Biện Giáo Apologetics
You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet” (Matthew 5:13). Salt is known for its preservative effect. Christians are to have that effect on the world […]
The word apologetics comes from the Greek work apologia (defense). Apologetics—which focuses on the defense of Christianity—is seemingly a lost art in the modern church. Today the prevailing emphasis seems to be something like this: “God is a God of love. Let’s just love everyone. We shouldn’t challenge other people’s beliefs because that is unloving.” […]
Many Christians today seem to be secret-agent Christians who are afraid of blowing their cover before an unregenerate world. Such Christians apparently have a hideous disease called non-rock-a-boatus. This disease has so effectively neutralized Christians that the cancer of false religion has spread at an incredible, unprecedented pace in this country. Many Christians are so […]
very Christian should follow Jude’s example and “contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints” (Jude 3). The definite article (the) preceding faith in this verse points to the one and only faith; there is no other faith. “The faith” refers to the apostolic body of truth God gave the church through […]
Some church services feature multisensory worship—using skits, storytelling, and various forms of media—but Jesus emphasized the Word of God in making disciples: “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples” (John 8:31). Some church leaders say we can no longer look to the Bible alone as a guide for spiritual living, but […]
People can twist Scripture and cause their own destruction (see 2 Peter 3:16). We see multiple modern examples of this. The Watchtower Society has long prohibited blood transfusions—even when doctors say death is inevitable without one. Jehovah’s Witnesses fallaciously believe that the scriptural prohibition against the pagan practice of eating blood applies to transfusions (Leviticus […]
Some people claim that all religions are essentially the same and only superficially different. The truth is, all religions are essentially different and only superficially the same. Some say all religions are similar because they all teach ethics. The truth is that the other world religions fundamentally seek to help bad people become better by […]
hose who doubt that Christ is set against false doctrine should peruse Revelation 2–3, where we read Christ’s words to the seven churches of Asia Minor. In these chapters, Christ chastises those who tolerate false doctrine and commends those who take a stand against it. For example, Christ commends the church at Ephesus because it […]
Truth, reason, and clear thinking are important because Christians can be doctrinally deceived—that is, they can succumb to false doctrine. Ezekiel 34:1-7 clearly affirms that God’s sheep can be abused and led astray by wicked shepherds. Moreover, Jesus warned His followers to beware of false prophets who may appear to be good on the outside […]
Some philosophy can help establish the truth of Christianity. For example, here are some philosophical arguments for the existence of God: The cosmological argument. Every effect must have an adequate cause. The universe is an effect. Reason demands that whatever caused the universe must be greater than the universe. That cause is God—who Himself is […]