Earlier I posted a portion of a conversation I recently had with a friend (Mike) regarding salvation’s availability. Here is the continuation of that conversation (reposted with premission) where our conversation logically turns to whether everyone has the ability to accept the offer of salvation if it were freely offered. Mike: I see your questions1, [...]
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What it means Greek ἐκκλησία Transliteration/Pronunciation ekklēsia/ek-klā-sē’-ä Strong’s G1577 Definition This word is generally rendered “Church” in the New Testament and pastors like to make a big deal about part of this word’s meaning as “the called out ones” but few go further and point out that the “called out ones” referred to a political [...]
I love the field of study known as epistemology or the study of knowledge. Basically answering the question, “How do you know what you think you know?” Especially in a culture that tends to deny objective reality, particularly as it pertains to non-material objects/ideas, I find it helpful to be able to answer the skeptic’s critique of [...]
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It’s all too common this time of year to hear people bemoaning the commercialization of Christmas and how “the reason for the season” is being forgotten. However in all the commotion an underlying question is rarely asked and almost never answered: What are the real historical roots of Christmas?
What it means Greek τιμή Transliteration/Pronunciation timē/tē-mā’ Strong’s G5092 Definition This word has two distinct categories of meanings. 1.) a “valueing by which the price is affixed” or 2.) honor due someone. The range of this word is best seen in Paul’s first letter to Timothy where Paul tells Timothy that elders who labor in [...]
My wife and I recently got a chance to see Disney’s remake of Charles Dickens‘ Christmas Carol. We opted not to take the kids since we were warned that this version was a lot more true to Dicken’s original intent, which was largely to expose the brutal cruelty industrialization coupled with mindless material obsession. Such a warning was [...]
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I recently listened to a great lecture by Dinesh D’Souza1 on how we can reach a common ground with our atheist friends. I highly recommend it to anyone who interacts with atheists or who are intimidated by the “new atheists“. HT: Apologetics315 Who recently debated Christopher Hitchens. [↩]
Recently a number of prominent evangelical figures have made waves by signing the Manhattan Declaration, an ecumenical1and rather terse (in scope anyway) statement consisting of three points: the sanctity of human life the dignity of marriage as the conjugal union of husband and wife the rights of conscience and religious liberty. While these may seem pretty [...]
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I ran across this video recently and it reminded me about why answering the question of evil is absolutely critical if we are to uphold God as holy. BTW: God doesn’t judge in this age. Judgement has been suspended until the end of time.
I ran across this video recently wherein a panel of muslims discusses the proper way to go about beating your wife. As surprising as this revelation may be to those of us who are instructed to love our wives as Christ loved his Church it shouldn’t be considering that Muhammad prescribed the beating of disobedient wives in [...]
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