And the overall view held by Millennials that Christians are judgmental, bigoted, and hypocritical. So when people discover I’m a Christian (let alone a pastor at that), the response is usually an overwhelming, “You’re serious? You’re a Christian?! After all that?” When I was 27,...
So I completely understand when Protestants are dubious and say, I don’t think there’s a good biblical or historical case for that dogma. What I want to do today is explore what I think of as some of the better Protestant arguments against the assumption of Mary, and then show you ...
Peter Kreeft says they are “for today”—that, whereas most modern works of Christian apologetics are written as though we were still living in a Christian culture, the Pensées speak “to modern pagans, not to medieval Christians.” And Pope Francis praised Pascal’s “brilliant and ...
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“Now, if the book of Genesis is an allegory, then sin is an allegory, the Fall is an allegory and the need for a Savior is an allegory – but if we are all descendants of an allegory, where does that leave us? It destroys the foundation of all Christian doctrine—it destroys the ...
"Postmodern" literary critics are generally uncomfortable with morals, I surmise because moralists, they suuposee, discriminate against large classes of people whose behavior they judge wrong, drawing boundaries and preventing a universal culture of diversity from coming into its own. Furthermore, they...
it. Even the flimsiest of arguments against the truth may sway you if you don’t know the mighty towers standing against it. For one who doesn’t see the army behind him, two men with swords are enough to frighten him.Theology serves as Batman’s utility-belt for the Christian.Share ...
Accordingly theonomy views God's laws directing moral behavior to be a reflection of His unchanging character; such laws are not arbitrary, but objectively, universally, and absolutely binding. It is God's law that "you are to be holy because I am holy" (1 Peter 1:16, citing Leviticus)...
I think there are many versions of religion; be Islam or Christian. Both believe in the same God. Yet different Prophets and still some the same. When you read about Muslims; you are always hearing one side or what is depicted as a MUSLIM GONE WRONG. Just not winning any friends when ...
It also created Hick, which is a nickname that isn't in use today, but it's the origin of the word hick, in addition to last (family) names such as Hickson which are still in use. The book Christian Names in Local and Family History expands further on this: We can see immediately...