The Romans Road lays out the plan of salvation through a series of Bible verses from the book of Romans. When arranged in order, these verses form an easy, systematic way of explaining the message of salvation. There are many different versions of Romans Road with slight variations in Scriptures, but the basic message and [...]
Continue Reading...More great resources from Brian Auten at Apologetics 315 blog. In this interview, Brian interviews Paul L. Maier, the Russell H. Seibert Professor of Ancient History at Western Michigan University and a much-published author of both scholarly and popular works. Professor Maier talks about his background as an historian, the existence of Jesus, his debate [...]
Continue Reading...Here is another great interview by Brian Auten of Apologetics 315. Holly Ordway is a professor of English Literature and author of Not God’s Type: A Rational Academic Finds a Radical Faith. She talks about her background as an atheist, her encounters with Christians in the past, the influence of literature and poetry, personal influences [...]
Continue Reading...Book Review: The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow By Brian Auten of Apologetics 315 The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow landed on bookstore shelves in 2010 following a great deal of pre-release buzz from newspapers, blogs, and television. The authors’ conclusion was no secret: “Because there is a [...]
Continue Reading...For someone like Stephen Hawking searching for a satisfying “theory of everything”, The Grand Design turns out to be a quantum leap of self-defeating incoherence that explains almost nothing. By asserting scientific determinism [that the laws of physics completely explain and determine past, present and future events within the entire universe and its inhabitants - [...]
Continue Reading...The Resurrection of Jesus: A New Historiographical Approach Author: Michael R. Licona Publisher: InterVarsity Press, 2010 ISBN: 0830827196, 9780830827190 Length: 718 pages Subjects: Jesus Christ – Historicity Jesus Christ – Resurrection – History of doctrines Religion / Biblical Studies / Jesus, the Gospels & Acts Religion / Christian Theology / Christology ABOUT THE BOOK [...]
Continue Reading...By Dr Peter May, of the European Leadership Forum. I hesitate to mention Stephen Hawking’s new book, The Grand Design, as the press coverage of it has been immense and many will have followed the debate line by line. At least, I hope the scientists will have done so. One of the big issues the [...]
Continue Reading...Stephen Hawking Is Wrong. You Can’t Explain the Universe Without God. (Prof John Lennox) There’s no denying that Stephen Hawking is intellectually bold as well as physically heroic. And in his latest book, the renowned physicist mounts an audacious challenge to the traditional religious belief in the divine creation of the universe. According to [...]
Continue Reading...Christianity does not separate itself from knowledge. In fact historic Christianity, in contrast to modern theology, must bear the weight of believing and teaching that all truth is one. Occasionally some people will ask is it ‘spiritual’ to talk of such things? Are you really considering with the work of the Holy Spirit when dealing [...]
Continue Reading...Evidence is important in matters of religion. But it is not the sort of evidence with which the sciences deal — publicly observable, experimentally repeatable and quantitatively measurable. It is the sort of evidence upon which we base our daily lives, our relationships with other people and our fundamental decisions about how we are going [...]
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