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Christianity is Not Better than Other Religions
Many Christians labor under the illusion that the way to share their faith is to argue that Christianity is better than other religions, belief systems or worldviews. They generally do this in one of two ways. Some argue from a therapeutic approach—that the Christian...
Can We Trust the Gospels?
Can We Trust the Gospels? The Historical Basis for the Christian Faith Many Christians are unaware of the unique nature of the Christian faith. Since most world religions are not based on historical events, and their beginnings cannot be anchored in any verifiable...
Doing Justice and the Gospel, Part 4: Applications
[This is the last of a four-part series on doing justice and the gospel. See parts 1-3 for context here and here and here.] Application of Justice and Injustice It is unjust to allow some people to break a just law because of their status, whether politicians or...
Doing Justice and the Gospel, Part 3: Principles to Guide Our Practice of Justice
[This is the third of a four-part series on doing justice and how it relates to the gospel. See the first and second parts here and here.] Principles for doing justice and the gospel: Hermeneutically, we must make distinctions between the combined political/religious...
Doing Justice and the Gospel, Part 2: Justice According to Leviticus 19
[This is the second of a four-part series on doing justice and how it relates to the gospel. See the first part here .] The laws that God lays down in Leviticus contribute to the overall picture of justice in the Bible. Let’s take a look at one passage that is rich in...
Doing Justice and the Gospel
The question of the role of social justice and the church is one of the hottest topics of the day among Christians. Recently I had 30 minutes to address the issue in chapel at Lancaster Bible College. In the next four blog posts I will unpack my chapel talk....
3 Final Logical Fallacies to Avoid (and How to Tell When Someone Else is Committing Them)
[This is the final post in the series on Logic and Apologetics] Begging the Question—assuming a conclusion to be true without proving it. If I am trying to prove that people have lost the ability to distinguish between right and wrong by citing increase numbers of...
3 More Logical Fallacies to Avoid (and How to Tell When Someone Else is Committing Them)
[This post continues the series on Logic and Apologetics begun in previous posts] Logical fallacies are flaws in reasoning that superficially seem to be sound, but upon examination are found to be false. The power of logical fallacies is that even after they have been...
3 Logical Fallacies to Avoid (and How to Tell When Someone Else is Committing Them)
[This post continues the short series on Logic and Apologetics posted previously.] So far, we have looked at the basic structure of logic. Errors in the structure of logical arguments are called formal fallacies. For the sake of brevity, we don’t cover them in this...
Using Logic in Apologetics
In a previous post we introduced the basics of logic. Here we see how logic is used in apologetics encounters. When we apply the science of arguments to apologetics, it is clear that the arguments used against Christianity are often stated informally. The informal...
Basic Logic for Apologetics
“Christianity is just not logical!” A friend of mine who serves in Spain began to encounter this objection when he tried to talk about faith in Jesus Christ. He wrote to me and asked how he could respond. To commit your life to something that is illogical is a serious...
Still More Strategies for Effective Apologetic Encounters
This post concludes the three-part series on Strategies for effective apologetic encounters. To see the first two posts in this series click here and here. The sixth way to effectively engage unbelievers with the gospel is to identify assertions when arguments are...
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