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  • Joshua Harris' 'falling away' stirs doctrine reaction
    by Diana Chandler, posted Friday, August 02, 2019 (4 months ago)

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    VANCOUVER, British Columbia (BP) -- Former megachurch pastor Joshua Harris' departure from Christianity has spurred dialogue about apologetics, legalism and the doctrine of salvation.

    Harris, former pastor of the mega Covenant Life Church in Gaithersburg, Md., announced in July he and his wife Shannon are divorcing, that he no longer considers himself a Christian, and that he regrets having taught that marriage is a union only between a man and a woman. Read More

  • Norman Geisler, defender of Christian faith, dies
    by Art Toalston, posted Tuesday, July 02, 2019 (5 months ago)

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. (BP) -- Norman Geisler, one of the foremost defenders of the Christian faith in the discipline known as apologetics, died Monday (July 1). He was 86.

    Tributes to Geisler soon appeared in Religion News Service, Christianity Today and WORLD Magazine, among others. Read More

  • FIRST-PERSON: My response
    by Barry E. Fields, posted Wednesday, May 29, 2019 (6 months ago)

    Barry Fields recounts to an online skeptic that "there's more proof for the reliability, accuracy and veracity of the Bible than the works of Plato, Herodotus and Aristotle combined." Read More

  • Apologetics conf. speakers underscore 'truth in love'
    by Marilyn Stewart, posted Friday, January 18, 2019 (10 months ago)

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    NEW ORLEANS (BP) -– Apologetics experts from across the nation took the stage at Defend '19, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary's weeklong apologetics conference, Jan. 7-11.

    "Christians have always needed to be able to state what they believe clearly and to defend their faith when asked to give a reason for the hope that they have in Christ," said Robert Stewart, Defend director. "But today in our postmodern, post-Christian, post-truth culture it is especially important that we be winsome ambassadors for Christ who share the truth in love in the power of God's Spirit." Read More

  • Filipino president's comments on God rebuked
    by David Roach, posted Monday, July 09, 2018 (one year ago)

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    DAVAO CITY, Philippines (BP) -- The Filipino president's offer to resign if anyone can prove the God of the Bible exists has drawn reactions from Christians across the globe.

    Dan Santiago, president of the Filipino Southern Baptist Fellowship of North America, said Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte lacks "solid biblical knowledge of the Judeo-Christian God." Meanwhile, Filipino Catholic leaders -- who have feuded publicly with Duterte -- called today (July 9) for "God's mercy and justice" on blasphemers, according to The Wall Street Journal. Read More

  • FIRST-PERSON: Be alert amid Bible distortions
    by Rob Phillips, posted Friday, June 22, 2018 (one year ago)

    While Belief systems such as Mormonism and Islam profess high regard for Scripture, Rob Phillips notes that "in fact, they deny its inspiration, inerrancy or preservation." Read More

  • Christ's resurrection: strongest evidence cited
    by David Roach, posted Thursday, March 29, 2018 (one year ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- Did Jesus really rise from the dead?

    It's a question asked and answered each Easter in news reports, television documentaries and personal conversations. This year, two Southern Baptists who train others to defend the faith have offered their thoughts on the best way to answer.

    Rob Phillips, who leads apologetics for the Missouri Baptist Convention, pointed to the "minimal facts argument," which defends the resurrection using only evidence "considered virtually undeniable," even by skeptics. Stephen Wellum, a theology professor at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, said evidence for the resurrection always must be coupled with an explanation of the resurrection's significance within the Christian worldview. Read More

  • FIRST-PERSON: Obviously God
    by Dan DeWitt, posted Thursday, November 30, 2017 (2 years ago)

    The creation, Dan DeWitt writes, reveals both God's glory and His wrath. "It's a matter of vantage point. The believer sees glory. The unbeliever sees wrath," he writes. Read More