Bill Pratt | September 30, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt One of the most common accusations I hear from skeptics is that the Bible is full of errors and contradictions. How do you and I, as Christians who believe the Bible is without error, deal with these claims? Several years ago, I purchased a book by Norman Geisler and Tom Howe [...]
Bill Pratt | September 27, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt In Bart Ehrman’s book Misquoting Jesus, he relays a life-changing event that occurred during his university days at Princeton. He wrote a paper on an alleged historical error made in Mark 2:26, where Jesus refers to David and his companions entering the house of God and eating the consecrated bread. Here [...]
Bill Pratt | September 26, 2009
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Bill Pratt | September 22, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt If you actually know anything substantive about major world religions, you know the answer to this question is an emphatic “no.” The only people claiming that all religions are the same or that all religions are equally true are those people who know little to nothing about world religions, or who [...]
Darrell | September 20, 2009
Post Author: Darrell God has given believers of Jesus Christ the promise of “a peace which passes all understanding” (Phil 4:7). What a wonderful promise! This peace does not come from anything the world can give us. Rather, it comes from having a relationship with Christ, being forgiven, and knowing that our salvation is assured. [...]
Bill Pratt | September 19, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt Have you ever noticed that the most important questions in life cannot be conclusively answered by the scientific method of empirical observation and experimentation? We can use science to study the weather, to create wireless communication, to study the respiratory systems of whales, to better see the stars, to learn about [...]
Bill Pratt | September 17, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt In this 4 minute video clip, biblical scholar N. T. Wright explains how the deistic views of 19th century Europe allowed the ideas of Darwinism to flourish. Thanks to my friend Wes for sending this along. Take a look.
Bill Pratt | September 15, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt Some Christians and many skeptics of Christianity take a simple approach to reading the Bible. They treat the entire Bible and all of its contents as a moral command textbook. In other words, every single sentence is to be read with an eye toward what moral behavior the author is sanctioning [...]
Bill Pratt | September 12, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt To be honest, we just don’t know. Let’s take a brief look at the evidence we have. First, we will summarize the evidence external to the actual words of Hebrews. According to D. Edmond Hiebert, there were three early church traditions about authorship. The tradition from Alexandria, Egypt held that the [...]
Bill Pratt | September 10, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt If you’ve ever read James 2:14-26, then you’ve probably been confused. Why? Because James seems to be contradicting Paul’s clear teaching that eternal salvation is by faith alone, and not works. Recently, through my seminary studies, I was introduced to a new way of interpreting this passage that has really opened [...]
