Showing why belief in Christianity is rational
The second plane heads for then hits the south tower of the WTC 9/11/01
The prophet Hosea records a lament from God: “my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.”(Hosea 4:6) I was struct by the lack of knowledge and perception exhibited in this question. In Hosea’s day, because the people were so ignorant of God and his ways, he rejected and punished them. Lest you fall into the same judgment, let me clear up the two glaring errors in this statement. Continue Reading
Mark records the teachings of the Apostle Peter
Since this concerns the game “Telephone”, let me ask, have you ever played the game? As I recall it, this is how it was played at a summer camp I went to in my youth many years ago. The proctor created two teams and lined them up. Then he split each team so there’s a short distance between the two halves of the team. There were two teams, each team with members in a line and the line separated in the middle by a short distance. The opposing teams were far away enough so they couldn’t hear what the other team was saying.
The full question (or in this case statement) is: Religion shouldn’t give anyone the right to refuse service to people just because they disagree with them. I asked ChatGPT to summarize the case of the Christian baker who refused to bake a gay-themed cake because it went against his Christian convictions. Here are some excerpts: Continue Reading
This question needs both to be put in context and to be clarified. We are answering the questions and challenges collected by the late Tom Gilson on TheStream. As originally posted the question is:
“Hypocrite! If you love like you say God tells you to love, why don’t you immigrants coming in?“
So first off, we need to decide what the actual question is. The phrase “why don’t you [ ] immigrants coming in?” is missing a verb. Why don’t we what? Want? Allow? Assist? Since the United States allows immigrants to come in once approved, and there are a number of Christian charities that assist immigrants who come, I will answer the question “Why don’t you want immigrants coming in the United States?” And I will also address the charge of hypocrisy. Continue Reading
Police officers in prayer in “Courageous”
In this age of easily accessible AI (artificial intelligence) it’s dangerous (in a not-very-wise sense) to make sweeping statements where you’re indicating something is always or never true, as was done with this statement. With AI at your finger tips, such statements are easily checked. I did a check, so let’s start there with what a couple of AI engines found.
The question I asked the AIs was: “How many scientific studies on prayer have there been and are there any (what percentage) that conclude that prayer is effective?”
Grok:
Grok focused in immediately on intercessory prayer and included this in its summary of results. Continue Reading
Jonathan Cahn – When was Jesus REALLY born?
Amazingly, to the question “When was Jesus born?” some, are still answering December 25th,while other ministries are defending that whatever the date, it’s okay for Christians to celebrate Jesus birthday on that day. I agree that Christians can celebrate it on December 2th, but we should be clear – that’s not the actual day Jesus was born. There are a number of reasons why that date is incorrect. Jonathan Cahn gives well researched, Biblically consistent reasons in the above video. Every Christian should watch this every Christmas.
Though he gives the exact date, I will preview the month for you: Nissan – the first month in the Jewish calendar. Watch for the exact date.
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One of the pillars that the Christian faith and the gospel of Jesus Christ are built upon is the pillar of truth. Not only is the gospel built on it, but, in fact, the requirement to be truthful runs throughout Christianity and, indeed, the entire Bible and thus the Jewish faith as well.
Satan, disguised as a snake, successfully got Adam and Eve to sin by questioning the truth God told them. (Gen 3.4) Satan has been enticing people to lie and doubt the truth of God since the beginning. Continue Reading
The Gospel according to…
For the average Christian, the statement: “no one has any idea who wrote the Gospels” is nonsensical. In every Bible, printed at the top of each Gospel account, is the name of the author:
The Gospel according to Matthew
The Gospel according to Mark
The Gospel according to Luke
The Gospel according to John
Sometimes it’s listed in a simplified version with just the name:
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Before Bibles were printed, the name of the author was included with the handwritten documents, and the name of the authors were well established from the beginning of their widespread circulation.[1] So it is not true that “no one has any idea who wrote the Gospels.” What this doubter means is he doesn’t believe that the Gospels were written by the people traditionally accepted to be the authors. He rejects what the first Christians believed from the time of initial receipt of these texts even though this belief was later confirmed by the early church. The question of authorship does not even occur to most Christians who believe the entire Bible. Continue Reading
Adam and Eve in the Garden with the LORD God
On the one hand, this question—”Isn’t God so distant and different he’s unknowable to humans?”—is a reasonable question because, to many people, perhaps to most, God seems distant. On the other hand, it shows how far those same people, for whom God seems distant, have drifted from God’s heart and his original and ongoing intention, which is intimacy with each and every one of us.
When God promised a New Covenant to the House of Israel via the prophet Jeremiah which was meant to apply to all, he said the time is coming when everyone would know him: Continue Reading
The Split rock at Horeb
After the resurrection, the Exodus and the miracles surrounding it are arguably the greatest miracles God performed. Indeed, before the incarnation of Jesus, God regularly identified himself as the God who brought the Israelites out of Egypt (Ex 20.2, 29.46, Ps 81.10, Jer 11.4, etc.) So this is a very important question. But like other questions in this series, it was given as a statement too long for the title. So let’s start with the original statement, point out the implied questions, and take it from there. The original statement:
If the Exodus really happened we’d see more signs of it in archaeology. We don’t, so it’s not believable.
So let’s make explicit the implicit challenges and assumptions.
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