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Category Archives: Apologetics
When Will We See Peace on Earth?: Reconciling the Newtown Tragedy with the Christmas Story
Guest Post from Ray Jones, Pastor of Lighthouse Community Baptist Church, Pawcatuck, CT, and frequent religion writer in Southeastern Connecticut. Every day, my wife and I pray with each of our four children before they leave for school. Some days, … Continue reading
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Why No Earthly Pleasure Will Ever Ultimately Satisfy Your Greatest Desires
Creatures are not born with desires unless satisfaction for those desires exists. A baby feels hunger: well, there is such a thing as food. A duckling wants to swim: well, there is such a thing as water. Men feel sexual … Continue reading
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Evangelism AND Apologetics
It is sometimes believed by the evangelistically-minded that there is no need to defend the faith, but simply to “open your mouth” and “tell your story.” If someone asks you “why?” you shouldn’t worry about your answer, simply reply, “I … Continue reading
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Rejecting the Genesis Account is Rejecting an Absolute God
It is true that this story of man’s fall is cast away as a relic of a mythological age by the average student of philosophy. But surely this is unjust. The question is not one merely of the historicity of … Continue reading
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How Good Science is Often Misused, Misreported and Misinterpreted
Every few months a major news story breaks about a new scientific discovery that will either change life as we know it, or that disproves once again something Christianity teaches. So, Christians live with the ever frustrating task of explaining … Continue reading
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How Yoga Reveals the Sad State of American Christianity
A few weeks, Al Mohler, the President of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY posted an essay on his blog about yoga. Like most things Mohler writes, this article was a well-argued critique based on careful research, sound logic … Continue reading
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Resources for Answering Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking’s new book The Grand Design was released last week, and it has already caused quite a stir. Hawking, a British theoretical physicist and cosmologist, is most well known as the genius in a wheelchair, having lived with neuro-muscular dystrophy … Continue reading
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The Value of Systematic Theology for Defending the Faith
Many people believe that the basis and source of defending the faith is different than that of knowing the faith. That is, they believe that we do systematic theology by appealing to the Scriptures, and we defend our faith by … Continue reading
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Without God, Knowledge of Anything is Just Wishful Thinking
Not one single fact in this universe can be known truly by man without the existence of God. Even if man will not recognize God’s existence, the fact of God’s existence nonetheless accounts for whatever measure of knowledge man has … Continue reading
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The Importance of 1 Peter 3:15-16 for Apologetics
The text of Scripture that most clearly teaches us about every believer’s responsibility to be involved in apologetics is 1 Peter 3:15-16. In this passage, every believer is commanded to be prepared to “give and answer,” lit. “make a defense” … Continue reading
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