Apologetics and Evidence

There is definitely much deception in the world. Perhaps one reason for this is because God wants His people (Christians) to fight for the truth. The Bible is full of verses which seek to get its readers to have integrity. We are called to be different than everyone else as Christians. This is what it means to be holy. Holy means to be set apart… to be different in a moral focus. So if God did not allow so much deception in the world, then what exactly, would people have to do? Deception is a form of evil. Things which are not true lead people down the wrong road. But if evil didn’t exist, then compassion wouldn’t exist. If no one were ever in a house fire or abused or raped or taken advantage of, then as people, what immediate purpose would we have? God wants us to love one another, but how can we do that if there is nothing to actually do for someone else? The same idea goes for why there is deception in the world. If deception did not exist, then the passion to correct it w

The Seventh Day Adventists (hereafter, SDA) believe that the day of worship during the week should be on the Sabbath, the last day of the week. There are several scriptures in the New Testament that would indicate otherwise; several of these scriptures re found in the Acts of the Apostles, which is the model church for the modern day body of believers. When speaking with a SDA, try to be in control of the conversation. When they try to dodge questions, try to bring them back to the heart of the discussion. Ask them things like, “Why does the New Testament show that the apostles did everything that people do in church today on a Sunday and not on a Saturday?” The key to understanding the pattern of the early church is in the phrase, “The first day of the week.” Jesus rose from the dead on the first day of the week (Matt. 28:1-7; Mark 16:2, 9; Luke 24:1; John 20:1). Jesus appeared to the disciples on the first day of the week (John 20:19). Jesus appeared inside the room to

There seems to be great confusion on what “Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit” is today, because there are so many theories out there and people guess what the Bible teaches. Rather than weigh you down with many words, I’ll get straight to the heart of the issue. In Matthew 12:30-32 Jesus says: “Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. 31 And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven . 32 Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come . In Mark 3:28-29 Jesus says: “Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter, 29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin .” These passages point to the idea that there is an unforgivable etern