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January 14, 2019
Some questions carry more weight than others. Such is the case with the question, “Does God exist?” People will often contend that God does exist (theism), or He may exist (agnosticism), or He doesn’t exist (atheism). And if it can be shown that He does exist, then the latter two […]
January 14, 2019
Asking the question, “Who made God?” is like asking, “How did Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata taste?” It just doesn’t fit. The question is a classic category mistake. God wasn’t made and Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata can’t be tasted. Adding to this blunder, the famed atheist Bertrand Russell notoriously said, “If everything must […]
February 13, 2019
At the ripe old age of five, the great thirteenth-century philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas asked his teacher, “What is God?” His teacher was stumped. As a result, Thomas became a theologian to find out for himself. He didn’t think we could answer the question about God’s essence. But he […]
February 13, 2019
“Let me be clear that of course, the Bible says it is our obligation to love, praise, and worship God, but this is a very different matter from the suggestion that God worships himself, is deeply worried about whether he has enough glory or not, and his deepest motivation for doing […]
February 20, 2019
Will there be sex in heaven? The short answer is no. But I’ve got some explaining to do, right? Okay, here are a few reasons why there won’t be sex in heaven. First, sex has a setting, a turf, or a milieu. Call it a terrain. And the stomping grounds […]
February 27, 2019
The Bible isn’t silent on the issue of drinking alcohol. A simple search and one will quickly see that the Scriptures are replete with advice about alcohol. In a nutshell, the Bible doesn’t condemn drinking, but it does condemn drunkenness. In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul writes, “Do not […]
March 1, 2019
“Drugs will not make one’s problems disappear; they will only delay the onset of having to deal with problems and will often create more problems.” Sean McDowell In my past, I smoked plenty of marijuana, so I get the attraction. Being high feels good, and when life stinks, who doesn’t […]
March 6, 2019
“I doubt that we should oppose a regulated medical use of marijuana, controlled by appropriate physician oversight and prescriptions. Many drugs are sold by prescription which, if they were abused, would be even more destructive than marijuana.” John Piper Most Christians agree that it is permissible to use certain narcotics […]
March 13, 2019
“I have had plenty of people say, ‘Well, what’s wrong with sex outside of marriage?’ The answer is the Bible says God invented sex as a way to say to somebody else that I belong completely and exclusively to you. So if you use sex to say something else, you […]
March 20, 2019
“Cross-dressing, considered by some of little consequence today, was strictly forbidden in Israel because it obliterated the lines of distinction inherit in God’s creation of man and woman.” Apologetics Study Bible The term often associated with a cross-dresser is transvestite—someone who seeks to dress according to the opposite sex of […]
April 3, 2019
“Some Jews and Muslims accuse Christians of being idolatrous for believing in the Trinity. My response to both groups is that they fundamentally misunderstand the Christian understanding of the Trinity.” Miroslav Volf In short, the Trinity is God. Yet, many have falsely assumed that Christians believe in three gods. Such […]
April 10, 2019
“During the third century, a heresy arose which is called Modalism or Sabellianism or Monarchianism. According to this heresy, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are all divine, but they are not distinct persons.” William Lane Craig Modalism is a heresy that denies the doctrine of the Trinity. […]