Something Churches Don't Address Anymore.....Hell

Something Churches Don't Address Anymore.....Hell This convicts my soul to the uttermost.

What Is “Presuppositional” Apologetics?

Hey guys, I wanted to share this article with you because I've mentioned this over and over again on the blog before - It's an article put out by the guys over at Answers In Genesis. It explains why we (creationist and evolutionists) have a difficult time seeing eye to eye when we are both observing same exact evidence, yet we come to drastic and different conclusions. Why is that? Another quote elsewhere states this flawlessly:

"Creationists and evolutionists, Christians and non-Christians all have the same evidence—the same facts. Think about it: we all have the same earth, the same fossil layers, the same animals and plants, the same stars—the facts are all the same.

The difference is in the way we all interpret the facts. And why do we interpret facts differently? Because we start with different presuppositions (different starting points). These are things that are assumed to be true, without being able to prove them. These then become the basis for other conclusions. All reasoning is based on presuppositions (also called axioms). This becomes especially relevant when dealing with past events." (emphasis mine)

What Is “Presuppositional” Apologetics?

By Dr. David Wright

When explaining their beliefs, Christians often feel they must first prove the Bible or prove the existence of God. This approach reveals that they do not yet understand the Bible’s approach, known as presuppositional apologetics.

Presuppositions are simply beliefs that everyone has that affect how they think, view the world, interpret evidence, and read the Bible. Apologetics is a reasoned defense of beliefs. So presuppositional apologetics is a reasoned defense of Christian beliefs based on recognizing our presuppositions.

For instance, my presupposition is that God exists and He has given us His Word (the Bible) that is absolute truth. So I use the Bible as the basis for how to think, interpret evidence, explain the world around me, and read the Bible. An atheist’s presupposition will most likely be that there is no God and that truth is relative. An atheist believes that man decides truth, and so he thinks, interprets evidence, and views the world and Bible accordingly.

If we start off believing the Bible is the Word of God (2 Timothy 3:16; Psalm 18:30; Proverbs 30:5), then we use it as our axiom. An axiom (often used in logic) is a proposition that is not susceptible to proof or disproof; its truth is assumed. The Bible takes this stance, assuming God’s existence to be true and not something to be proven (Genesis 1:1; Exodus 3:14; Revelation 1:8).

The battle is not over evidence but over philosophical starting points: presuppositions. As Christians, we should never put away our axiom—the Bible—when discussing truth with others. This would be like a soldier going into battle without any armor or weapons. Asking a Christian to abandon the Bible for the sake of discussion is like asking an atheist to prove there is no God by using only the Bible. You would be asking the atheist to give up his axiom.

The prophets and the apostles never tried to prove God’s existence. They started by assuming God’s existence, and they always reasoned from Scripture (Acts 17:2, 17; 18:4, 19). By using the Word of God, we are actually pitting the unbeliever against God and not our own fallible thinking.

Evolution Could Not Do This!

Another article from the Evolution Cruncher showing the extreme limits of evolution. This comes from the series of articles "Evolution Could Not Do This"

The trilobite is abundant in the very lowest fossil levels; but, according to *Levi Setti, it's eye is said to have "possessed the most sophisticated eye lenses ever produced by nature." which required "knowledge of Fermat's principle, Abe's sine law, Snell's law of refraction and the optics of birefringent crystal." He concludes: "The lenses look like they were designed by a physicist."

Because crayfish and lobsters live their life's moving backward, they have an unusual internal plumbing system. The kidney is located in front of the mouth, so the gill circulation can carry the wastes away from the body. If the kidney outlet was near the back end as in most creatures, the wastes would be carried to the gills. This perfect design enables crayfish and lobsters to live efficiently, whether very slowly crawling forward or rapidly swimming backward.

One bacterium has small hairs twisted in a stiff spiral at one end of the creature. Upon closer microscopic examination, scientists were totally amazed to discover that this bacterium has a rotary engine! It spins this corkscrew like the propeller of a ship, driving itself forward through water. It can even reverse the engine! Researchers still do not understand how it is able to whirl the mechanism. Using this method of locomotion, it is able to attain speeds which would, if it were our size, propel it forward at 30 miles (48 km) per hour. Commenting on this, *Leo Janos in Smithsonian said that "nature invented the wheel." Another researcher, *Helmut Tributsch, declared: "One of the most fantastic concepts in biology has come true: Nature has indeed produced a rotary engine, complete with coupling, rotating axle, bearings, and rotating power transmission."

Debate: Dr. Kent Hovind vs Dr. Hugh Ross

An excellent debate between two of the leading scholars of our time regarding the Age of the Earth. There is a great presentation here between both sides. I hope it will help you formulate an opinion on the subject.

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Debate: William B. Provine and Phillip E. Johnson

Here's a debate I came accross from the Uncommon Descent website between William B. Provine and Phillip E. Johnson at Stanford University, April 30, 1994.

What an excellent, intelligable and logical exchange between these two scholars. I enjoyed it very much and I hope you will too. Here is the debate in 11 video segments from YouTube.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM-H6NxdCd4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghf3dXPAuhQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_fPERJ8KRwhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfX0jdlFS5ohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9W1Y_PmhSIhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzgiU_ML7Cchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwpmM8qA_8khttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX2-QH6-R1ohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnRmhQsFBzQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ6fWL0j4awhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw95K3SUefU

Study Guide:

http://www.arn.org/docs/guides/stan_gd1.htm Transcript: http://www.arn.org/docs/orpages/or161/161main.htm

It's As Though The Cell Was Actually................"Designed"

If I didn't know any better, it would seem almost, just almost, like the cell was "designed" and had some kind of a purpose and direction. Just my opinion of course. But take a look at the complex functions of the Cell and judge for your self. In my opinion, The Creator's signature is saturated within in it.

Is the Bible Reliable as a Historical Document?

A great defense from Lee Strobel on the reliability of the scriptures as literal "history". Listen to the points he makes regarding the details that the authors leave in their accounts/writings regarding what they saw and experienced.

These are not just a collection of stories one man created in his basement some years back and cleverly put together. It never fails when I'm debating someone and I bring up the bible, for them to say right away "but the bible was written by man", as though this is supposed to discredit it right off the bat. And while I won't disagree that man has some flaws and memory issues, this is a central point, worth noting, in that God gave man divine revelation and guidance from the Holy Spirit when he told man to "write this down...." If you want to discredit the bible, you should first ask yourself whether or not this collection of books is actually "inspired" or not. No Christian argues that man wrote the bible. What we argue is that it has been beautifully and accurately preserved for thousands of years. The book of Isaiah is dated to be around 800-1000 years before the time of Christ. So its worth it to point out the fact that he prophesied Jesus would be born of a virgin in Bethlehem and that he would "die on a tree" Now how would Isaiah know 800 years before Jesus was born that he would die of crucifixion even before the Romans invented it? Do you think Jesus was smart enough to plan where he would be born and the exact way he would die? Now that's clever. The truth is no man could ever make up what is written in scripture. The bible was written over a period of 1400-1600 years from 40 different authors over three different continents in three different languages and yet is in such harmony that it is as though one man did write it. In my opinion, this is exactly what one would find if a consistent (Hebrews 13:8) God was giving man divine inspiration.

This will always amaze me. And lets not forget that the bible mentioned historical and scientific facts long before man even discovered them. Job said the world was a "sphere" long before man did. Solomon described the hydraulic cycle man only discovered but a short time ago. There are quite a number of scientific facts in the bible. Enjoy the video

Louie Giglio - Laminin

Folks, this one is a real treat! Credit goes out to my good friend Doug for sending me this video and my faithful friend Kevin who first told me about the Laminin protein cell last year. It was incredible to see a bit of a bread crumb of God's signature on something so small. It will always baffle me how many can cavalierly accept the evolutionary theory without first checking out all the facts and so called evidences. And how none are presented with the holes and major problems with the theory, but only the theory itself and when it is presented, it's presented in such a way as though it's fact and shouldn't be questioned. Where is the academic freedom? Where is the free choice to go where the evidence leads?

One day, very soon, the Lord will return (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18) And the bible says that every eye will see him and that when they do there will be great mourning (Rev 1:7) The bible says "Today" is the day of salvation. Don't put this off another day! Don't harden your hearts any longer (Hebrews 4:7) Forget what the "Left behind" series books say. There will not be a mass disappearance and then everyone left wondering what happened. "Every eye will see" declares the Word. And the scripture says that we will see Him coming on the clouds (Matt 24:30) I hope and pray that this video makes you think a little about the origins debate. If you accept evolution simply because the alternative is just unimaginable to you, then you're not being intellectually honest with yourself. Look into these things, it's worth it when thinking in the light of eternity. Eternity is such a long time folks. The bible has been tested time and time again and proven to be accurate and trustworthy in all that it says. So then why should we doubt it when it touches on Heaven and Hell? Please, I urge you to at least look into these things. This site only exist with the aim and goal to point people to Jesus, the only One who died and then rose again. (Evidence for the Resurrection)

Please stick with the video - After the first three minutes I guarantee you will be in for a wonderful treat.

What is Laminin?

What does a Laminin protein cell look like?

Kirk Cameron - Origin Into Schools

If anyone is interested; I will do my best to obtain a large amount of these books and distribute them at either Lehigh University or Desales myself. Enjoy.

Using Common Sense To Debunk Evolution

Ray Comfort does it again - using plain o'l common sense.