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Love and apologetics

Posted on March 9, 2014 Written by Mark McIntyre 5 Comments

Gagged Man

But all of us, through impatience or pride, sometimes fall short of the command to love the one with whom we disagree. If love of God and love of neighbor is not our motivation for engaging in the discussion, then we are better off remaining silent.

Filed Under: Apologetics Tagged With: apologetics, apology, Love, reason

The Greatest Apologetic?

Posted on November 16, 2013 Written by Mark McIntyre 6 Comments

Greatest Apologetic

If we claim to be spending time in fellowship and service of Jesus, like those he healed in the Gospels, we should be eternally affected and it should show to those around us.

Perhaps the effect that Jesus has had upon us is the greatest apologetic.

Filed Under: Apologetics Tagged With: apologetics, changed lives

Dealing with apparent failure in apologetics

Posted on November 9, 2013 Written by Mark McIntyre 5 Comments

Watering Can

If some could witness the miracles of Jesus and remain unconvinced and unconverted, we would be foolish to think that everyone will respond to our presentation and defense of the Gospel. The will overrides the intellect when dealing with matters of faith and world view. If the lack of response is an indication of failure, it is a failure that Jesus also experienced.

Filed Under: Apologetics Tagged With: apologetics, defense, failure, miracle

A response to Hungry Atheist

Posted on September 18, 2013 Written by Mark McIntyre 3 Comments

On July 9 of this year, I wrote a post entitled, A follow-up to some comments. One of the comments I received on that post was from someone calling himself (or herself) Hungry Atheist. I thought that I would selectively quote the comment and provide response to the points that were raised in that comment.

Filed Under: Apologetics, Atheism Tagged With: apologetics, atheism, atheist, Religion

What Nehemiah can tell us about apologetics in the church

Posted on May 31, 2013 Written by Mark McIntyre 7 Comments

Brick and Trowel

I have heard that there are those in the church who do not feel that apologetics should be part of the discipleship process for believers . . . A statement in the book of Nehemiah got me thinking about defending our faith and the need for such defense.

Filed Under: Apologetics Tagged With: apologetics, Church, Discipleship, Nehemiah

That pesky sense of oughtness

Posted on March 1, 2013 Written by Mark McIntyre 2 Comments

Right and Wrong

That pesky sense of oughtness seems to keep creeping in, even in those who say it doesn’t exist. This is the dilemma of the materialist. It is this sense of right and wrong that has caused many to explore the claims of Jesus Christ.

Filed Under: Apologetics Tagged With: ought, oughtness, pesky

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Character versus Image in the Church

There is the potential for a huge divide between what we are on the inside and what others perceive us to be. How others perceive me is my image, who I really am is shaped by my character. You may have heard it said that character is determined by “what I do when no one […]

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I Am Still Ambivalent About Harry Potter

Keeping some perspective on Harry Potter I was forwarded a recent article denouncing Christianity Today for not taking a strong Anti Harry Potter stance. While I have had my own issues with some of the writers at Christianity Today and there are things in that CT article with which I do not agree, let’s put […]

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Irresponsible Shepherds Bring Desolation

Ed Stetzer recently wrote an article regarding the decline of the United Methodists. This decline is not unique to that denomination, other “main-line” denominations share this experience. These denominations have been in the news for abandonment of standards that held sway in Christendom for 2000 years. For example, The Presbyterian Church USA recently enacted rules […]

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Please accept my apology

Shame on me for not being diligent in checking my sources concerning the quote on politics that I wrongly attributed to C. S. Lewis. It turns out that C. S. Lewis didn’t write it even though the quote has been bouncing around the internet with attribution to Lewis. I deleted the post and will be […]

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