Apologetics
There are at least three elements that make up a solid defender of the Christian faith. Training You can’t fight if you don’t know how. You might be able to flail about, but you won’t be very effective. What’s worse is that you are just as likely to hurt yourself and those on your side [...]
In 1 Corinthians 9:7 Paul says: Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? Or who tends a flock without getting some of the milk? Paul clearly indicates in the verse above that a pastor or teacher should be viewed as a soldier, someone who tends [...]
my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. -Hosea 4:6a The Bible does not require of even condone the “blind faith” of Immanuel Kant.
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In my last post I discussed the problem of market saturation when it comes to churches, particularly in the south where it is easy to find a church on almost every corner. However in the north the market saturation is less obvious because the problem is not an abundance of church businesses but a lack [...]
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Here is a link to more information about the conference. The conference will be held this November 18-20 at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church. I am personally looking forward to seeing Alvin Plantinga speak. As Craig mentions in the video above, Plantinga is one of the best philosophers alive today. Hope to see you there!
We’ve recently undergone the task of teaching our daughter to ride her bike without training wheels. And through the tears we often hear the protest “you’re hurting my feelings” from our less than enthusiastic daughter. To her, riding a bike has gone from an enjoyable activity to a huge chore that her parents force her [...]
Here is an exchange I had recently with a brother in Christ on the topic of presuppositionalism and it’s possible pitfalls when it comes to being a basis for apologetics and evangelization: They: when the presuppositionalist claims there is no common ground, how duz the classical apologist respond? Because one of my seminary buddies (he’s [...]
The Southern Baptist Convention, of which I am a member, has undertaken a challenge recently laid down by Southeastern Theological Seminary president Dr. Danny Akin in his sermon “12 Axioms for a Great Commission Resurgence”. This challenge, in a nutshell, is to get back to our Biblical roots and primary mission of telling the world [...]
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