The Church during the days of Corona Virus: Encourage Someone that God is Working in 2021

Our “This Sunday” series will be another a Corona Virus edition and Things you can do on Church on Sunday in 2021.  For this Sunday here’s what you can do: Encourage Someone that God is Working in 2021.

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God is Working in 2020-2021

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2020 and 2021 seem to be back to back crazy years.  It seems these days what news we read provoke readers to be angry, upset, sad, etc as see the world is getting all messed up.  This isn’t just the media being negative and biased (there is that).  Objectively we see in the US an increase of murder rates, violent crimes, etc.  Other metrics I imagine tells us something similar.  But I want to share a Good News for the Christian, that in the midst of everything, God is still working.

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Review: Stories Jesus Told: The Story of the Two Builders

Need to start up again our Weekend Reading Review!  To kick it off this year’s Reading Weekend Review this week we look at a Christian Children’s book for your family!

Tim Ladwig. Stories Jesus Told: The Story of the Two Builders. Grand Rapids, MI: Our Daily Bread Publishing, March 2^nd, 2021. 32 pp.

5 out of 5

Purchase: Amazon

Want a children’s picture story book that you can read that capture Jesus’ teaching about the wise and foolish builder?  Tim Ladwig has illustrated another excellent children’s book on Jesus’ parables for the ages of four through seven.  I was delighted to see Ladwig has another volume out as part of his “Stories Jesus Told” series.  Previously I have enjoyed three of the books he illustrated: The Lost Son Comes Home, Who Is My Neighbor? and  Looking for the Lost Sheep.  So when I saw he has a new book out titled The Story of the Two Builders I realized I need to read this to my kids!  What’s amazing is my kids can identify his illustration style as the same as the previous books from him we read before!

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Thinking Through How to Answer the Objection that Van Til’s Presuppositional Apologetics is Postmodenism?

If you read this blog you know that I subscribe to Presuppositional Apologetics.  I won’t be rehearsing what Presuppositional Apologetics is but check out here for a compact definition and here for a lists of many lectures and of those many messages check out Apologetics: What Would Jesus Do? 4 Messages if you can’t decide.

From time to time I hear people say Cornelius Van Til, the father of Presuppositional Apologetics was a Postmodernist and that Presuppositionalism is Postmodernism.  This post was from a discussion I had online in another social media platform about this objection.

I don’t think this is true but I want to write a post to think through how does one deal with people bringing this objection and in general objections for other points about Christianity.

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Bible Contradiction? Was Jesus silent during his trial before Pilate?

 

For today’s post we will tackle the question the Skeptic Annotated Bible asked: Was Jesus silent during his trial before Pilate?

Here are the two answers which the skeptic believes indicate a Bible contradiction:

He was silent.

“And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, He did not offer any answer. 13 Then Pilate *said to Him, “Do You not hear how many things they are testifying against You?” 14 And still He did not answer him in regard to even a single charge, so the governor was greatly amazed.” (Matthew 27:12-14)

“And the chief priests started accusing Him of many things. 4 But Pilate questioned Him again, saying, “Do You offer nothing in answer? See how many charges they are bringing against You!” 5 But Jesus said nothing further in answer, so Pilate was amazed.” (Mark 15:3-5)

He spoke many words on his own behalf.

“Therefore Pilate entered the Praetorium again, and summoned Jesus and said to Him, “You are the King of the Jews?” 34 Jesus answered, “Are you saying this on your own, or did others tell you about Me?” 35 Pilate answered, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests handed You over to me; what have You done?” 36 Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is not of this realm.” 37 Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say correctly that I am a king. For this purpose I have been born, and for this I have come into the world: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to My voice.”” (John 18:33-37)

(All Scriptural quotation comes from the New American Standard Bible)

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God’s attribute: God is Simple Part 2

This is a series on the attributes of God.

 

Selected Scriptures

Review: Last week we defined what is Divine Simplicity, discussed how it is controversial today, presented summaries of some arguments in support of Divine Simplicity and also draw out implications for why Divine Simplicity is important.

Purpose: In this lesson we will look at three objections people have raised against Divine Simplicity.

Remember this simple definition: “There is nothing in God that is not God.”[1]

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Is Satan the Serpent in Genesis 3?

A Christian asked what would be a biblical response to the following:

“To believe that Satan disguised himself as a snake in order to deceive mankind is to believe that Satan deceived God himself if God condemned snakes by cursing them to slither upon the dust of the earth without legs for a crime snakes never committed if, in fact, it was Satan disguised as one.”

Note there is a denial of the serpent being Satan in the narrative of the Fall in Genesis 3.

Here’s my response:

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Help! Tips on Reading Spiritual Devotionals with One’s Spouse

Someone asked a question about starting spiritually and biblical reading with one’s wife and the spouse struggle with reading as a discipline.  Thought I share an edited version so others might be blessed.

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The Church during the days of Corona Virus: Pray for those who lost loved ones with Covid

Our “This Sunday” series will be another a Corona Virus edition and Things you can do on Church on Sunday in 2021.  For this Sunday here’s what you can do: Pray for those who lost loved ones with Covid.

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1001 Days of Daily Blogging

The notification for WordPress yesterday said that it was a thousand days of daily posting. Which makes today 1001.

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Presuppositional Apologetics’ Links: Third Week of January 2021

Here are the links related to Presuppositional apologetics gathered between January 15th-21st, 2021.

1.)Cave to the Cross’Ep. 107 – Truth In A Culture Of Doubt – Are The Biblical Manuscripts Corrupt – Part 1

2.) Bible Contradiction? How should the Moabites be treated?

3.) Responding to William Lane Craig’s Attack on Biblical Inerrancy

4.) Free PDF and Review: Postmodernism by Erroll Hulse

5.) Evil People Trying to Prove Evolution

6.) Christian Witness in Post-2020 World Part 1

 

Missed the last round up?  Check out the re-blogged post from a friend and that of Another REBLOG HERE

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Apologetics Sermon Illustration #59: Bible Contradiction and Mistaking ‘poppers’ for Candy

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Point: Sometimes when one engage in apologetics the issue of alleged Bible contradiction comes up.  There are times when those who assert that there are contradictory verses in the Bible fail to acknowledge that words can have more than one meaning and thus a word used in one context does not mean the same thing in another context.  But if one fail to recognize there are differences of meaning of the word being used in two separate contexts, a skeptic can easily assume there’s a Bible contradiction when there are none.  Are there any examples of this error to get the point across to a skeptic of their foolish methodology and mistake?

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God’s attribute: God is Simple Part 1

This is a series on the attributes of God.

 

Selected Scriptures

Purpose: For this session we will look at the definition and summary of Biblical reasons to believe in this doctrine.

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Bible Contradiction? How should the Moabites be treated?

For today’s post we will tackle the question the Skeptic Annotated Bible asked: How should the Moabites be treated?

Here are the answers which the skeptic believes indicate a Bible contradiction:

Do not fight against them or take their land.

“Then the Lord said to me, ‘Do not attack Moab, nor provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land as a possession, because I have given Ar to the sons of Lot as a possession.” (Deuteronomy 2:9)

Kill them and take their land.

“Then he said to them, “Pursue them, for the Lord has handed your enemies the Moabites over to you.” So they went down after him and took control of the crossing places of the Jordan opposite Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross. 29 They struck and killed about ten thousand Moabites at that time, all robust and valiant men; and no one escaped. 30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land was at rest for eighty years.” (Judges 3:28-30)

“There is no longer praise for Moab; In Heshbon they have devised disaster against her: ‘Come and let’s cut her off from being a nation!’ You too, [a]Madmen, will be silenced; The sword will follow you.” (Jeremiah 48:2)

(All Scriptural quotation comes from the New American Standard Bible)

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Free PDF and Review: Postmodernism by Erroll Hulse

Erroll Hulse. Postmodernism.  Pensacola, FL: Chapel Library, April 19, 2017. 27 pp.

4 out of 5

Free: Chapel Library

Purchase: Amazon (99 cents for Kindle)

What the general attack against Christianity like in today’s culture and society?  There is quite the postmodern feel with much of the rejection and animosity to Christianity today.  This short booklet describe this threat and also calls believers to be faithful to the truth of the Biblical faith.  This is written by Erroll Hulse who is a Reformed Baptist pastor in England who have authored many books and articles including Reformation Today magazine although this is the first time I have heard of him and read any of his writing.

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