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April 2009
Volume 13, Number 1
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Do Lutherans Do Apologetics? By Rev. Korey D. Maas The modern apologist says merely that if there are certain objections to the faith that can be addressed by reasonable appeals to evidence — or certain foundational facts that can be similarly established — then by all means, when speaking to the rational unbeliever, make every possible use of reason and evidence. By all means, tear down the intellectual barriers the skeptic has constructed to “protect” himself from a confrontation with the Gospel. No, doing so will not argue anyone into faith. But by means of reasonable and persuasive argument, as by means of the Law, “every mouth may be silenced” (Romans 3:19). And with mouths closed, perhaps way is made for ears to be opened. |
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Current Apologetic Fronts: Atheism and Islam By Dr. Adam S. Francisco American Christianity has always found itself in tension with secular culture. Very recently, however, two challenges with future ambitions have surfaced within that culture: atheism and Islam. The former seeks to overhaul the theistic heritage of the West with the purportedly scientific worldview of naturalism (or materialism). The latter attempts, with great stealth, to influence—and ultimately to dominate—secular space and popular religious discourse as part of its mission to advance the “cause of Allah.” |
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The Battle for Your Mind By Dr. Angus J. L. Menuge Many of today’s Christian teenagers subscribe to an unbiblical moralistic therapeutic deism. In this vision, God is a comforting spiritual abstraction who exists to make you feel good about yourself but who does not pester you with any actual teachings or demands on your life. |
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Can We Trust the Gospels as History? By Mr. Mark A. Pierson What one thinks of Jesus invariably stems from one’s opinion of the four canonical Gospels. |
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