Apologetics
Explore the arguments for Christian faith, evidence for God and the resurrection, biblical reliability, science, ethics and debate.
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Leadership and Service in Christ’s Church
The Apostle Paul uses the imagery of a building and a body to illustrate the network of leadership and service in Christ’s church. The building is the new temple indwelt by God’s Spirit (Eph. 2:19–22)—not a static structure of stone and wood, but a dynamic community of people, made alive by their union with Christ, the life-giving stone (1 Peter 2:4–5). Consequently, alongside the picture of the church as building, Paul employs the body image to illustrate the church’s organic and interdependent life (1 Cor. 12:12–31).
What Was the Protestant Reformation?
To understand the Reformation and its lasting influence, we have to imagine a very different world from our own. For one thing, the choices we enjoy in the twenty-first-century West were nonexistent. Life was controlled by financial constraints, geography, ignorance, and family ties. And then there was the church. The freedom to choose one’s own church was unheard of because before the mid 1500s, the Roman Catholic Church was the dominant religious force.
28% of UK Evangelicals Are New to Church: The State of Theology
More people are entering the doors of churches in the United Kingdom. This year’s State of Theology survey reveals an encouraging trend in church attendance: 28% of UK evangelicals say they began attending Sunday church services for the first time as adults within the past two years. This flood of new visitors should be met with joy and gratitude. But ultimately, attendance is not the same as conversion. And the findings from the State of Theology survey reveal that these new attendees are confused about core doctrines of the Christian faith.
What Was the Reformation All About?
The Protestant Reformation is a story of transformation—a transformation from hate to love, from slavery to freedom, and from blind faith to a glorious discovery of the truth in Jesus Christ. In this short video, Dr. R.C. Sproul summarizes the main catalyst for the Protestant Reformation and the mission of Ligonier Ministries more than five-hundred years later. This video is also available in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. You’ll find below several other resources that explain what the Reformation was all about.
What Is Predestination?
We must start by asking a seemingly simple question: What ifs predestination? There appear to be as many different definitions of predestination as there are doctrines of predestination. Since the Bible was not written in English, we don’t find the English word predestination, yet multiple Greek words convey the concept, so we look to these Greek words to inform our understanding of what predestination means. One example is the Greek word proorizō.
Why Do I Need Training for Ministry?
“Great news, folks! We’ve arranged a training night for . . .” (insert pastoral care team, children’s ministry, music team, etc.). Does that sound like good news? Even with coffee and donuts, many just hear this as another demand on scarce time. But training for ministry isn’t optional polish; it’s how we love God’s people and honor Christ.
Help Equip God’s People for Spiritual Warfare
“Are you going to hell when you die?” How often have you heard this question come up in conversation? Probably not often. Yet this is a question of eternal significance. It concerns the condition of our souls before the holy God. Today, we live in a world that desperately avoids such questions. Many people live as though reality is limited to what we can see, hear, and feel. Others laugh away life’s greatest questions. We see this every October as our society trivializes the demonic as a source of amusement.
Who Was Zephaniah?
We know very little about Zephaniah. The book that bears his name runs only three chapters, and Scripture does not speak of him elsewhere. He comes to us without a narrative of his calling or ministry. We have only the superscription that opens his book and the meaning carried by the name it records. Yet from these few details we can learn who Zephaniah was, what his message means, and how it points us to Christ.
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