Tag Archives: Apologetics

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.”

DON’T DEMAND PROOF. Matthew 16:16-18.

The Pharisees demanded a miracle. How did Jesus react? HE SIGHED DEEPLY, and said, “Why does this generation demand a sign? I assure you, no sign will be given!” Mark 8:12. That sounds like our generation. We have elevated science to the level of scripture and refuse to believe anything we cannot prove. Although GodContinue reading “DON’T DEMAND PROOF. Matthew 16:16-18.”

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.”