Pictured: Rick Bush in 2011, holding his newborn twin boys. In June of 2001, Houston was hit by Tropical Storm Allison. Everything was flooding and destruction. No one could work. I had not seen my friend Rick in a while, so I called him and arranged lunch. Rick and I had met in the fallContinue reading “Words Spoken for a Word-Lover: RICK BUSH AND THE HOUND OF HEAVEN. Psalm 139:7-8.”
Category Archives: Apologetics
Alexander the Great and Fulfilled Prophecy. Daniel 8:21.
Most people agree there was a man known as Jesus of Nazareth who was born in Bethlehem. But did you know the Bible foretold the Messiah would be born in the tiny town? “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One toContinue reading “Alexander the Great and Fulfilled Prophecy. Daniel 8:21.”
HOW CAN JESUS CLAIM TO BE THE ONLY WAY TO HEAVEN? Acts 4:12.
If God provided a way for sinners to be rescued, why are people so unhappy about it? I have often heard people rail against Christianity for its claim to exclusivity: “How can you say Jesus is the only way, when there are millions of people around the world who never heard of Jesus?” The answerContinue reading “HOW CAN JESUS CLAIM TO BE THE ONLY WAY TO HEAVEN? Acts 4:12.”
HAVE YOU HEARD OF APOLOGETICS? 1 Peter 3:15.
It’s not apologizing. Apologetics is “defending religious doctrines through systematic argumentation.” That is, apologetics is the practice of defending your faith with logic. Not everyone who is lost will need apologetics. But with some colleges pumping out skeptics every day, more and more nonbelievers are asking hard questions. The study of apologetics helps us answerContinue reading “HAVE YOU HEARD OF APOLOGETICS? 1 Peter 3:15.”
MARS HILL: PAUL, A JEWISH INTELLECTUAL, FINDS COMMON GROUND WITH GREEKS. Acts 17:22-24.
When the Apostle Paul arrived in Athens he wandered the city, observing its altars. Eventually he saw one with the inscription, “TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.” Later, when his preaching had excited the Greeks enough that they brought him to address the assembly at Mars Hill, Paul spoke of the unusual altar. He creatively used itContinue reading “MARS HILL: PAUL, A JEWISH INTELLECTUAL, FINDS COMMON GROUND WITH GREEKS. Acts 17:22-24.”
How Can We Know Anything About God? Jeremiah 15:16.
Today I found myself engaged in an online conversation about particle physics. My friend Jim wrote that 99% of matter is nothing, and because God is everywhere, God is 99% nothing. First, I attempted to correct his physics—because though space is mostly nothingness, matter itself is never nothing. But I’ve had discussions like this withContinue reading “How Can We Know Anything About God? Jeremiah 15:16.”
The Fool.
Do you know any atheists? Some have made significant contributions: Sigmund Freud (father of psychology), Stephen Hawking (physicist who wrote A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME), Ayn Rand (a libertarian/conservative writer), Karl Marx (inventor of Communism). There are also famous agnostics: Thomas Edison (inventor of light bulbs, record players, motion pictures, and more), and Albert EinsteinContinue reading “The Fool.”
Pascal’s Wager: a Dollar Against a Million.
Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, philosopher, physicist, and theologian. Pascal made famous an interesting argument for the existence of God: PASCAL’S WAGER. Imagine life as a bet. Pascal says it may be difficult to prove the existence of God with reason, but because life is a wager, we should wager that God DOES exist. Continue reading “Pascal’s Wager: a Dollar Against a Million.”
“But I Can’t Believe in Something I Cannot See.”
Since when do we not believe in the invisible? Do you believe in radio waves, TV signals, or WiFi? Do you believe in electricity? Can you see X-rays or magnetism? God’s invisibility may be the first point raised by unbelievers: “How do I know God is real if I can’t see Him?” Jesus answered that:Continue reading ““But I Can’t Believe in Something I Cannot See.””
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