Category: Apologetics
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Understanding Genesis 1: A Theologically Revolutionary Text
We must read Genesis 1 from the perspective of its original ancient audience, rather than a modern scientific one. This post highlights that the creation account is a theological statement contrasting Israel’s God with other ancient Near Eastern deities. God creates the cosmos as a cosmic temple, his creation by speaking, and his subordination of…
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God and Grief: How Timeless Love Meets Tragic Loss
How do you reconcile belief in a good God with that of deep suffering? This is my journey of theological formation through the journey of losing six children. Through suffering and pain, we can find the doorway to deeper communion with Christ as He suffers with us. Suffering finds meaning in the cross of Christ…
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Hell, Free Will, and a Loving God
How can a loving God send people to hell?Why would a loving God send someone to hell? This question is often asked as there is something in mankind that makes this feel wrong and unjustified. It is difficult to reconcile a loving God with some people going to hell. To sum up a prior article written,…
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Moral Argument: A Case for the Existence of God
The post explores the moral argument for the existence of God. Objective moral values, obligations, and the need for moral transformation point to something beyond naturalistic explanations to a theistic foundation. We will examine the authority of universality of moral facts, addressing objections like the Euthyphro Dilemma and Divine Command Theory. Naturalism does not account…