Is the bible reliable? – Objections to Christianity

(note:  This post is a part of a series of posts based on a book by Alex McFarland called, ‘The 10 Most Common Objections to Christianity’.  I highly recommend it and the small-group study guide in the back of the book to bring out conversations about this topic in a safe, honest way in church small-groups or other similar settings.  Please read the first post in this series before reading  (if you haven’t already) to understand why this series is being written and the objective of doing so.)

Objection #3:  The bible isn’t true and has too many errors.

I used to joke around that it would be kind of funny to teach your kids wrong information about basic things.  For example, you could easily teach them that green is blue, or left is right, or stop means go, etc.  The ramifications seemed less funny, so I went with teaching them the truth about these things.  But this idea is really at the heart of today’s objection to Christianity which is this:  can we count on the bible as being a reliable source of truth or not?

I am confident that it can.  Here’s why. Read more →

Its Simple – But Not Easy

It has been said that in Old Testament days that God’s people were under 643 different rules and regulations that they had to follow and try to maintain.  There were rules for everything:  what you could eat, what to you could drink, how to treat foreigners and strangers, how to date, how to sacrifice, and on and on it went.  In so many ways, following God was neither simple nor easy. Read more →

Getting Old

Its funny how your impressions of what “old” is changes over the years and how you look at it so differently as you grow up.  For example, I remember thinking of my parents as being so much older than me (which they are fortunately!) and contemplating if I’d ever be old like that.  Strangely enough, I’m probably about the same age as they were when I was thinking those thoughts so many years ago.  But as I look at things today, I am starting to look at the issue of being “old” so much different now.  Time seems to fly and days go by so quickly.  The good ol’ days of being a kid and taking a 3 hour car ride that felt like going to the moon and back are long gone.  Heck, a 3 hour drive for work is no big deal now.  In the end, I just have to face the fact that I must be getting old.

Fortunately for me, I don’t really feel too terrible at this point.  But there are a few ways that I can tell that I am, indeed, getting old.  In fact, if you recognize any of these things in your life, then guess what my friend – you, too, are getting old!

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