A recent commenter documented an impressive list of biblical "absurdities" which, in his or her mind, make the Biblical account of God seem foolish, primitive, and in some cases, immoral. And while each proposed "bible difficulty" has an associated biblical apology to match, such apologies...
Tagged: Theology
The Sin of Sodom – Inhospitality or Homosexuality?
Kim over at Connexions has written an article showing us that the main sin of Sodom was not homosexuality, but inhospitality. Of course, gay apologists have long claimed this, and actually, it is based on what I consider to be good hermeneutic – I find...
Harmonizing the Gospel Accounts of the Resurrection – Part I
This is for our commenter Cineaste, who recently pulled every possible example (from his favorite skeptics site, no doubt) of apparent Bible contradictions to prove his point that the Bible is unreliable in matters of faith. The questions below are his, the answers, courtesy of...
The Wrath of God 3 – Reversing God’s Abandonment
This post is part of a series. In Parts I and II, I outlined John MacArthur’s exposition of Romans 1, in which he revealed the process of how God judges a nation or people by abandoning them to their fleshly passions. The original sermon was delivered...
The Wrath of God 2 – How God abandons a nation
This post is part of a series. In Part I, I listed the five types of Wrath of God, according to John MacArthur and the scriptures. MacArthur then went on to discuss Romans 1, and his conviction that God has abandoned America (the fifth type of...
The Wrath of God 1 – Five Types of Divine Anger
This post is part of a series. I urge you to listen to the first and second parts (second part tomorrow) of the two part radio series on Focus on the Family, which began today. The series is a couple of lectures by John MacArthur...
10 Points on Evangelical Postmillenialism
Along with the current end-time madness currently spurred by the grossly popular Left Behind series comes renewed debate among Christians about whose end-time theology is correct. Of the many choices to choose from, evangelicals usually align with a Pre-millenialist view. However, apologist and evangelical theologian...
10 Principles For Doing Apologetics
Here’s a nice "Art of War" for apologetics, in list form, entitled Truth Tactics. Nice tips for those of us defending Christianity. If you like the list below, go and read his entire post. Christians are privileged to be emissaries of the living God, heralds...