Turning the Tables on Unbelief

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“…the reality of God’s existence is strong; it takes effort to ‘suppress the truth’ (Rom. 1:17). So unbelief is always tentative; it is truly a guess contrary to better evidence.” - Ref21

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What Americans Believe about Suffering

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“…the Pew study shows that the religious problem of suffering is not a major concern for most people today after all. Only 14% of American adults say that “sometimes I think the suffering in the world is an indication that there is no God.’” - Veith

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Why Do We Need Apologetics?

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“We might feel that apologetics is best left to the experts. But Peter is clear that every Christian must be “prepared to make a defense” of the faith (1 Peter 3:15).” - Ref21

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Killing the Canaanites: A Biblical Apology (Part 1)

Since the 9/11 attack on twin towers, many Christians have been quick to contrast the violent tactics of Islamic Jihad with the gentler tendencies of Christian evangelism. For example, in an article entitled, “Christian or Muslim: What’s the difference?” Lutheran scholar Alvin Schmidt has argued,

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Is There Such a Thing as “Public Theology?”

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“What if we Christians want to influence public life, public policies? Then we have to search for and find middle axioms. These are ethical principles that have something in common with our Christian worldview but do not require full blooded and authentic Christian faith—to see their rightness. But this is not really ‘public theology.’” - Roger Olson

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Why Aren’t the Atheists Angry?

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“Increasingly they ask questions that aren’t trying to ‘evangelize’ me to atheism or to get cheers from the other skeptics but just to ask how someone could believe something like what I believe.” - Russell Moore

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