Reasons to believe in Jesus Christ
We believe Scripture is true because God’s Son affirmed it. Once Jesus is authenticated as a messenger from God and establishes Scripture to be infallibly true, we know that Jesus is proven to be the Christ, who redeems sinful man, because Scripture declares it. The reliable witness accounts of Jesus show He is God’s Son…
The Redeemer had to be both God and Man. Here’s how we know. There’s one thing we know for sure. In order for the savior of sinners to take upon Himself the infinite punishment they deserve, survive that suffering, and save them through His sacrifice, He had to be truly man and He had to…
We know God is a moral, virtuous, and holy God. And we also know that we’ve fallen short of what God requires of us. So, justice demands we must be punished. But the punishment we deserve would put an end to us. Why hasn’t God punished us yet, if not to give us the opportunity…
We’ll see that what we know about ourselves reveals what we can know about God and how He relates with us. God is both moral and virtuous God must be a moral being. How frightening would it be if the all-powerful Being acted maliciously toward His creation? However, we have every reason for believing He…
The divine being, whom we call God, has made Himself known, in part, through what He has made. When we consider the immense diversity of creation, we stand in awe! So, what can we learn about God from general revelation.
What do we know about ourselves and the world around us? One thing is certain. We did not originate ourselves. So, how do we explain our own existence? Reason tells us that God is pure being who gives life. The little boy asks, “Who made God?” Imagine one boy asks his older brother, “where did…
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We consider Feuerbach’s theory that God only exists in our minds as we imagine a “superman” kind of god, who helps us overcome the greatest fear of all — death. Feuerbach believed religion was invented to deal with death Blaise Pascal, who is often remembered for his philosophical view know as “Pascal’s Wager“, examined what…
According to Karl Marx, the rich invented religion to control the poor. He stated that religion was the “opiate of the masses”. He said, “religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand.” Marx believed religion was invented to control the masses Karl Marx wrote about dialectical materialism, which…
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Friedrich Nietzsche criticized the mentality of the religious masses and offered a different approach to living life without God. His philosophy of Nihilism shows us how to live a meaningless life. Nietzche valued the will to power over grace and mercy Friedrich Nietzsche is known as the father of modern-day Nihilism and adherent of atheistic…
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Atheists offer alternative theories to explain religion. Atheism rejects the belief that deities exist, so it often assumes religion is invented by man to meet psychological needs. Prominent atheists never tried to prove God didn’t exist How do atheists argue against the existence of God? In short, they don’t. Some of the most prominent atheists…
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