Monthly Archives: November 2013

The True Answer to Racism

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races-to-trashOnly the Bible gives the true answer to racism:

1. All people are descendants of two people, Adam and Eve
2. There is only one race–the human race—Adam’s race
3. There is no such thing biologically as so called interracial marriage
4. All humans are equal before God–and all people are sinners because we all belong to Adam’s race
5. God’s Son became a member of the human race to die for the descendants of Adam and offers a free gift of salvation

And science confirms over and over again the Bible’s history concerning the human race:

1. The Human Genome project found there was only one race
2. All humans have the same basic skin color from the main pigment melanin–people don’t have different colors of their skin but different shades of the one main color. There are no ‘white’ people or ‘black’ people–we are all shades of brown.

God’s people have the answer to racism and prejudice–believe the true history of the human race as given in God’s Word beginning in Genesis.

“And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their pre-appointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.” (Acts 17:26–27)

– Ken Ham

Talking to Mormon Missionaries On The Street

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This is actual recorded video footage of my friend, Pastor Jeff Durbin speaking with two Mormon missionaries yesterday. Jeff spotted these missionaries riding their bikes across the street while he was with the head of ‘The Red Door’ abortion ministry (Jamie) outside of an abortion clinic in Tempe, Arizona. Jeff called out to the missionaries and they rode their bikes up.

The video footage includes the discussion that took place. This is an excellent resource to share with Mormons and Christians alike.

How do we know that the Bible is in fact from God?

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Sam Storms both of which, I believe, are true. The first comes from Andrew Wilson and the second from J. I. Packer.

Here is Wilson’s explanation, originally found at his blog (www.thinktheology.co.uk) under the title, “Why Accept the Authority of the Bible? A Twelve Step Argument.”

I saw an intriguing exchange on Twitter the other day. My friend Mike Betts had written something very innocuous – the Bible says we should trust God, or something like that – and someone responded, in a series of tweets that quickly degenerated into expletives and accusations of idiocy, that it is ridiculous to base our lives on an Iron Age text. What evidence is there, they demanded, that the Bible is true? After a few helpful questions, Mike wisely suggested that 140 characters might not be the best medium with which to argue for biblical authority, and said he could point them to some useful resources if they wanted. His interlocutor, apparently satisfied that “I can’t explain all that in a tweet” meant “I have no reason to believe it whatsoever”, immediately left the discussion, no doubt even more entrenched in their view that all Christians are idiots who are simply too stupid to have thought about whether the Bible can be trusted. Sigh.

That exchange made me wonder: how would I explain the argument for biblical authority, to a secular person, as quickly and logically as possible? Obviously I wouldn’t assume someone could be persuaded by a few hundred words – and in my experience, people who fire expletives around on Twitter are not usually looking to be persuaded of anything anyway – but I thought it might be helpful to lay out the argument, at least as I see it, both to give an example of how a Christian might respond, and to help a sceptic identify the point in the argument at which they differ. (Usually, it comes down to the resurrection. If I believe Jesus is alive, I probably accept biblical authority, even if I nuance it differently from other Christians; if I don’t, then I don’t. On the basis of 1 Corinthians 15:12-19, I think Paul would be with me on that).

So here’s my argument for biblical authority in twelve steps. Continue reading →