Nine Ways to Know That the Gospel of Christ Is True
A compelling list shared by John Piper explaining how we can be sure Jesus was who He claimed to be.
Tampering with the Text: Was the New Testament Text Changed Along the Way? (part 2)
Scribal variations—slips of the pen, misspellings, word order changes, etc.—were an inevitable part of literary life in a pre-Gutenberg world. How did these mistakes affect New Testament manuscripts?
The Sinkhole Syndrome
To all outward appearances he's a man of Christian faithfulness and integrity. Then, without warning, his life collapses into a sinkhole of sin. Everyone wonders how it could have happened so quickly. In most cases, it soon becomes known that—like most sinkholes—the problem didn't develop overnight.
A line from one of my favorite comic strips caught my attention recently. "There are only two kinds of people. Abnormal people and people you don’t yet know well enough."
We should not be overly surprised when despite our best efforts our actions are criticized and our motives are questioned.
The sociological research presents a clear case for social concern, but the Christian case against mixed-faith marriage emerged long before the academic discipline of sociology. That case is rooted in the logic of the Gospel itself, and in the reality of the Lordship of Jesus Christ.