Chapters 5 & 6 from a small group study I conducted in church on Lee Strobel's The Case for Christ. Introduction At this point in our study, we have come to observe three very important things about the case for Christ: The biblical writers were concerned...
Note: This manuscript is taken directly from my current small group series at church on The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel. Contextual references to the other lessons have been retained. I may publish the outlines for the previous classes as well. As we have seen in...
"Let your credo be this: Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me." - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn These days, it's harder than ever to get to the bottom of the truth. Unfortunately, relativism is alive and well. And sometimes, it's downright...
When it comes to the very first chapters of the Bible, there is no shortage of disagreement about the meaning. Some, like myself, think that Moses wrote these early chapters and that he intended to teach God's creation of the world in terms of six, literal, 24 hour...
In our pursuits to be careful and skilled apologists, I think we often get concerns relative to objectivity and subjectivity out of balance. Don't get me wrong---the distinction is vitally important, but we must remember that our own subjective stories about how the...
To the chagrin of many Christians today, it may be surprising to learn that some scholars and laypersons have, throughout history, used to the Bible to justify belief in systems of socialism and even communism. ((See here, for example:...
The final days of the 20th century and beginning days of the 21st were rife with socio-political drama. But they marked “the beginning of the end” for a trend that used to prevalent in Western society—“relativism.” Now, I can hear some of you objecting already. These...
Have you ever found yourself in a conversation that was going absolutely nowhere? No matter what you do, no matter how clear or convincingly you think you’ve made your case, still, your interlocutor is unconvinced. In recent days I shared with you some information...
I have to admit—I was shocked. Don’t get me wrong, I understand that we are living in quite a volatile cultural moment… I also understand that most people—sadly, even many Christians—are walking around with an unbiblical worldview. But Critical Race Theory is an...
Many Christians struggle with knowing how to react when skeptics begin to attack their faith — can you relate? As much as we heard in Sunday School “for the Bible tells me so,” there remains a large portion of the world unwilling to accept the Bible as evidence. Now,...
