In fact, Jesus spoke of hell more than anyone else and yet in today’s postmodern culture the doctrine of hell is, you guessed it, under attack.
I Hate the Prosperity Gospel!
Posted by Jay
on July 19, 2007
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I was going to write a long post here on my absolute hatred for what is called the “prosperity gospel” but came across a video that sums it up for me better than I could ever write something. You know the prosperity gospel – it’s probably in your church. The preaching and teaching of health, wealth and prosperity. This heretical teaching is rampant on nearly all television programs (mainly by the so-called mega churches) and has caused many false converts in churches today. It’s right there in my book with “easy-believism” – the equally problematic presentation that is “invite Jesus into your heart”. Where in the Bible is that???
Every Knee Shall Bow…
Posted by Jay
on July 16, 2007
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You know much has been discussed on the deity of Christ. While the doctrine of Christ’s deity is an absolute essential to orthodox Christianity there continues to be struggles among fringe groups as well as most all “christian” cults such as Jehovah’s Witnesses when it comes to Christ being God in the flesh. Today I had the pleasure of listening to a wonderful preacher lay this issue out for all to see and frankly there is no way around it. Here are my observations as I meditated on the person of Christ after hearing this sermon… Read more »
Apologetics – Are We Missing Out?
Posted by Jay
on December 3, 2006
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I’ve quickly become a huge supporter of Christian apologetics. It seems more and more the world is growing more intense on attacking the Christian faith. Long gone are the days of the infamous “Who Was Cain’s Wife” questions that puzzled many new Christians. Now people are taking more pluralistic approaches and aren’t even asking the good questions. Instead, our politically correct attitude of not offending anyone has caused a postmodern world to not question anything but take everything as a possible golden road to Heaven. It’s all the more important in this era that we live in to not only provide a defense (apologetic) to our faith but be every stronger lights of Christ in such a dark and confused world desperately seeking for truth.
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Whatcha Readin’ Lately?
Posted by Jay
on July 31, 2006
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More and more books are showing up in bookstores as well as Christian bookstores that have either questionable content or down right heretical content. I urge Christians to carefully review a book and check Scripture carefully and maybe check with your pastor before delving into a book just because it’s labeled Christian or is on the top selling “Christian” list. In fact, more and more of the top sellers are contaminated with the ever popular “prosperity gospel”. (Joel Osteen is notorious for his prosperity gospel.) In fact, Osteen carries a very universalist view of salvation as indicated by a recent interview on Larry King live.
One such title that deserves some attention is “Wild at Heart” by John Eldredge. This book has become very popular and while there are a few good points in this book it is riddled with down right heretical views – many causing an incorrect view of God’s attributes.
In today’s postmodern world it is so important that Christians do their homework and have a good, sound understanding of Biblical doctrine so that they can carefully select literature to read outside of the Bible.
I stress the Bereans and their carefulness in checking Scripture. Oh do we need to be like the Bereans in today’s culture!
Speaking of “Wild at Heart”… here is a great article that demonstrates some of the heretical views of that book.
Gnosticism and the Gnostic Gospels
Posted by Jay
on April 8, 2006
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The "DaVinci Code" swirls around the Gnostics and their quest for a secret knowledge. I've put together some information taken from a few great articles that give a brief summary of who the Gnostics were, what they believe and where their "gospels" come from. Lately the National Geographic channel has been promoting their show "The Gospel of Judas" which is a gnostic gospel. This article will help shed some light on the background of this text…
Gospel of Judas
Posted by Jay
on April 8, 2006
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The Gospel of Judas has been getting some media attention lately thanks to NBC and the National Geographic Channel. I pulled together a brief little bit of information about it so we can all be well informed on its gnostic background and reasons why these types of gnostic writings are not included in our canon….
DaVinci Code: Here’s Your Decoder Ring
Posted by Jay
on March 16, 2006
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With the DaVinci code coming out soon there has been so much hooha on the topic. Let's face it – it's a fiction novel. We all know this. Christians strong in their faith will see the book and movie as just that. However, non-Christians who do not have a good grasp of the faith, or babes in Christ with little knowledge of Christian history could in fact be swayed by this novel. Here is an excellent commentary I found on the net that answers several key points that the novel makes that are conclusively fiction. In my opinion, we as Christians will be approached by those seeking answers to this film and we should be able to answer them theologically.
The questions and doubts the novel has raised are an indication of how ahistorical our culture has become. It also indicates how uninformed many Christians are about early church history.
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