In 2006, Richard Dawkins published his book “The God Delusion.” In the first chapter of the book, this famous atheist suggests that faith is stupid. Is he right?
Speaking the Truth in Love
Speaking the Truth in Love
Sermons on Defending the Faith (Page 5)
The Bible suggests that the earth is just a few thousand years old. Atheists claim that our planet is 4.5 billion years old. What is the false assumption undergirding the old-earth model?
Jude intended to write a letter to the church about the salvation all Christians share in. But the Spirit of Christ vetoed his plan. An emergency situation called for a letter of a very different sort (Jude 1:1-4).
Paul urges his young friend Timothy to present himself to God as “a workman who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth” (2 Tim. 2:15). “Teaching God’s word is the most important work in the world. If we mishandle it, people can be misled and lost forever.
People have some funny ideas about baptism. It’s just a symbol. Nothing really happens when a person is baptized. But the apostle Paul seems to say otherwise (Rom. 6:3-4).
Skeptics want to know why we believe in biblical miracle stories, like the account of the talking donkey (Num. 22:28-30). Are Christians mindless idiots, or do skeptics have a dirty little secret?
Many young people (and older people too) reject Christ because they see hypocrisy in the church. But does the church have a corner on the hypocrisy market? Can hypocrisy be escaped simply by avoiding the church?
Asaph knew that God had done good things for his people. But he wrestled with the painful reality that the wicked often fared just as well or even better — until he saw things from God’s viewpoint (Ps. 73:17).
Young unbelievers mock the division in the Christian community. Since church-goers are hopelessly divided, why shouldn’t they conclude that the Lord’s teaching produces nothing but confusion?
Paul teaches that in mixed-gender assemblies of the church, women are to dress modestly and submit to male leadership (1 Tim. 2:8-15). But should the modern church take his message on this point seriously? Don’t his instructions merely reflect the sexist culture of his times?