Our church recently went through the book of Acts together. One member of the church told me after our study of Acts, she has come to a greater appreciation for the Apostle Paul. Reading of his missionary journeys where we see his boldness in preaching and his willingness to suffer […]
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The great skeptic David Hume said witnesses should be unbiased if we’re going to consider them credible. So when skeptics look at the New Testament documents, they often ask: How can you say they are reliable when they were written by the converted? These are biased accounts written by biased
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This is the third installment of our series on the Nicene Creed. You can read Part 1 and Part 2, here and here. This post will look at one of the more controversial elements of the Creed, a single word found in the final section on the Holy Spirit, filioque,
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This is part 3 in our series “Is Christianity Harmful to Society.” You can read parts 1 and 2, here and here. Has Christianity as a whole done any good for mankind? Has it been more harmful or helpful? I think given what we know about history, Christianity has had
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This is part 2 in our series “Is Christianity Harmful to Society.” You can read Part 1 here. Some say that religion is the problem with the world. Take the late Christopher Hitchens as one obvious example.1 But could it be that religion is not the actual problem? Take war,
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It has been often said that Christianity is harmful to society. Just look at the Crusades, Inquisitions, witch-burnings, etc. In fact, religion in general is harmful to society, at least according to some people. Atheists have even tried to turn this from a complaint about religion to an argument against
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