Faith in God is Blasphemy

by | Mar 30, 2019 | Apologetics, Christianity, Theology

Here is a summary of the key points in the discussion: Jonathan claims that believing in God is blasphemous. He argues that if God was so obviously real and good, merely talking about “believing” in Him would be an insult. A proper relationship with God...

The Spectrum of Governmental Control

by | Mar 23, 2019 | Islam, Politics, Theology

THE WORLD AT RISK Throughout history, some part of the world has always been in turmoil.  But before the era of worldwide instant communications, we were unaware of the conflicts and could enjoy what we thought were periods of peace. With 24-7 worldwide news coverage,...

Coping with Trauma

by | Mar 22, 2019 | Islam, Psychology, Theology, Therapies

In mid-May, 2004, jihadists executed Nick Berg by sawing off his head. The execution was videotaped and posted on the Web for the world to view. Children were shown the video in classrooms. Teachers were suspended for this indiscretion. The Talk Show circuit was...

The Long Prelude to WW III

by | Mar 22, 2019 | Islam, Theology

The War by Militant Islam against the United States and Christianity Middle Eastern Terrorists have repeatedly attacked US interests since 1979, but these attacks have been treated as criminal violations rather than acts of war until the attack of September 11th,...

The World Situation and Militant Islam

by | Mar 22, 2019 | Islam, Theology

The following letter was purportedly written by a father to his sons May 19, 2004 THE WORLD SITUATION – A LETTER TO MY SONS Dear Tom, Kevin, Kirby and Ted, As your father, I believe I owe it to you to share some thoughts on the present world situation. We have...

The Islamic Verses

by | Mar 21, 2019 | Islam, Theology

Overview: Islam as presented in the Quran (at least in the 4 English translations) is a religion of peace, self defense, and tolerance of other religions. It places God as an all-knowing, all-powerful diety, who rules over even the smallest events of nature and...

Islam and Christianity

by | Mar 20, 2019 | Islam, Theology

Quran, sura 21:25-29 “Every messenger we sent before you was instructed to preach that there is no god except Me; you shall worship Me alone. Then they said, ‘God most gracious has begotten a son. ‘Glory be to Him; all the messengers are no more than...

The Validity of Biblical Text

by | Mar 20, 2019 | Apologetics, Christianity, Theology

By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND Dear Steven, Thanks for reading my essay. I’m always pleased and surprised when someone takes the time to consider my words and make comments. (Stephen) I wonder… when the church assembled the various texts into the Bible as we...

Faith versus Works

by | Mar 20, 2019 | Apologetics, Christianity, Theology

By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND Dear Thomas, At the day of doom, men shall be judged according to their fruits. It will not be said then, “Did you believe?” but, “Were you doers, or talkers only?” — John Bunyan Better they should be accountable in the present....

The End of Faith

by | Mar 20, 2019 | Apologetics, Christianity, Theology

By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND —– Original Message —– From: Jonathan To: Thomas Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 10:47 AM Subject: The End Of Faith, by Sam Harris  http://www.samharris.org/ Thomas, What do you think of the arguments made in Sam...

Paradox and Truth

by | Mar 20, 2019 | Apologetics, Christianity, Theology

by: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND —– Original Message —– From: Steven To: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2005 4:02 PM Subject: Paradox and Truth Dear Tom, My goodness. I am moved by the large amount of time and energy you have invested...

Prophecy as Prediction and Pattern

by | Mar 20, 2019 | Apologetics, Christianity, Theology

By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND Written in response to an article by Bill Sizemore: http://www.newswithviews.com/Bill/sizemore34.htm Essay Summary: Biblical prophecy is ambiguous in its specificity, and the multiple interpretations of the end-time prophesy (eschatology)...

Is Jesus the Only Savior

by | Mar 20, 2019 | Apologetics, Christianity, Theology

By: Thomas Lee Abshier, NDBook Review: “Is Jesus the Only Savior”by James R. Edwards Leftist culture warriors continually bleat that it is bigoted to affirm that one religion is superior to any other or that Jesus is the only savior. But now James R. Edwards, a...

Creation vs Evolution

by | Mar 20, 2019 | Apologetics, Christianity, Theology

by: Margo Diann Abshier, ND Lee Strobel, former investigative legal journalist and editor for the Chicago Tribune, documents his journey from boyhood Lutheran catechism class, through high school science classes, undergraduate journalism school, followed by Yale Law...

Doubts about the Bible

by | Mar 13, 2019 | Apologetics, Christianity, Theology

The comedians, skeptics, doubters, and critics of the Bible have assumed that only the laws and structures of the physical universe exist.  Therefore, all phenomena in the Bible outside of physical phenomenon are either imagination, hallucination, mythology, symbolic,...