Bill Pratt | April 30, 2009
I was recently reading a newspaper article my wife showed me, and it reminded me of a Metallica song called “Holier Than Thou.” In that song, the singer repeats a refrain, “Judge not lest ye be judged yourself.” That phrase, I’ve come to realize, is an anthem that our culture cries at every opportunity. The [...]
Bill Pratt | April 30, 2009
Not very well, unless you believe that fairy tales from evolution’s past count as evidence. This excerpt comes from A. N. Wilson in a recent article he wrote for the New Statesman. The phenomenon of language alone should give us pause. A materialist Darwinian was having dinner with me a few years ago and we [...]
Bill Pratt | April 28, 2009
There are at least six ways that Jesus claimed to be God. The fourth way is that Jesus Claimed to Be God by Accepting Worship. Again, I will draw heavily from Norman Geisler’s Volume 2 of his Systematic Theology series. The Old Testament clearly forbids worship of anyone except God (Ex. 20:1–5; Deut. 5:6–9). The [...]
Bill Pratt | April 28, 2009
Christians refer to eternity all of the time, but rarely stop to think about what it means. Many think that eternity means “a really long time” or “endless time.” These concepts are helpful to some, but they are not really accurate descriptions of eternity. The difficulty we have is that we are time-bound creatures trying [...]
Bill Pratt | April 24, 2009
There are at least six ways that Jesus claimed to be God. The third way is that Jesus Claimed to Be Messiah-God. Again, I will draw heavily from Norman Geisler’s Volume 2 of his Systematic Theology series. There are indications in the Old Testament that the prophesied Messiah would be divine. When Jesus, therefore, confirmed that [...]
Bill Pratt | April 22, 2009
There are at least six ways that Jesus claimed to be God. The second way is that Jesus Claimed to Be Equal with God. Again, I will draw heavily from Norman Geisler’s Volume 2 of his Systematic Theology series. Jesus claimed the prerogatives of God several times in the gospels. He said to a paralytic, [...]
Bill Pratt | April 20, 2009
There are at least six ways that Jesus claimed to be God. First, Jesus Claimed to Be Yahweh, or the God of the Old Testament. I will draw heavily from Norman Geisler’s Volume 2 of his Systematic Theology series, so when you see quotes, that is where they are from. So how did Jesus claim to [...]
Darrell | April 20, 2009
In the previous post I spoke about the LDS Church’s aversion to the use of the cross. Their explanation for this decision is, in my opinion, rather lacking. I have often wondered if their view of the atonement has any effect upon their decision. One of the primary differences between LDS and Christian theology surrounds exactly where Jesus Christ paid the price [...]
Darrell | April 19, 2009
In LDS chapels you will typically find paintings commissioned of Mormon artists and in their Temples you will find different symbols, from sunstones to inverted stars. However, one of the items you will never find displayed is a cross. On the LDS Church website they provide the following explanation for the absence of the cross. “As members of The [...]
Bill Pratt | April 19, 2009
Christians believe that God is completely self-sufficient, that he is complete within himself. There is nothing that God needs that he doesn’t already have. The quote below, from A. W. Tozer in The Knowledge of the Holy, summarizes the point extremely well. To admit the existence of a need in God is to admit incompleteness [...]
