Atheism is the opiate of the masses.
Enabling escape from the consequences of reality by denying reality.
Christianity is often accused of being an escape for the weak and feeble minded who can't face reality. For those who can't look at the facts as they are and the evidence smack dab in front of their faces.
But is that true?
There is a massive cumulative case to the contrary.
Instead those who accuse Christians of intellectual weak knees are themselves shaking in their boots.
Because Read more [...]Atheism is the Opiate of the Masses
Atheism is the opiate of the masses.
Enabling escape from the consequences of reality by denying reality.
Christianity is often accused of being an escape for the weak and feeble minded who can't face reality. For those who can't look at the facts as they are and the evidence smack dab in front of their faces.
But is that true?
There is a massive cumulative case to the contrary.
Instead those who accuse Christians of intellectual weak knees are themselves shaking in their boots.
Because Read more [...]
“Why did God create people he foreknew would go to hell?”
“He didn’t. He created people with the free will to choose for themselves their eternal fate.”
“But no one in their right mind would choose hell!”
“I agree with you, but those who reject God would say that you and I are not in our right mind! They aren't convinced there is a hell and believe the choice between heaven and hell is a false alternative.”
“Okay then, since God is omniscient he knows in advance 
Starting a new Apologetics study is unnerving. I’m always uncomfortable and full of doubts.
The list of reasons for the doubt and discomfort is long.
And justified if I place my faith and confidence in myself and my abilities.
But I can’t concentrate on a list of reasons that dissuade me from moving forward.
Because it undermines my joy, certainty and confidence in God’s Plan.
Instead I strive to concentrate on the long list of reasons provided by God Himself. Those found in Special and 
As Apologists we evangelize from our hearts to the hearts of others by the use of evidence and reason.
The key to Apologetics is evidence & reason.
The purpose of Apologetics is to free the hearts of those of other worldviews from the bondage of faith in a lie, by the use of evidence & reason.
The purpose of Apologetics within the Christian worldview is to free hearts from the bondage of their doubt, by the use of evidence & reason.
The same process used to convince those on the other 
Why do Christians ignore the great and first commandment?
Why do you ignore the great and first commandment?
Don’t defend yourself: stop!
Instead, please just listen (it’s not what you think):
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment.” Matthew 22:37-38
Did you get that? What did Jesus say?
’You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all 
Whose Messiah was Jesus?
Was He the Messiah?
How could we know?
By the evidence.
Several lines of evidence are revealed when this question is examined.
Prophecy is one of them.
The first eight seconds of "The Passion of the Christ" movie begins with this powerful abbreviation of Isaiah 53:
He was wounded for our transgressions,
crushed for our iniquities; by His wounds
we are healed.
I was unprepared for the personal impact this scripture written 700 years before the birth of Christ would 
An indestructible worldview is built upon and defended by right thinking.
Conclusions based upon true premises, valid logic and intellectual honesty.
Apologetics.
Thinking as it is in the wild, in its native habitat -the real world. Reality.
Where thinking roams free, telling it like it is with a mighty roar.
Strong, independent, fierce.
Not what’s found in the intellectual zoo: caged, tranquilized, declawed and trained to do tricks for its keepers. For the benefit of their egos. 
The enemy. We all know there is an enemy, yet we hesitate to identify it as "the evil one". Our culture has bred that out of our thinking. It seems too simplistic. Yet we all know there is something wrong everywhere we look. What do we attribute that to? In Physics it’s called the second law of thermodynamics (or entropy), which permeates on a grand scale the entire physical world in which we live.
But that’s only a symptom of what’s wrong.
So can the source of what’s 
So much of what we learn in life is incorrect and must be unlearned.
And we can’t blame it on any one source because it comes at us from all directions.
Also, if we are going to blame specific people in our lives then we ought blame ourselves too, because we are passing the same along to others!
How do we become vigilant without also becoming paranoid and defensive once aware of negative and parasitic forces in our hearts and minds? After all it can be unnerving to see outside forces at work 
There isn't a shortage of high profile people who say “I don’t believe in God.”
But what they are really saying is “I don’t [want to] believe in God”.
They claim they are too smart to believe in God.
Really?
SURGE!
Second Law of Thermodynamics
Universe is expanding
Radiation afterglow
Great Galaxy Seeds
Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity
Five solid, philosophical and empirical lines of evidence for the existence of God.
Any worldview built on a foundation in denial