Considering answers to those faith-questions we all ask…
Tag: Christian Apologetics
I'm aware that you almost can't believe anything you hear or see these days, in traditional or streaming media. Truth is almost entirely out of style, and that's the truth. I therefore recently listened with due skepticism to another video about "new findings" in the world of geology.
The phrase, "the tip of the iceberg" is a common metaphor for things of consequence which are only visible or detectable in part. In comparison they are almost entirely beneath the surface, unseen and unappreciated. The most significant fact of course, as the sad story of the Titanic tells us, is that the unseen part is every bit as real and as solid as that which is seen. So it is with life itself.
When you hear people protest that the Christian gospel was all constructed, exaggerated or augmented centuries after the time Jesus Christ lived is said to have lived in, or when you hear cultists say that the facts have been changed many times over the centuries and you need to leave your church and join theirs, you should know that these claims and accusations are unfounded.
Is the New Testament and the Bible we now read completely different to what was originally written, so that we can't rely on it? This is the claim of skeptics and cults alike, but there are answers to their accusations, and very good ones.
It's common to hear people complain that the Bible has been changed many times over the years, so that it's unreliable. This is the way many people attempt to dismiss all that Scripture tells us, and sometimes to shut us up. The temptation for the undetermined believer is to then be silenced, or to abandon the testimony of Scripture and go it alone.
Fuel for Faith, Food for Thought 