23Nov 2019 by Post

Reactions to John Crist’s Moral Failings Demonstrate Our Culture’s Confusion about Christianity

Apologetics, Apologetics for Parents, Christianity, ChristianMomThoughts, Christians failures, John Crist, Natasha Crain, Theology and Christian Apologetics, Uncategorized
By Natasha Crain News broke yesterday that popular Christian comedian and YouTuber John Crist has come forth with an admission of ongoing “sexual sin and addiction struggles” after multiple women exposed years of his sexually immoral behavior. Honestly, my heart sank when I saw this. I love Crist’s videos. We watch them with our kids. In fact, our family had just watched one of his most popular ones, “Church Hunters,” this week! If you’re not familiar with Crist, he pokes fun at evangelical culture through his videos, and in a way that you can typically nod along with because they (unfortunately and humorously) hit close to home. Church Hunters, for example, is a parody that features a couple searching for a new church, but they’re considering all the wrong criteria…something…
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20Nov 2019 by Post

Was Apollonius of Tyana a Jesus Parallel?

4. Is the NT True?, Apollonius of Tyana, Apologetics, Christianity, Evidence, Gospels Report, history, Jesus Christ, Jesus resurrection, New Testament, Skeptics, The Skeptics’ Best Parallel, Theology and Christian Apologetics
By Ryan Leasure Bart Ehrman is the most popular skeptic in America today. Writing at super-sonic rates, his books seem to find their way on the New York Times Bestseller list about every other year. Because of his rapid output and wide popularity, his views are spreading like gangrene across the American landscape (and beyond). Additionally, Ehrman is a professor of religion at UNC-Chapel Hill where he works to cripple the faith of every young Christian who enters his classroom. He shares one of his faith-crippling tactics in his book How Jesus Became God. Ehrman tells the story of beginning his class by sharing this description of a famous man from the ancient world. “Before he was born, his mother had a visitor from heaven who told her that her…
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18Nov 2019 by Post

LGBT activist calls for “hardball” “fight” to empty the church pews of Christians

Agenda LGBT, Apologetics, Christian Right, Christianity, Culture, Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics, LGBT Activist, Politics, Theology and Christian Apologetics, Wintery Knight
By Wintery Knight Transgender woman calls for “hardball” “fight” to “empty the pews” Previously, I blogged about how transgender activists shut down a discussion of transgender issues on a university campus in Canada. You might think that suppressing debate and disagreement is something that only happens north of the border. But an LGBT activist with 50,000 Twitter followers is being re-tweeted by prominent people on the left after demanding a “fight” to “empty the pews”. Look at this Twitter thread from “Chrissy Str00p“, a transgender woman: The Christian Right has won its culture war under the noses of “liberal elites.” Long before Trump, abstinence-only #FakeSexEd came to dominate public schools. Abortion became effectively inaccessible in most areas. We’re fighting to take ground back and even to realize rights that have…
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16Nov 2019 by Post

A Review of Nancy Pearcey’s Saving Leonardo: A Call to Resist the Secular Assault on Mind, Morals, and Meaning

Apologetics, Christianity, Meaning, New Age spiritualism, SalvoMag.Com, Secularism, Terrell Clemmons, theology, Theology and Christian Apologetics
By Terrell Clemmons Nancy Pearcey knows the captivating power of secular ideas because she used to hold them herself. As a teenager, she rejected the religion of her childhood and embraced a host of “isms,” from moral relativism to scientific determinism to New Age spiritualism. But she persisted in her quest for truth, only to find that the biblical worldview offers far better and more complete answers to the real-world questions those philosophies attempted to address. For those of us who lack such intellectual stamina, her books serve as a tour of the long and winding journey by which she arrived at that conclusion. The Soul of Science, which she co-authored with Charles Thaxton in 1994, defied the deeply embedded cultural myth which said that faith and science occupy mutually…
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13Nov 2019 by Post

The Works of Jesus in the Nicene Creed

Apologetics, ApologeticsGuy, Christianity, Cross, Evidence, history, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Mikel del Rosario, New Testament, Resurrection, The Nicene Creed, theology, Theology and Christian Apologetics, Tomb
By Mikel Del Rosario Jesus: The Essential Works What are the essential truths Christians believing about the things Jesus did? As defenders of the faith, we need to know which beliefs about Jesus’ deeds are essential and why we should believe them. I had a conversation with my mentor Darrell Bock about this on an episode of the Table Podcast focusing on the works of Jesus mentioned in the Nicene Creed—a collaborative statement of essential Christian beliefs crafted in 325 AD. This creed was based on the Apostle’s Creed and various Scriptures. Early creeds are a good reminder that the essentials of the Christian faith were not just made up recently but actually go back to the earliest memories of Jesus and the teachings of his official spokespeople. Let me…
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11Nov 2019 by Post

Book Review: Time for Truth: Living Free in A World of Lies, Hype, and Spin

1. Does Truth Exist?, Apologetics, Atheism, Book review, Christianity, Culture, Evidence, Faithful Thinkers, Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics, Luke Nix, Postmodern Relativism, Reasons, Theology and Christian Apologetics, Time for Truth by Os Guiness, truth
By Luke Nix Introduction “Time for Truth: Living Free In A World of Lies, Hype, and Spin” by Os Guinness has been on my reading list for several years now. It is a relatively short book, so I popped it in my bag to read during downtime on a trip to see family. By the time I had made it through the first chapter, I wished that I had made time to read it sooner! In today’s cultural and political climate that seems to twist and spin reality to fit certain narratives, it is vital that people be able to distinguish between truth from falsehood. The history of the East demonstrates the implications of denying truth as an accurate reflection of reality. In “Time for Truth,” sociologist Os Guinness takes the…
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09Nov 2019 by Post

You Might Be a Deist

Apologetics, Bellator Christi, Brian Chilton, Christianity, Deist, God, Impersonal God, miracles, Personal God, theology, Theology and Christian Apologetics
By Brian Chilton Atlanta native Jeff Foxworthy made a name for himself as a stand-up comedian doing a routine called “You might be a redneck.” Some of these classic one-liners include, “If you have a set of salad bowls and they all say Cool Whip on the side, you might be a redneck … If you have ever been accused of lying through your tooth, you might be a redneck … If you ever use your ironing board as a buffet table, you might be a redneck.” Foxworthy is a masterful comedian. A theological system known as deism is no laughing matter. Deists hold that God is transcendent but is impersonal and has no dealings with the world. Therefore, deists deny such things as special revelation (that God can communicate…
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06Nov 2019 by Post

How to Work through Doubt and Uncertainty

Apologetics, Christianity, Christians, Doubts, faith, Matthew Slama, Philosophy of Science, Questions, Religious community, science, Scientific community, Scientist, Theology and Christian Apologetics, TwinCitiesApologetics
By Matthew Slama In the guide to Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement from JCGM, it defines uncertainty as meaning doubt. It specifically defines uncertainty of measurement as meaning doubt about the validity of the result of a measurement. I recently presented at a technical conference on methods of computing measurement uncertainty and was thinking about the applicability of these concepts to other areas of knowledge. We don’t see doubt and uncertainty in science the same as we do in religion. In religion, it is often viewed as a bad thing. But in science, it is often viewed as a good thing. The reason for this is in scientific endeavors; you are trying to achieve an end result – knowledge. In the scientific community, when one realizes that there is uncertainty,…
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24Aug 2019 by Post

Deceitful ‘Christian’ Logic

Christianity, False Apologetics, Nashville Apologetics, Pete Buttigieg
Brace E. Barber False Apologetics Pete Buttigieg seems to be a brilliant man, and yet he has picked a stance against the Bible – God’s Word – God’s Truth. Hey, if you are going to run for President of the United States, you’ve got to have an unwavering belief in yourself. I’d suggest picking a battle you can win. The guy may become President some day, not this time, but next time or the time after that. The battle he won’t win is against God. Shake your fist at the sky, but too bad. There are enough Christians out there, the vast majority of Christians who can be convinced that the Bible doesn’t say what it says. Pete can quote verses about the poor and the environment, and he may…
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14Mar 2019 by Post

Have Christians Given Up?

Apologetics, Apologetics Speakers, Atheism, brace barber, Christianity, Evidence, Youth Apologetics
By Brace E. Barber March 14, 2019 Christian Apologetics Speaker The plane arrived in the early evening on cold day exactly seven days before the Championship. The players stepped off of the plane as the favorite to win the big game. Somehow their faces weren’t those of champions, they were downcast and distant. The look wasn’t that of determination. The players almost looked scared. After a week of game-preparation, the unimaginable happened. The players from both teams met in the middle of the field for the coin toss. Our team towered over the other boys in a way that made people wince at the tromping that they would give the opposing team. But instead of flipping the coin, the umpire waved his hands above his head and made the announcement…
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