I mentioned two weeks ago that I would share my 200 word resurrection witness (it’s actually a little shorter). I use this constantly. Often someone will ask me what apologetics is (that happens a lot). And here’s my reply: In apologetics we provide argument and evidence for the truth of historic Christianity. For example, consider […]
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I’ve often heard Christians say that when witnessing Christians should “just share the love of God,” meaning: don’t talk about hell or judgment. In this context I have also heard things like, “you can’t draw flies without honey” and “I don’t want to scare people into heaven; I want to love them in.” This sounds nice
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In 1993 I started working for Simon Greenleaf University (now Trinity Law School) which offered an M.A. in Christian apologetics (Craig Hazen was the director). Much of my job was to promote the school and although I had studied Christian apologetics since my sophomore year in high school, I decided I needed to see whether
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We’ve all heard someone say, “People shouldn’t argue.” Well, my answer to that is to ask, “Can you give me some reasons for why you believe that?” Of course the reason is: “because arguing doesn’t do any good.” To this I will point out that they have just argued. After all, “argue” simply means to
Arguing Doesn’t Do Any Good? Sure It Does! Read More »
Last week I was asked by a reporter from the African-American newspaper, Our Weekly, to respond to the notion that Jesus wasn’t a historical person but really just a reheated myth based on religious myths that preceded it. What follows, with few changes, are the notes that I prepared for that interview. Extremely little of
Jesus Wasn’t a Real Person? That’s Dumb! Read More »
One of the most dangerous teachings today is that you need to learn to love yourself before you can love others. People who believe this will quote the verse “love your neighbor as yourself” (Matt. 22:39) and then say that a lot of people don’t love themselves and so they need to learn to love
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That people could be so heavenly minded that they were no earthly good is desperately mistaken. I say this for several reasons.
Let’s Kill “So Heavenly Minded, No Earthly Good” Read More »
When I was in seminary in the 1970’s, I took Cults from Walter Martin and he had former Jehovah’s Witness Bill Cetnar speak to the class. What follows is the line of reasoning Cetnar presented. I’ve used it ever since with Jehovah’s Witnesses at my door, with JWs on my radio program, and with JW
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I don’t think that most Christians would be surprised that a the large majority of Christian men, whether married or not, and many Christian women, whether married or not, are struggling with sexual lust. Many of these men and women feel defeated, dirty, guilty, and alone. And all of these men and women (if they
Lust: Are We Willing to Do What It Takes? Read More »
In 1972 I was a high school sophomore struggling to keep my lusts under control. Back then a famous teacher (he’s still famous) was all the rage so I got a tape of his that had to do with controlling lust and I listened to it more than once. In that tape he said that
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