The Protestant Reformation was a revival of biblical scholarship which led to the recovery of the Gospel. Nowadays things are not so clear. There are many documented examples of Roman Catholic clerics being ignorant of the Bible at the time of the 16th-century European Reformation, and in such an environment it was relatively easy for …
Category: Apologetics
Your Christian identity
Are you a Jewish Christian or a Christian Jew or both? Are you a Friend of Israel, a Conservative Friend of Israel, a Christian Friend of Israel or whatever? Are you a Messianic Jew, a Hebrew Christian or Jewish Christian? What is your primary identity? The International Development Secretary Priti Patel was formally reprimanded by …
Revisiting the 1967 Abortion Act
The 50th anniversary of the 1967 Abortion Act made the BBC revisit the debate about abortion in The Moral Maze. Confusion, obfuscation and biblical illiteracy are still the order of the day. The debate proceeded along the usual lines to little effect, so it is worth recording here a list of the topics which are …
Becoming dependent upon God
Human beings are dependent upon God, whether they like it or not, and slowly the human family is moving in the direction of acknowledging it. The more it speeds up, the better. As society has become more integrated, we have become dependent upon each other. It began in the family and developed with education. Now …
Hyper Evolution and the fear of Robots
If we can create robots in a few years, why can God not create man in a day? The inability of secular minds to imagine the power and creativity of God as Creator is wonderful to behold. Hyper evolution is the new term to hype up man's creativity. It is astonishing to see what man …
Academic exegesis
Academic exegesis is that form of interpretation which copies academics or authority figures rather than doing proper exegesis. The Lord Jesus Christ cut through this in His teaching, so that people were astonished at His teaching. Academic exegesis is seen in the translation of various biblical passages. Current Bible versions are the product of teams …
Do you honour Jesus Christ as Lord?
What sort of honour do you give to Jesus Christ, and to what extent? Many people know that He claims to be the Son of God, but this washes over many of them as if it is just another item of news. Rather, it is so significant that it cannot be ignored and deserves to …
The majority of mankind will be saved
The majority of mankind will be saved – will you be among them? It is not uncommon to hear the depressing and unbiblical doctrine that only a minority of the human family will arrive in heaven. It is also common to hear the ungodly say that they do not want to go to heaven, which …
Atheists believe in God – they just don’t believe in the devil
Agnostics are more honest than atheists. Agnostics acknowledge that they do not know if there is a God, but atheists declare confidently that there is no God. Rationalism Does this mean that atheists have searched the Universe and concluded that there is no God to be found? No - they have not searched the Universe. …
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Seven Testimonies to the Person, life and work of the Lord Jesus Christ
The three Synoptic Gospels, Matthew, Mark and Luke, give us three independent accounts of the Person, life and work of the Lord Jesus Christ. They are called synoptic because they are so similar to each other. Why does God’s Holy Spirit give us three similar accounts? There are many reasons, but not least is to …
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