His Pre-Existence and Eternality Enns states, “The eternality and deity of Christ are inseparably linked together. Those who deny His eternality also deny His deity. If the deity of Christ is established, there is no problem accepting His eternality.”[1] There are many passages both in the Old as well as the New Testament that clearly affirm…
God’s Existence Ryrie states that traditionally there have been two lines of argument used to demonstrate the existence of God, the naturalistic and the biblical arguments.[1] Here I will evaluate those arguments that fall within both the naturalistic as well as the biblical arguments. Naturalistic Arguments Cosmological Argument The cosmological argument is the argument from cause…
This author will approach this study from a pre-millennial, dispensational perspective. Some space will be devoted to briefly define some of the others systems of interpretation. Interpretation Dispensational pre-millennialism can be identified by two basic features: (1) Literal hermeneutic. In other words, the words and statements in Scripture should be interpreted in their normal way, in the…
Recommended Books for Further Study on the Fundamental Doctrines of Christianity* Although not an exhaustive list of books on Bible doctrine and systematic theology, the student of Scripture will find these resources to be extremely helpful as they journey into a more in-depth study of the essential, cardinal doctrines of the Faith. They range from…
How much time have we invested since our salvation to understand what all transpired the moment we were saved and to consider our possessions by virtue of our relationship with the Lord? Possessions that when lived out serve as the very evidence of our salvation, possessions they characterize the genuine believer in Christ. Each one…
Freedom is said to be the birthright of every human being, regardless of who they are or where they come from. In fact, God has fashioned us for freedom, Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 3:17, “now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” Just as an…
“What is truth?“1 This question was asked by a man named Pilate about two thousand years ago. Two thousand years later, this question is still being asked by many, even by many within the Church. Why? Because truth itself has once again come under attack, to the extent that, all who have adopted the various…
Although not meant to be an exhaustive study on the uniqueness of the Bible, I would like to highlight six areas that help us see why the Bible is unlike any other book in history. Its uniqueness serves as evidence and is an incredible testimony that validates the historical, orthodox doctrines of inspiration and inerrancy….
More so in recent years than perhaps during any other time in church history has the church become extremely gullible to false teachings. Heresy is running rampant and it is creating havoc among those who claim to be Christians, in part because of the crisis of apologetic, theological, doctrinal, and biblical illiteracy facing the church….