“Everyone has a basis of authority on which he thinks and acts. For the Christian this is the Bible, claimed to be a book that is different from all others,” says Charles Ryrie. [1] The Bible is indeed different from all other books–it claims to be the inspired word of God. But this raises many […]
Nature & Existence of the Soul
It has struck me as odd for some time that I am my soul, and yet for the majority of my life have hardly known what a soul is. This can only be a mark of the horrible consequences of sin on our race that we can so easily lack even the most fundamental knowledge […]
Science and the Existence of God
Is it pseudo-science to claim that scientific evidence demonstrates the existence of God? Does science give good reasons to believe that God exists? The only way to answer this question is to examine the evidence. Too often people are willing to use science to criticize religion, but then are unwilling to honestly consider an attempt […]
Does the Bible Teach a Young Earth?
“On the basis of internal evidence, it is this writer’s conviction that yom [the Hebrew word for day] in Genesis one could not have been intended by the Hebrew author to mean a literal twenty-four-hour day,” concludes Dr. Gleason Archer, a biblical scholar who is fluent in Hebrew and over 30 related languages, one of […]
The Bible: Crucial Questions
Whenever the inspiration of the Bible is considered, there are always a few questions which arise. Let us examine a few of the most common ones. What About Alleged “Contradictions”? I have examined hundreds of alleged “contradictions,” and have even discussed the issue with leading atheists who have attempted to point them out. From personal […]
Christ as Our Perfect Prophet, Priest, and King
In the article “Christ our Exalted Savior,” we saw how Christ’s life is divided into two states. The state of humiliation is the period from the Incarnation to the resurrection. In this state, Christ temporarily laid aside His exalted privileges and status that He had in eternity past before He became man, and lived a […]
A Biblical Defense of Christ’s Deity
There is perhaps no issue in the Bible of greater importance than the identity of the one who died for us to be our Savior — Jesus Christ. Therefore, we will take a look at the clear teaching of the Bible that Jesus is not only fully man, but also fully God. What the New […]
Decisive Evidence for the Inspiration of the Bible
The Bible claims to be the infallible, errorless, and authoritative word of God (2 Timothy 3:16; Proverbs 30:5; 2 Peter 1:21; see also Micah 1:1, Zechariah 1:1, etc.). Many critics claim that the Bible is a good religious book, but not the word of God; that it contains some truth, but also some legends, myths, […]
Critical Evidence for the Deity of Christ
New Testament scholar Ben Witherington lists thirteen established features of the historical Jesus which even most critical biblical scholars accept. [1] Unfortunately for the critics who do not believe that Jesus understood Himself to be God, from these thirteen facts alone it can be clearly demonstrated that Jesus did indeed believe that He was God. From there […]
Historical Evidence and the Claims of Christ
Who is Jesus of Nazareth? Christianity asserts that He is God incarnate–fully God and fully man. This belief is founded in the claims of Christ Himself, found in the Bible. But there are many people today who believe that Jesus never claimed to be God because they do not believe that we can trust the […]