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Apologetic Defense of the faith, the Bible, and Christianity
The Bible is a diverse collection of 66 books, approved by the Christian church, and divided into the Old and New Testaments. The selection process for the canon was guided by criteria such as apostolicity, universality, orthodoxy, and potency. The canon was finalized in the fourth century AD with the acceptance of the 'Vulgate' translation.
The article explores the concept of biblical inspiration, arguing against the circular reasoning many Christians adopt, where they justify the Bible's inspiration by citing passages from the Bible. As an alternative, the author presents a non-circular case for the Bible's inspiration rooted in historical reliability, Christ's resurrection, and His affirmation of scripture. This perspective considers the Bible not just because it claims divine inspiration, but because its teachings are affirmed by the historically validated figure of Jesus Christ.
This enlightening piece examines the intersection between Christian Evangelism and the Baha’i Faith. Discover the fascinating nuances of both religions, exploring shared principles, contrasts, and how Christian evangelism relates to the Baha’i teachings. An essential read for those interested in interfaith relations and spiritual dialogues.
Discover the essence of defending your faith. Learn why apologetics matters in today's world.
Christians are appropriately referred to as “God’s fellow workers.” (1 Cor. 3:9) Therefore, we should make it our purpose to strengthen our skills as an apologetic evangelist “rightly handling the word of truth.” - 2 Tim. 2:15.
What is apologetics? Why the need for apologetics, doesn't the Bible say, "you just have to have faith” or "you just have to believe”? Some Christians claim that all we need is faith, we do not need to learn apologetics. In fact, they argue that our quest for reasons and logical answers to such things is contrary to faith, and even evidences a lack of faith. Is this true?
Regardless of where we live in the world, in some way the evangelistic movement that Jesus Christ started and the apostle grew has affected your life. There are some 2.4 billion “Christians” out of a worldwide population of about 7.8 billion people. There are over 41,000 different denominations, all believing differently, and all claiming to be “Christian.”
God created humans with the marvelous gift of speech. Yes, we are designed to communicate. Yet, the art of conversation does not come so easy when we are mentally bent toward evil (Gen. 6:5; 8:21), possessing a treacherous heart that we cannot know (Jer. 17:9), and having a natural inclination toward bad. So, here is guidance on “talking to” or “talking with” someone instead of “talking at” them.
Evangelism is the work of a Christian evangelist, of which all true Christians are obligated to partake to some extent, which seeks to persuade other people to become Christian, especially by sharing the basics of the Gospel, but also the deeper message of biblical truths.
STEP 1: Raise your expectations. We dumb down the church with cartoon Bible study booklets, we dumb down our churchgoers with interpretive Bible translations (NIV, CEV, TEV, NLT, etc.) People will do what you expect them to do.
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