Results tagged “apologetics”
The Tactics Blog Tour (02/16/09 - 45 Comments)
Greg Koukl is setting out on a blog tour to support his new book Tactics (you can read my review of it right here). I agreed to participate, asking one question of my own and asking one question on behalf of another person. Here is what we asked and how Greg answered. There are many "traditional" apologetic manuals available to us, perhaps the foremost of which is Evidence that Demands a Verdict. Such books seem...
Book Review - Tactics (02/10/09 - 24 Comments)
I have a bit of an aversion to books on apologetics. I don't know exactly why this is, but it may be that many of them seem to teach methods of defending the faith that either manipulate or bludgeon. Somehow grace and apologetics do not seem to go together as they ought. So it was with perhaps just a bit of reluctance that I began reading Gregory Koukl's Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your...
Reading Classics - Mere Christianity (III) (12/18/08 - 40 Comments)
Today we arrive at our third week of reading through Mere Christianity. The first week we read the Introductory bits while last week we read the first book, "Right and Wrong as a Clue to the Meaning of the Universe." This week we read the second book, "What Christians Believe." Discussion In Mere Christianity Lewis attempts only to teach only the very foundations of the faith. Hence his look at "what Christians believe" touches only...
Errors and Contradictions in the Bible (01/14/08 - 62 Comments)
This is the third and final article in this short series dealing with inerrancy and with the Bible’s supposed errors and contradictions. In the last article we defined what inerrancy is not and then attempted to adequately define the term. I suggested the following definition: The inerrancy of Scripture means that Scripture in the original manuscripts does not affirm anything that is contrary to fact. Today we will look at some common objections to this...
King for a Week - Stand to Reason (11/25/07 - 3 Comments)
King for a Week is an honor I bestow on blogs that I feel are making a valuable contribution to my faith and the faith of other believers…or sometimes just because I really like them. It is a way of introducing my readers to blogs that they may also find interesting and edifying. Every two weeks (or so. That is theoretical. Practically, I don’t get around to updating as often as I should and we’ve...
Slandering Jesus (11/20/07 - 4 Comments)
Though many people use the name of Jesus in our day, it often seems that one Jesus bears very little resemblance to another. While almost everyone claims to love Jesus, few seem to know the real Jesus. It is to this problem that Erwin Lutzer, pastor of Moody Church in Chicago, addresses his new book Slandering Jesus. The format is a simple. An opening chapter introduces the problem and the author’s rationale for addressing it....