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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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Love and apologetics

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

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

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

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

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

We Don’t Need Apologetics, We Just Need to ‘Experience’ Jesus

Posted on November 30, 2012 Written by Greg West 12 Comments

“We don’t need apologetics, we just need to ‘experience’ Jesus!” Unfortunately, this is something I hear from fellow believers quite often and it never fails to set off the warning sirens in my head. Read on to find out why.

Filed Under: Apologetics, Guest Post Tagged With: apologetics, experience, Jesus, knowing

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Forgotten God

Francis Chan on the Holy Spirit

I would like to share the following quotation from Forgotten God, by Francis Chan: “I don’t want my life to be explainable without the Holy Spirit. I want people to look at my life and know that I couldn’t be doing this by my own power. I want to live in such a way that […]

You are the salt – Part 2

These verses should inform our idea of what it means to be salt in the world. Do we work for economic justice? Do we work for social justice? Do we work to bring physical and spiritual healing to those we encounter? Do we proclaim the good news of Jesus?

Stumbling blocks: how we live matters more than our words

Parents and church leaders, the best thing we can do for the next generation is to renounce our selfishness and come to meet Jesus at the Cross in humility and submission. We need to confess where we have compromised and seek to recover the ground that was lost. We want to hear the words of Matthew 25:21, “well done good and faithful slave.” We need to live lives that point to the reality of the Gospel.

Encourage One Another

Encourage one another?

Sometimes we try to encourage someone and the encouragement we are trying to deliver feels like condemnation or worse to the one we encourage. I can think of three reasons why this may be the case.

Going with boldness

“Know therefore today that he who goes over before you as a consuming fire is the Lord your God.” Deuteronomy 9:3 (ESV) When the Israelites were to enter the promised land of Canaan the first time, they should have been bold and gone up as instructed. Instead, they carefully evaluated the circumstances and figured out […]

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