Use M-A-P-S to guide you through Bible reliability: Manuscripts, Archaeology, Prophecy, Statistics Have you tried to show someone the historical reliability of the Scriptures, and not known where to start? A quick trip to your local well-stocked Christian bookstore likely will overwhelm you. Where among the dozens of impressive, comprehensive reference books should you start? [...]
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Apr
06
Christian Evangelism: Apologetics and Evangelism
This article first appeared in the Effective Evangelism column of the Christian Research Journal, volume 26, number 1 (2003). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org The next time you have an opportunity to share the good news of Jesus Christ, think about this: There is no example [...]
Apr
06
Dead Silence: Must The Bible Say Abortion Is Wrong Before We Can Know It’s Wrong?
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 27, number 1 (2004). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org SYNOPSIS Abortion advocates contend that the Bible is silent on abortion and that none of the biblical passages cited by pro-life advocates actually say the unborn are [...]
Apr
06
Was The New Testament Influenced by Pagan Philosophy?
SummaryMany college students still encounter outdated charges that first century Christianity and the New Testament were heavily influenced by pagan philosophical systems. Prominent among such claims are the following: (1) elements of Plato’s philosophy appear in the New Testament; (2) the New Testament reflects the influence of Stoicism; and (3) the ancient Jewish philosopher Philo [...]
Apr
06
How to Win the War Within
This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 21, number 1 (1998) as a companion to the feature article The Bondage Maker: Examining the Message and Method of Neil T. Anderson, Part One: Sanctification and the Believer’s Identity in Christ, by Elliot Miller. For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research [...]
Mar
30
Alpha Course: Evaluating Alpha
This article first appeared in the Volume 23 / Number 3 issue of the Christian Research Journal. For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org. If your church is looking for help in evangelism and discipling spiritual newborns, you might be asked to evaluate a popular course named for [...]
Mar
30
Was the New Testament Influenced by Philo?
The following is an excerpt from Christian Research Journal article DA242 by Ronald Nash. The full article is available by clicking the link below. At the beginning of the Christian era, Alexandria, Egypt — an important center of the Jewish Dispersion — had become the chief center of Hellenistic thought. The large colony of Jews [...]
Mar
30
Was the New Testament Influenced by Stoicism?
Stoicism was the most important philosophical influence on cultured people during the first century A.D. Stoic philosophers were materialists, pantheists, and fatalists: they believed that everything that exists is physical or corporeal in nature and that every existing thing is ultimately traceable back to one ultimate universal stuff that is divine. They thought that God [...]
Mar
30
Was the New Testament Influenced by Platonism?
This section will examine the major arguments that were once used in support of the view that the apostle Paul borrowed from Platonism. By the time we finish we will not only better understand why such claims are seldom made anymore; we will also have cause to marvel at how any careful student of the [...]
Mar
17
The Tomb of Jesus
Click Here to listen to Hank’s Commentary on the Bible Answer Man. In 1929, D. H. Lawrence fantasized that, after surviving crucifixion, Jesus ended up in Egypt. There he fell in love with the priestess Isis. In 1972, Donavan Joyce published The Jesus Scroll. Christian philosopher Gary Habermas explains that in Joyce’s rendition of the [...]
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