Apologetics and Evidence

It seems easy to label the Holy Spirit as divine. “But Peter said, “Ananias, why has  Satan filled your heart to  lie to the Holy Spirit  and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land? While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disp osal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You  have not lied to men but  to God ” (ESV Acts 5:3-4). In this citation of the scriptures, we can clearly see that the Holy Spirit is labeled by Paul as God, giving the Holy Spirit equality with Him.               The Spirit’s divinity is not limited to something that doesn’t seem simple enough to derive this concept; In verse 19 of Matthew chapter twenty eight, one can clearly see that Jesus, one of the members of the Trinity, as well as one who is divine, commands us to baptize in the name of the Father, the Son [Jesus Him...

 #shoutyourabortion = #shoutyourbulimianervosa Abortion is quite strange. One of the main arguments I hear for it is that it is good because the mother is unable to afford or to take care of the baby. But everyone knows about adoption. So what now? Another argument I hear is that women will have abortions if Roe v Wade is reversed in back alleys and such, so we shouldn’t reverse it. But when is it ok to murder a baby? Is it ok to murder a baby when women will be getting infections because they have unsterile environments for abortion? Seriously? Please tell me a better reason, a more convincing reason when killing babies is ok.  Something else I have to mention is that it seems that pro-choice adherents think that pro-lifers and abolitionists believe that the baby is of more value than the woman, but this is not the case. The idea is simple. Both the mother and the baby inside her are human, therefore they have the same value. I think of abortion like Bulimia Ne...

If you have had an abortion, then you are a murderer. The Good News though, is that you can be set free.  Do you want to be set free? The Bible talks about all kinds of sin (moral failure). One of them is murder. There are two things we need to immediately discuss now that the cat is out of the bag. One is that there is a difference between sins (moral failures against God) and sinners (one who has failed morally against God). Another thing is that I know people will be arguing about whether or not the fetus is actually a human person, which this will define whether or not an abortion is actually murder, but I have already addressed this topic here . I have also discussed the topic before about the difference between the definitions of sin and sinner , but not to the point to where it can be understood very practically. I think the problem came about when someone saw James 2:10, “For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it” a...

Life is precious... In researching for leading a discussion on the nature of the soul and the mind/body problem,  I remember reading an article on flashes of light at the moment of fertilization of an egg by a sperm. Please check out this brief video clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-vfTQQZ5W0 There is a correlation with zinc and light at the moment of fertilization which researchers are calling a "zinc firework," which is quite literally a flash of light. I think this is extraordinary for several reasons. The Bible Describes God as Light In 1 John 1:5-7, the Bible says,  “This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.”  It is interesti...