The Pilgrimage of a Baptist Christian — Religious Symbols, Celebrations and Roman Popery (pt. 2)
As I confessed in the last post, I was reared, converted, discipled, and called to preach in a Baptist “free church” tradition, which at best downplayed or ignored the Christian liturgical calendar other than Christmas and Easter. While I happily remain in that tradition, over the years I have come to a new and deeper […]
Easter: Its True Meaning
Christians around the world are celebrating Holy Week, which culminates with Easter Sunday, Resurrection Day. The two biggest events on the Christian calendar are Christmas and Easter. For most cultures historically influenced by Christianity, including the U.S., Christmas is the bigger, social, cultural, and economic event. It is often said that in America if you […]
Is Our Preaching in Vain?
By Dr. David Haines, Prior to beginning my Master’s studies at Southern Evangelical Seminary, I was working as a youth pastor at a church in Québec. Part of my ministry included ministering to university students. In this context, I became unmistakably aware of the necessity of studying Christian apologetics and Christian theology. These two disciplines […]
The Apostles Wrote the Gospels as Eyewitness Accounts
By, J. Warner Wallace, When you write a book seeking to evaluate the Gospels as eyewitness accounts, you shouldn’t be surprised to find some critics will attack the premise that the Gospels are eyewitness accounts in the first place. Several skeptics have either emailed me or posted comments questioning whether or not the Gospels are […]
Minimal Facts on the Resurrection that Even Skeptics Accept
The Minimal Facts Argument My Minimal Facts Argument in favor of Jesus’ resurrection was developed many years ago while writing my PhD dissertation. It has two requirements for the historical facts that are used: each must be confirmed by several strong and independent arguments, plus the vast majority of even critical scholars must recognize the […]
The Resurrection and Paul’s Letters to the Corinthians
By Dr. T. Brown, From time to time we need to be reminded of several truths regarding the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. As an example of this, in 1 Cor. 15:3-8 the Apostle Paul reminds the Corinthian Christians of truths he had first delivered to them when he had stayed in Corinth for […]