Bill Pratt | November 30, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt Ever since I became an evangelical believer in Christ, about 12 years ago, I have noticed that there is uneasiness among my evangelical brothers and sisters with certain fields of science. This uneasiness, I quickly learned, has much to do with the age of the universe and the origins of mankind. [...]
Bill Pratt | November 26, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt Darrell and I wish all of our blog readers a joyous Thanksgiving filled with great fellowship and food! We are thankful for our loyal readers who continue to support the blog by telling others about it and spreading the word. We would also like to give a special thanks to the [...]
Bill Pratt | November 25, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt Recently, a group of 152 Christian leaders from Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Protestantism came together to sign a declaration that states in clear terms Christian support for the sanctity of life, traditional marriage, and religious freedom – all of which are under attack in the United States and around the [...]
Bill Pratt | November 22, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt Not according to an article published last year by the Wall Street Journal. The columnist cites research which indicates that people who never worship at a traditional house of worship are more likely to be superstitious. Below is an excerpt: The Gallup Organization, under contract to Baylor’s Institute for Studies of [...]
Bill Pratt | November 20, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt One of the most remarkable lectures I heard at the apologetics conference last weekend was a Friday morning session with Peter Kreeft, professor of philosophy at Boston College. Kreeft is a highly respected Catholic scholar who has taught at BC for many years and written more than 60 books. Kreeft’s lecture [...]
Bill Pratt | November 18, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt One of the most difficult things to do is carry on a rational and calm conversation with someone that disagrees with you. When I first started studying Christian apologetics, I figured that all I had to do was learn all the evidence for the truthfulness of Christianity and then tell people [...]
Bill Pratt | November 16, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt If you do, don’t stop! Read the rest of the chapter and even the book you found the verse in. One of the biggest mistakes Christians make when reading the Bible is opening it up to a book and only reading one verse. We all have favorite verses that we like [...]
Bill Pratt | November 11, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt In my frequent conversations with non-Christians, I hear the following kinds of statements: “I can’t believe what the Bible authors wrote because they were religiously motivated.” The idea seems to be that if you are religious, you will not be able to tell the truth about historical events. You will twist [...]
Bill Pratt | November 9, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt According to Martin Lloyd-Jones, the answer is “yes.” Below is a quote from Lloyd-Jones where he is commenting on Matt. 6:30, from the Sermon on the Mount. He argues that Jesus’ words indicate that he expected his listeners to be actively using their minds to make logical deductions from the evidence [...]
Bill Pratt | November 5, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt One of the most common objections to belief in God is the problem of evil. One form of the problem of evil sounds like this: “I can’t believe in a God who allows children to be sexually molested. If there was a God, He wouldn’t allow such things to occur.” I [...]
