Apologetics and Evidence

Dr. Michael Licona, an expert on the  Risen Jesus , asked a question on social media recently if anyone had questions regarding the Resurrection. The reason for the question was because he was planning to have a meeting with Dr. Gary Habermas, who is the world’s leading scholar regarding the Resurrection of Christ.  I have personally been familiar with and influenced by Habermas’ material since I began my bachelor’s degree, and throughout my studies all the way through my doctorate to the present. He is accurately regarded as a scholar in this field, and arguably as well as others, such as NDE’s (near death experiences), the historical Jesus, suffering, and skepticism, to name a few.  I was thinking about this the day before Licona made this post, and so I replied,   “I was literally just remembering a conversation I had with him (Habermas) about the location of the nails in Christ on the cross. I still cannot be convinced that they were in the wrists. I understand w...

In her book,   The Most Important Decision You Will Ever Make , Joyce Meyer teaches that the gospel is that Jesus had to die spiritually, go to hell and become spiritually dead, that Jesus separated from God the Father on the cross, and that Jesus was the first born-again man from the dead. This is a common teaching in the Word of Faith movement, [1]   which seems (unfortunately) to creep into the minds of those who began their journey in sound doctrine but veer off because of such false teachers. Meyers writes in the latest edition of her book, “He became our sacrifice and died on the cross. He did not stay dead. He was in the grave three days. During that time, he entered hell, and defeated Satan.” [2] On the following page she begins to elaborate, “He committed His Spirit to the Father and died. So they put Him—that is, His body—in a grave. And His spirit went to hell because that is where we deserved to go… There is no hope of anyone going to heaven unless they believe thi...

It means that not all hope is created equal . I was invited recently by Jehovah’s Witnesses to come to a celebration of the life of Jesus. The way they describe the Death and Resurrection of Jesus is very different than what the Bible teaches. They believe and teach that Jesus, when He was resurrected, was resurrected as a spirit only, and not with a physical body. I think this presents several problems.    I am often confronted when I say that Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses believe in another Jesus, with, "That is ridiculous... there is only one Jesus." Though they have an agenda of finding common ground,  people in cults are often adamant that there is only one Jesus, but the Bible teaches otherwise . In 2 Corinthians 11:4, we find that Paul talks about the Corinthians falling prey to another Jesus. “For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel...