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 [...]
Bill Pratt | September 8, 2009
Post Author: Bill Pratt I sometimes hear skeptics say that they need extraordinary evidence to believe that Jesus rose from the dead. The reason they need extraordinary evidence, they claim, is that the resurrection is an extraordinary claim. It is true that the resurrection is an extraordinary claim, but there are many extraordinary claims made [...]
Bill Pratt | June 14, 2009
If you are a person who says this about Christianity, excuse me for being skeptical. God performed miracles through Moses, and yet Pharaoh did not believe. God performed miracles through Elijah, and yet Jezebel did not believe. Jesus performed numerous miracles that confirmed his power over sickness, weather, and even death. Ultimately he rose from [...]
Bill Pratt | June 11, 2009
Imagine the following scenario: two people claim to know the same professional football player. The football player’s name is Alex and he plays in the NFL. The first person who knows Alex the football player describes him this way: He is 6′ 6″ tall, he weighs 305 lbs., he plays left tackle, he is married, [...]
Darrell | May 19, 2009
I recently entered into a conversation on Jessica’s blog regarding whether Mormons worship the same Jesus as Christians. I was surprised to discover a few Evangelicals who expressed the belief they do. Being a former Mormon I must say I wholeheartedly disagree. To those Christians who hold this position, I would like to give you something to consider… The [...]
Bill Pratt | May 7, 2009
There are at least six ways that Jesus claimed to be God. The sixth way is that Jesus Claimed to Be God by Requesting Prayer in His Name. Again, I will draw heavily from Norman Geisler’s Volume 2 of his Systematic Theology series. Nobody before Jesus, among Hebrew prophets, ever insisted that people pray in [...]
Bill Pratt | May 3, 2009
There are at least six ways that Jesus claimed to be God. The fifth way is that Jesus Claimed to Have Equal Authority with God. Again, I will draw heavily from Norman Geisler’s Volume 2 of his Systematic Theology series. In the New Testament, Jesus places his words on an equal footing with God’s. Following [...]
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 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, [...]
