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It is becoming clear that in order for us to reach our young people we need to make apologetics more relational. The old way of lecturing and preaching left no time for an extended question and answer period. Well intentioned teachers would walk away from the podium thinking that they had just imparted the wisdom of God when in reality…..
The Bible tells us to “Judge not, that [we] be not judged,” so why does the world consider Christians so judgmental? I think in our zeal to be Holy like He is Holy; we often use God’s criticism of religious insiders to divinize our desire to judge secular outsiders. We fail to see that God’s sternest words were reserved for the priests and not the pagans. Jesus was also kinder to outsiders than He was to the religious elite. He didn’t condemn the Samaritan woman, even though she was a sinner, yet He…..
I have grown weary of the debates between atheists and Christians because the question for the vast majority of people is not, “Does God exist?” but rather, “Who is the God we should worship?” I see lecture halls packed with believers and unbelievers alike all awaiting a scholarly Fourth of July Fireworks show. Audiences captivated by the pyrotechnic display of…..
Isn’t it interesting that the only time we’re able to sit still for our life portraits is when we’re dead? Instead of carefully painting them ourselves we end up handing the brush and palette to a pastor, family member, or friend. We spend a lifetime carefully writing the story of our lives and then abruptly ask others to create a…..
Christians are engaged in a cultural worldview battle. Our two most prominent adversaries are the philosophical forces of modernism and postmodernism. Modernism, assembles its atheistic forces and engages the Bible and its adherents in conventional warfare. These skirmishes are often conducted in college auditoriums where the generals of each side spar in a war of words. Postmodernism, on the…..
The idea of redemption has its origin in the image of God because you cannot regain or restore that which you never had. Everyone has been created in God’s image, so everyone has a horse in this race. We all hope to enter the winner’s circle, but sadly hear gunshots in the distance announcing the fate of a fellow traveller whose broken worldview leg can no longer bear the weight of truth.
We have soiled the image in which we…..
A great deal of human spiritual searching is inspired by the fact that God and man are always bumping into one another. I think it is fair to say that we have all had our souls briefly stirred by a brush with holiness. We are, however, not content with spiritual one-night stands and so we try to pursue a long-term relationship with Mr. RIGHT. Intrigued by the mysterious encounters with the “lover of our soul” we get up enough courage…..
As we begin to seek the God who is, we need to understand one of the most common misconceptions underlying this important task; the idea that all spiritual paths lead to God. The concept of many paths to the same God raises three very serious issues. First of all, it implies that the object of our spiritual search is ill defined, nebulous, and…..
It appears that God’s existence is on trial. We constantly hear arguments from both sides of the aisle but forget that the jury has already packed its bags and left for home. Americans have decided by an overwhelming majority that God does in fact exist. Polls consistently show that 85-95% of Americans believe in a God, therefore the real question in front of us is not, “does God exist?” But rather, “who is this God in whom we believe?” We…..
I loved Jesus but my Christian marketing scheme had become a series of Tupperware parties where I would invite over a couple of like-minded friends to discuss the Gospel and then conveniently pack it into an attractive plastic container hoping that it would remain fresh until the next time we met. What I failed to realize was that I was effectively sealing up the life giving breath of the Holy Spirit and preventing it from resuscitating a world desperately gasping…..
