GOT HOPE? Christianity Delivers
The Lord Himself Will Give You a Sign “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel [God with us].” (Isaiah 7:14) “All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: ‘Behold, the virgin shall …
Atheists and agnostics often turn to scientism and naturalism to explain phenomena in the environment to the purposeful exclusion of anything supernatural. Scientism is the belief that we should believe only in what can be proven scientifically, while naturalism is the belief that physical events only have physical causes (Craig, 2011). I call this "Naturalism …
I have been conversing on social media and YouTube with a couple of pagans about their beliefs, yet I feel I've never received full clarity. Accordingly, I engaged them in an "interview" today to try to cement my understand. Below I have presented the conversation, which at times is somewhat amusing. Dear Ocean the Wizard …
Yesterday I created a survey on Twitter in which I asked respondents to indicate whether they believe in space aliens. Of the 2,357 respondents, 12% were theists who said “yes,” 20% were theists who said “no,” 43% were atheists who said “yes,” and 25% were atheists who said “no.” In other words, 38% of theists …
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Two reasons that young earth creationists (YECs) believe the earth is around six thousand years old are their interpretations of the Hebrew word “yom” in the book of Genesis and their computation of the years in the lifetimes of the people listed by Matthew and Luke in Jesus’ genealogies. The present article seeks to refute …
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Most scientists offer the Big Bang theory to explain the way the universe sprang into existence approximately 13.8 billion years ago. According to the theory, the universe inflated (hence the term “big bang”), expanded and cooled, starting from a very small, very hot singularity that emerged into what we know of the universe today. Astrophysicist …
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Below I have presented five questions that I do not believe that atheists will be able to plausibly answer. 1. Despite the culture or era, sane humans have the innate sense of what’s right and what’s wrong and we prefer to do what’s right to help our fellow humans. No matter the major religion, we …
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"Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." John 8:32 Atheists often ask Christians how they have come to differentiate Christianity from other world religions. In other words, they wonder what makes Christianity special, given the significant numbers of highly faithful believers in other religions. The intention of this blog …
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Russell delivered this lecture in 1927 at the National Secular Society, South London Branch, at Battersea Town Hall. In the fall of 2016, I encountered an atheist on Twitter who posed a challenge. He said that he would read material by my favorite Christian author if I would read material by his favorite atheist. I …
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Over the past couple of years, I’ve been active on social media. In that time, I’ve discovered that many atheists are active on social media as well and they often target me for my views on Christianity. I’ve learned much about many of their views, so this article offers some arguments to present my views …
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