I write this blog as a pastor, out of deep concern for the spiritual well-being of anyone who hears or reads God’s Word but who may not have much experience in understanding the great skill of people who take Scripture out of its context and thereby build false doctrines. Those false doctrines always lead people astray [...]
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Rob Bell’s Latest Book: More Heresy
Posted in Apologetics, Theology on March 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Hell: Is It Real? Part Two
Posted in Apologetics on March 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
HELL: ANNIHILATION OR ETERNAL SUFFERING? PART TWO 1) Finally in our study on hell, we come to the Greek word Gehenna (Mark 9:43-48; cf. Mt. 10:28): This is the place of future punishment after the resurrection and judgment of unbelievers (we’ll study this in a moment from Rev. 20:11-15), where they will suffer eternally [...]
Which Do You Think Is True? Think Carefully!
Posted in Apologetics on September 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“The ancient covenant is in pieces. Man at last knows that he is alone in the unfeeling immensity of the universe, out of which he has emerged only by chance.”[1] “What is man that You take thought of him, and the son of man that You care for him? Yet You have made him a [...]
Can God Make a Rock So Big That He Cannot Move It?
Posted in Apologetics on August 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
People ask this “setup” question all the time — usually on college campuses. So I hope the reader will pass this along to college students especially! Here is an excerpt from my Systematic Theology on God’s Omnipresence: God does not use His omnipotence to abuse or dominate, but it is rather rooted in His love [...]
What Is Islam? A Christian Response
Posted in Apologetics on December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
WHAT IS ISLAM? Pastor Brad Matthew Abley 1) Islam, which means “submission,” is a religion founded by a man named Mohammed who lived from 570 to 632 A.D. (thus, approximately 600 years after the beginning of Christianity) and who claimed to be a prophet of God (called Allah), and who was allegedly called by Allah [...]
