• Establishing God as Creator

    Establishing God as Creator

  • Unmasking the Deception of Mormonism

    Unmasking the Deception of Mormonism

  • Defending the Life of the Unborn

    Defending the Life of the Unborn

  • Loving the Trinity

    Loving the Trinity

  • Believing in Jesus as God and Man

    Believing in Jesus as God and Man

  • Sharing with a Jehovah’s Witness

    Sharing with a Jehovah’s Witness

  • Religious Liberties at Risk

    Religious Liberties at Risk

  • Discovering the Historical Jesus

    Discovering the Historical Jesus

  • God’s Plan for Evil and Suffering

    God’s Plan for Evil and Suffering

  • Was the Resurrection a Historical Event?

    Was the Resurrection a Historical Event?
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Does God Approve of Abortion?

May 22, 2013

Tweet I am continuing to answer the atheist flyer I received in San Diego.  They say 2 Kings 8:12 supports the practice of abortion.  I will begin with an overview of 2 Kings 8:7-11 to provide the context for the passage in question. The prophet Elisha has arrived at Damascus.  Ben-hadad king of Aram is [...]

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Does God Approve of Genocide?

May 17, 2013

Tweet I am continuing to answer the objections of atheists I talked to in San Diego.  The flyer on their table said 1 Samuel 15:1-3 shows God approves of genocide.  1 Samuel 15:1-3: Then Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you as king over His people, over Israel; now therefore, listen [...]

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Is it Moral for God to Kill an Innocent Human Being?

May 14, 2013

Tweet Atheists contend God is a moral monster based on his actions in the Old Testament.  Greg Koukl, President of the organization Stand to Reason, wrote an excellent article called “Can God Kill the Innocent?”  Since my next two posts will deal with this issue I thought I’d reproduce highlights from that article. The broader [...]

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Is it okay to Work on Saturday?

May 10, 2013

Tweet I am continuing to post challenges from some atheists in San Diego.  They say Exodus 35:2 commands us to put others to death for working on the Sabbath.  Their claim is Christians are inconsistent in applying what the Bible clearly teaches. Do Christians ignore verses we don’t like?  If we ignore them then the [...]

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Is God is Responsible for All Evil?

May 8, 2013

Tweet I will continue to answer the objections from the atheists in Balboa Park in San Diego.  I will use the verses they supplied in the handout they gave to anyone who was interested. Their next objection was Isaiah 45:7 in which they try to imply God is responsible for all evil.  Isaiah 45:7 “The [...]

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Does God Approve of Human Sacrifices?

May 3, 2013

Tweet At Balboa Park in San Diego a group of Atheists each weekend setup a booth to try to build a community of unbelievers for fun and fellowship.  They also like to challenge Christians on certain passages from the Bible.  They have available a flyer with 5 objections to the God of the Bible.  I [...]

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Part 3 A Famous Atheist Overstates His Case

April 30, 2013

Tweet Here is a second example of overstating your case.  It is a quote from an atheist Cornell University professor Dr. William Provine: “Let me summarize my views on what modern evolutionary biology tells us loud and clear … There are no gods, no purposes, no goal-directed forces of any kind. There is no life [...]

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Part 2 Example of Overstating Your Case

April 27, 2013

Tweet Jehovah’s Witnesses are famous for overstating their case.  They make outlandish claims that are blindly believed by their faithful followers.  Let me share an example: In the Watchtower Organization booklet “Should You Believe in the Trinity?” it tried to make the case the early church never taught the Trinity and their ancient writings supported [...]

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Part 1 Avoid Overstating Your Case

April 24, 2013

Tweet My definition of overstating your case is those times when you are in a conversation and in presenting your argument or assertion you make a strong statement you cannot adequately support.  At times we are either trying to give the impression we have more evidence than we have or dismissing the possibility the other [...]

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Part 4 What is a Life-Giving Spirit? 1 Corinthians 15:45

April 19, 2013

Tweet Jehovah’s Witnesses love to use 1 Corinthians 15:45 to make their case Jesus resurrected spiritually because He is a “life-giving spirit.”  Let’s read the passage in context: 1 Corinthians 15:45-50 “So also it is written, ‘The first MAN, Adam, BECAME A LIVING SOUL.’ The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. 46 However, the spiritual [...]

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Part 3 The Apostle Paul argues for a resurrected physical body

April 12, 2013

Tweet As we look back at 1 Corinthians 15:44 we must understand that throughout the New Testament, whenever the Greek word soma (body) is applied to a person it always refers to a physical body.  There are no exceptions to this.  In fact Greek scholar Robert Gundry, in his authoritative book Soma in Biblical Theology, [...]

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Part 2: Does spiritual body mean immaterial body? 1 Corinthians 15:44

April 9, 2013

Tweet Atheists and Jehovah’s Witnesses have used verse 15:44 to argue against a bodily resurrection.  1 Corinthians 15:44 “it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.”  Paul altered his wording slightly from verses 42 and 43.  Instead of saying [...]

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Part 1: Did Jesus Rise Physically from the Dead? 1 Corinthians 15:42-49

April 5, 2013

Tweet Jehovah’s Witnesses and others argue that after the crucifixion, Jesus rose spiritually from the dead.  They say it was not a physical/bodily resurrection.  They use the words of the Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 15 as their primary source.  Were the appearances of Jesus after his death simply a vision projected by God?  Did [...]

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How to Ask Questions part 4

April 2, 2013

Tweet In part 3 I encouraged you to listen to the person challenging your beliefs and assess who has the burden of proof.  If he is simply offering an opinion, ask him to defend his conclusion.  You can do that by first asking, “What do you mean by that” as a way of gaining clarification [...]

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How to Ask Questions part 3

March 29, 2013

Tweet Who has the burden of proof? The burden of proof simply means the person who expressed his opinion must justify or explain the reasons for holding that belief.  It is a vital skill to establish in a conversation who has the burden of proof.  The pressure is always on the one who has to [...]

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How to Ask Questions part 2

March 26, 2013

Tweet I would like to continue to expound on how to ask questions and why they are a powerful tool to acquire.  My objectives are 1) Explain why questions are important in a spiritual discussion; 2) Identify who has the burden of proof; 3) Describe basic questions you can ask in almost any situation; and [...]

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How to Ask Questions part 1

March 22, 2013

Tweet In a spiritual conversation, questions are the most powerful tool to acquire.  My goal in this series of posts is to help you develop the skill of asking good questions. The following is an email conversation with a friend concerning the issue of abortion.  I began the conversation with a poster I found online.  [...]

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False Ideas Make the Gospel Irrelevant

March 19, 2013

Tweet Question: Is sharing the gospel difficult today in the United States? Answer: As our society becomes more secularized, the gospel becomes more irrelevant.  More and more young people are growing up not understanding the beliefs of Christianity.  Some don’t have a clue why Christians celebrate Christmas or what happened at Easter.  Going to church [...]

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Does the Assurance of Salvation Lead To Sin? Part 6

March 15, 2013

Tweet What can we do to make sure we have victory over sin?  We can 1) join a convent, 2) surround ourselves with only Christians, and 3) live in solitude, like a monk getting rid of the internet, TV, videos, etc.  I think for some these maybe your best options.  However, God wants us to [...]

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Does the Assurance of Salvation Lead To Sin? Part 5

March 12, 2013

Tweet My third and final reason why a spirit filled believer will obey without the fear of losing his or her salvation. God’s grace does not lead to a life of sin because 1.   We are dead to sin (part 3) 2.   We are alive to God in Christ (part 4)  3.   We live by [...]

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Does the Assurance of Salvation Lead To Sin? Part 4

March 8, 2013

Tweet Here is my second reason why a spirit filled believer will obey without the fear of losing his or her salvation. God’s grace does not lead to a life of sin because… 2.   We are alive to God in Christ Jesus Paul writes in Romans 6:9-11 “Knowing that Christ, having been raised from the [...]

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Does the Assurance of Salvation Lead To Sin? Part 3

March 5, 2013

Tweet Let me give you 3 reasons why a spirit filled believer will obey God without the fear of losing his or her salvation. God’s grace does not lead to a life of sin because… 1.   We are dead to sin Paul is now going to spend the rest of chapter 6 making the case [...]

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Does the Assurance of Salvation Lead To Sin? Part 2

March 2, 2013

Tweet If we know we are going to heaven, a new problem arises.  What prevents us from sinning all we want?  What keeps people from running out and killing themselves because they know they are going to heaven?  Once when I told a Catholic college student that God’s free gift of grace guarantees heaven and [...]

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Does the Assurance of Salvation Lead To Sin? Part 1

February 25, 2013

Tweet A few years ago I visited a Catholic Cathedral in Santa Fe New Mexico.  I purchased a pamphlet called, “Why Be a Catholic?”  The first section was called, “Are you saved?”  It begins with a story of a man who got saved at a protestant church and told his family that nothing could keep [...]

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You Cannot Lose Your Salvation! Part 5

February 22, 2013

Tweet What do we do with those who seem to have walked away? Constant Prayer for them – Pray for God’s Holy Spirit to either bring them back to their previous commitment to Christ or convict them of their sin so they trust Christ.  I have individuals in my life who seem to have walked [...]

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You Cannot Lose Your Salvation! Part 4

February 20, 2013

Tweet If someone cannot lose his or her salvation, what about the people who have walked away? Then only 2 possibilities remain: God still sees them as Christians as they live in sin. They never were a Holy Spirit filled believer in Jesus Christ.  They were religious and came close to a full commitment to [...]

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You Cannot Lose Your Salvation! Part 3

February 15, 2013

Tweet Here is my fifth and final set of scriptures I will use as I make my case for eternal security (see part 1 and part 2). Once we trust Jesus Christ…  5.   We cannot be snatched out of God’s hand If I wanted one set of scriptures to make my case for eternal security [...]

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You Cannot Lose Your Salvation! Part 2

February 12, 2013

Tweet Continued support to my contention the Bible teaches eternal security (see part 1). Once we trust Jesus Christ… 3.   God has plans for our life Christians have been saved for a reason.  God wants us to become like His Son Jesus Christ and be His witnesses.  Paul writes to the church at Philippi “For [...]

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You Cannot Lose Your Salvation! Part 1

February 8, 2013

Tweet Over the last few weeks I focused on answering objections to eternal security.  I tried to demonstrate that it is possible to have an intellectual belief but inwardly never be a true follower of Jesus Christ.  I gave this as an explanation for why some people seem to lose their salvation.  I also answered [...]

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When Does Life Begin?

February 5, 2013

Tweet My friend Tom responded to my post “Should Abortion be Legal?” with this question, “Where is the law that says that fetuses are humans?”  He was referring to the Roe V. Wade decision and Supreme Court justice Harry Blackman’s ruling.  Blackman said we don’t know when life begins and so therefore, we cannot outlaw [...]

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