Machen on the Necessity of Apologetics
You can teach about evangelism all you want, but if you don’t include apologetics training, you reduce your effectiveness exponentially. False ideas are the greatest obstacles to the reception of the gospel. We may preach with all the fervor of a reformer and...
Acceptance of LGBT Increasingly a Requirement to Participate in Any Aspect of Society and Academia
Michael Kruger, a world-class scholar on the New Testament and the canon of Scripture, brings to our attention the decision by the Society of Biblical Literature to disallow the Christian publisher, InterVarsity Press, from displaying their books at the annual meeting...
Reason #42 that Apologetics is Important: “Christian America” Don’t Know Much About Theology
In yet another vivid example of the spiritual state of America, a recent survey reveals that our countrymen are quite ambivalent and confused about the truth. Lifeway Research surveyed thousands of Americans about a variety of beliefs, including questions about the...What Jesus’ Temptation Teaches Us About Our Own
Now I have to ask you: If Jesus Christ, the Son of God, did not presume to face the forces of evil in the world without a profound knowledge of the Bible in mind and heart, how could we try to face life any other way? It’s true that this takes a great deal of time and...