Defending the truth of Christianity
19 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit . . . Matthew 28:19 My own personal calling came from the conviction that the words that I read in Scripture were speaking to me personally. As I read and …
A Recent Sermon-Read Matthew 22:34-38 Introduction In an earlier sermon, I introduced the concepts of monism and dualism. In modern scientific and academic circles, it is believed by many that the mind is the product of the brain. Naturalists, who are generally atheists, conclude that the human mind is nothing more than highly organized …
For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. ~2 Timothy …
Sanctify them by the truth; your Word is truth. ~John 17:17 In His high priestly prayer, Jesus asserts that God’s Word is true. Is it possible for open-minded individuals to intellectually conclude that Christianity is true? After Jesus’ death, the New Testament portrays the Apostles as dejected and demoralized. Only a few weeks later, these …
Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please. …
“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.” ~Micah 5:2 As part of a world religions class I recently taught at my church, I put together …
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. ~John 1:1-2 This story is told of Daniel Webster when he was in the prime of his manhood. He was dining with literary men in Boston. During the dinner, the conversation …