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...
Strategies for Effective Apologetic Encounters
“But, what if the person asks me a question I can’t answer? How do I know where to go with the conversation? What if my mind goes blank?” The woman who asked these questions had just sat through one of my weekend conferences, and yet felt at a loss as she contemplated...
How to Answer a Fool
Guest Post by Jeff Mindler Proverbs 26:4-5 reads, “4Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.” This, in its simplest form, is the two-step procedure of the apologetic...
A Complexity is Not a Contradiction: Jonah and the Whale as an Example
“When dealing with skeptics’ claim of Bible contradictions it seems one can never be reminded enough of what exactly is a contradiction. A contradiction occurs when two or more claims conflict with one another so that they cannot simultaneously be true in the...