Apologetics – Page 7

Morning Musings: 2 Corinthians 4:4

September 20, 2017September 19, 2017Leave a comment

“In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.” (ESV – Read the chapter)

Now, this idea would no doubt be pretty offensive and off-putting to have as our lead when we share the Gospel with someone else: “You’re not going to really understand what I’m about to tell you, but that’s okay because the Devil has probably blinded your mind to it.” But it is something that is pretty important for us to keep firmly in mind as we do. Read the rest…

Morning Musings: 1 Corinthians 15:35-36

September 8, 2017September 6, 2017Leave a comment

“But someone will ask, ‘How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?’ You foolish person! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.” (ESV – Read the chapter)

The whole idea of the resurrection is a big one. It’s a huge one. It’s beyond what we can really understand. We get resuscitation. We get reanimation. The latter is a pretty popular pop culture genre right now. But resurrection? That’s something new. At least, it was in first century Corinth. So, naturally, people who were culturally trained to be skeptical of theologies and philosophies that seemed to glorify the material over the spiritual as the Christian doctrine of the resurrection seemed to do began to ask some hard questions. Read the rest…

Morning Musings: Proverbs 19:3

August 5, 2017August 13, 2017Leave a comment

“When a man’s folly brings his way to ruin, his heart rages against the Lord.” (ESV)

How often is this the case? We do something stupid, face the consequences, and then get mad at God for not keeping us from facing the consequences. Read the rest…