EDITOR'S NOTE: To learn more about Christian apologetics, visit the website of the Missouri Baptist Apologetics Network at https://mobaptist.org/apologetics/mban/. NASHVILLE, Tenn. – When Jesse Florea glances out his office window at the patchwork display of fall colors surrounding the snow capped summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado, he’s reminded of the power of worldviews. “Someone with an atheistic worldview might look at those mountains and say, ‘Billions of years of erosion and … [Read more...]
Jesus in the Old Testament
This is the 18th in a series of articles on the Trinity, excerpted from “What Every Christian Should Know About the Trinity,” available through Amazon and other booksellers. Prophetic portions of the Old Testament anticipate a coming Messiah. While explicit references to his deity are rare, key passages offer clues of the Anointed One’s eternal nature and divine power. Isaiah 9:6-7 is one example: “For a child will be born for us, a son will be given to us, and the government will be on … [Read more...]
God as father of the church
This is the 17th in a series of articles on the Trinity, excerpted from “What Every Christian Should Know About the Trinity,” available by contacting the MBC or through Amazon and other booksellers. Let’s consider the wonderful doctrine of God as Father of the church – specifically, as the Father of everyone who receives His Son, Jesus Christ, by faith and thus is adopted into God’s family. The Bible speaks of adoption as an act of God making born-again believers members of His family. … [Read more...]
New “Against the Tide” documentary finds God in age of science
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (Christian Newswire) – The documentary motion picture “Against the Tide: Finding God in an Age of Science” will be showcased in theaters nationwide for a special one-night-only event, Nov. 19. “Against the Tide” takes viewers on a journey, following acclaimed University of Oxford mathematician, author, and philosopher Dr. John Lennox and veteran Hollywood actor, director, and producer Kevin Sorbo as they travel from Oxford to Cambridge and to Israel, experiencing firsthand … [Read more...]
South Gate Baptist to host apologetics conference, Nov. 7
SPRINGFIELD – Shane and Dixie Wise were Latter-day Saints who traced their ancestry to pioneers who traveled west with Brigham Young following the death of LDS founder Joseph Smith. They were sealed in an LDS temple, and Shane spent two years on a mission to Taiwan. Both were tireless leaders in a faith rooted in family and culture. Then the Wises faced a crisis in their LDS faith and met the real Jesus. Today, they serve at an evangelical church in Utah, minister to current and former … [Read more...]
First Baptist Versailles pastor an apologist for strong family life
VERSAILLES – Chris Bass believes strongly in men being the spiritual leaders of their families. He has based his ministry on that premise. The pastor of First Baptist Church, Versailles, and a member of the Missouri Baptist Apologetics Network, Bass specializes in writing and teaching about family life. He believes men should be the spiritual leaders in their homes and that they should lead their families to worship together in church and in the home. When he was a youth pastor at … [Read more...]
The Father of Israel
This is the 16th in a series of articles on the Trinity, excerpted from “What Every Christian Should Know About the Trinity,” available by contacting the MBC or through Amazon and other booksellers. In the previous column, we explored how Yahweh is the “God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” The Scriptures depict the fatherhood of God in other ways, as well. In this article, we examine God as the Father of Israel, and in the next column we survey God as the Father of the Church. The … [Read more...]
New book casts doubt on alleged visions of Mormonism’s founder, Joseph Smith
JEFFERSON CITY – If Christians believe the risen Jesus appeared to the apostle Paul on the road to Damascus, why shouldn’t they accept Joseph Smith’s claim that this same Jesus appeared to him in New England in 1820? This is the central question Robert M. Bowman Jr. addresses in Jesus’ Resurrection and Joseph’s Visions: Examining the Foundations of Christianity and Mormonism. It’s a question worth exploring across the pages of this well-written and carefully documented new … [Read more...]
‘The God and Father of our Lord Jesus’
This is the 15th in a series of articles on the Trinity, excerpted from “What Every Christian Should Know About the Trinity,” available by contacting the MBC or through Amazon and other booksellers. While Jesus assures His followers that God is their Heavenly Father, He alone shares a unique relationship with the Father as the eternal Son of God. There is an intimacy in this union that only exists between two eternal, all-powerful, and all-knowing persons. We explore this relationship in … [Read more...]
The Fatherhood of God
This is the 14th in a series of articles on the Trinity, excerpted from “What Every Christian Should Know About the Trinity,” available by contacting the MBC or through Amazon and other booksellers. In the previous column, we explored the Father’s deity. Now, let’s look at some ways the Bible describes the Fatherhood of God. First, the Greek word theos is used of the Father. We see this in numerous passages, such as Galatians 1:1 and 1 Peter 1:2. While theos also is used of Satan (2 Cor. … [Read more...]
The Father is God
This is the 13th in a series of articles on the Trinity, excerpted from “What Every Christian Should Know About the Trinity,” available by contacting the MBC or through Amazon and other booksellers. There is little dispute among professing Christians that our Heavenly Father is God. This is true even among the most prominent forms of counterfeit Christianity. For example, Jehovah’s Witnesses believe in the deity and personhood of Jehovah, whom they identify as the Father, even though … [Read more...]
Father, Son, Spirit: Distinct, not separate
This is the 12th in a series of articles on the Trinity, excerpted from “What Every Christian Should Know About the Trinity,” available by contacting the MBC or through Amazon and other booksellers. In the previous column, we examined the personhood of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. While the three persons of the Godhead are distinct, they cannot be separated. That is, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are co-equal and co-eternal. They exist simultaneously, not consecutively. So, let’s … [Read more...]
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