The Bible uses many strong terms to describe unbelief, including hardening, twisting, blindness, deafness, unnaturalness, lies, deception, folly, rebellion and madness, but none repays reflection more than Paul’s phrase in Romans. At the heart of sin and disobedience, Paul says, is a flagrantly deliberate and continuing act of violence to truth. Sin and disobedience lay…
The Bible uses many strong terms to describe unbelief, including hardening, twisting, blindness, deafness, unnaturalness, lies, deception, folly, rebellion and madness, but none repays reflection more than Paul’s phrase in Romans. At the heart of sin and disobedience, Paul says, is a flagrantly deliberate and continuing act of violence to truth. Sin and disobedience lay…
Os Guinness gives three reasons why asking questions is helpful when confronting people in their views. Questions help people examine their life. Questions can uncover errors. Questions can appeal to a person’s desire to grow. Taken from Os Guinness’ book A Fool’s Talk.
Christian persuasion is a matter of being biblical, not of being either modern or postmodern. In today’s climate, anyone who prizes reason and truth and makes use of them in the defense of the faith is apt to be dismissed as a modernist. Equally, anyone who uses imagination and stories is apt to be either…
Three truths about Christian persuasion. Christian persuasion, while always addressing the human mind and therefore focusing on the act of knowing, must also address the human heart and what Bible views as the anatomy of belief and unbelief. Christian persuasion, while addressing the mind, must be faithful to address the heart, including the passions or…
Three truths about Christian persuasion. Christian persuasion, while always addressing the human mind and therefore focusing on the act of knowing, must also address the human heart and what Bible views as the anatomy of belief and unbelief. Christian persuasion, while addressing the mind, must be faithful to address the heart, including the passions or…
Os Guinness gives three reasons why asking questions is helpful when confronting people in their views. Questions help people examine their life. Questions can uncover errors. Questions can appeal to a person’s desire to grow. Taken from Os Guinness’ book A Fool’s Talk.
Christian persuasion is a matter of being biblical, not of being either modern or postmodern. In today’s climate, anyone who prizes reason and truth and makes use of them in the defense of the faith is apt to be dismissed as a modernist. Equally, anyone who uses imagination and stories is apt to be either…
The apostle Paul tells us in Ephesians 4:15 to speak the truth in love, which is becoming I believe a hallmark verse for Christians to be mindful of as they engage with individuals in today’s culture. Ravi Zacharias embodies this verse. His disposition is always one of humility and gentleness, coupled with an unshakable courage and an impeccable logic…
In a context of strict Jewish monotheism, the following four activities were considered blasphemous for anyone other than God. Jesus expressed his authority to forgive sins, even sins not committed against him personally – a prerogative reserved for God alone (Mark 2:5-7). Jesus accepted worship from other human beings – a prerogative reserved for…
Theology Along the Way 