Responding to a Hit Piece against the Doctrine of Christ
Recently the Biblical Archaeology Review website republished a short article on Codex Sinaiticus. The article was titled: “What’s Missing from Codex Sinaiticus, the…
Tag: apologetics
God Tirelessly Working for Humanity
GOD TIRELESSLY WORKING FOR HUMANITY A Review of Rev. Mark J. Cares book: God The Ultimate Humanitarian I learned of Pastor Cares through…
Baptismal Regeneration: A False Gospel?
I am consistently amazed at the visceral reaction of those who deny the efficacy of Baptism to any talk about how Baptism is…
Three Examples of How Lutherans Deny Justification by Faith Alone: A Response – Part Two of Two
This is the second part of my response to the blog article, “How Lutherans Implicitly Deny Faith Alone in Christ Alone.” Three Examples…
Three Examples of How Lutherans Deny Justification by Faith Alone: A Response – Part One of Two
This blog article, “How Lutherans Implicitly Deny Faith Alone in Christ Alone,” showed up in my Facebook news feed a couple days ago….
Suffering as the Key to Evangelism
Recently I was up at the hospital providing pastoral care to one of my members. As usual, I was wearing my clerical attire, and,…
Steadfast Throwdown Series on Luther’s Catechisms
Steadfast Throwdown on KNGN and Pirate Christian Radio has started a series of interviews that focus on the structure and use of Martin…
Apologetics 101, Part 3: An Outline of the Historical Argument for Christianity
‘The view of all serious historians of antiquity of every kind, from committed evangelical Christians to hardcore atheists is that the oldest and…
Keep the Merry…and the Myth
“Keep the Merry…Dump the Myth.” According to a recent Fox News article, that’s the message the New Jersey chapter of American Atheists being…
The Great Pumpkin and Other Silly Arguments Against Christianity
Every year when All Hallows Eve comes around I look forward to It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. Clever wit. Humor and fun-loving…
Apologetics 101, Part 2: Method Prevents Madness
“Proper prior planning prevents piss poor performance” – British Army adage. This statement is equally true on the battlefield of Christian apologetics. In part…
Everyone Loves A Conspiracy: Jesus’ Wife and the Gnostic Gospels
I’m afraid the title of this post is a bit misleading. But then again, so are the titles of nearly all the media…
Apologetics 101, Part 1: Evaluating Truth Claims
What is truth? Which truth? Whose truth? Yours? Mine? This spiritual figure or that? His holy book or hers? Which religious claim to…
Biblical Apologetics, Part 3
For Part 1 click here. For Part 2 click here. On more than one occasion, Luke records that the Gospel proclaimed by the…
Contradictions Don’t Coexist
Thanks to Issues Etc. and Table Talk Radio we are far more aware of “bumper sticker theology” than we used to be. Religious positions…
Biblical Apologetics, Part 2
I was by now too experienced in my literary criticism to regard the Gospels as myths. They had not the mythical taste…if ever…
Toward an Apologetic of Mercy, Part 2
Click here for part 1 of Toward an Apologetic of Mercy Our secular, materialistic society (the zeitgeist) is remarkably similar to that of Roman…
Toward an Apologetic of Mercy, Part 1
Apologia and Diakonia. Two Biblical Greek words that seem to have nothing in common with each other. And yet, they have increasingly become…
A Primer on the Problem of Evil
One of the more frequent objections to Christianity is the problem of evil. Typically it’s phrased the following way: “If a good and…
Biblical Apologetics, Part 1
Logical, philosophically reasonable arguments can – and indeed, must – be used in the defense of the Christian faith. But are Christians able…
Steadfast ELS — Confess and Defend
The 95th annual convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS) is fast upon us. It will begin with “Synod Sunday” services and a…
Seismic Apologetics
Matthew 27:45-54 45 Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land. 46 And about the…
Lutheran and Reformed Apologetics: An Overview
You know there it ends. Yo, it depends on where you start – Everlast, What It’s Like. You’ve all been there before: that…
The Inconvenient Truth of Easter
If you’re lucky this time of the year you might be able to find – tucked away in the farthest corner of the…
St. Mark, Evangelist and Apologist
Wednesday was the feast day of St. Mark. His Gospel is often symbolized as the winged lion for the Lion of the Tribe…