. . . were one to deny the claim presented above, and that denial drew the accusation of atheism, it would follow that the accusation remains unsubstantiated. One cannot conclude that denying the Bible to be God’s word is to deny ipso facto God’s existence.
Nicaea was the first of the ecumenical church councils that would articulate more clearly over time the nature of the Trinity. This is important because it allowed Christianity to assert the divinity of Jesus while seemingly escaping accusations of polytheism.
“He is convicted.” No, that’s not a reference to someone found guilty of a crime. Rather, it’s a statement I’ve often heard about a Gospel preacher or a believer giving testimony. It’s what a church pastor wants to hear when he listens to a prospective member giving his testimony on “how he came to Christ,”…
If reading the Bible is a necessary means toward faithful discipleship, then Christians of the modern fundamentalist persuasion can only conclude that Hell is very likely full of most of their Christian ancestors since they were illiterate. Too bad they lived in the wrong century, right? This brings to mind Augustine of Hippo asserting that…