A Clay Jar

Encouraging, comforting, and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory. (1 Thess. 2:12 NIV)

Apologetics

These posts are apologetic in nature, giving a defense of my faith to skeptics.

being an apologist

Being an Apologist

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Apologetics is a branch of theology that all believers should practice. It is simply giving an answer to those who ask about your faith,

If there were no God

What If There Were No God?

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What would life be like if there was no concept of God? How different would human morality be from chimpanzees without eternal consequences?

why I believe in God

Why Do I Believe in God?

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Why do I believe in God rather than the opposite option? Mostly because of my own personal experience. And because it makes more sense to me.

Gehenna

Gehenna: Where and What Is It?

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Gehenna was a valley of defilement near Jerusalem. A garbage dump. Where the worms and fire were unending. And everything thrown into it was consumed.

textual criticism

Textual Criticism: Copying the New Testament Texts

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How close to the original New Testament documents is our current Bible? Copying the New Testament texts has introduced some error. But textual criticism has, by comparing the existing manuscripts, been able to very closely reproduce the original.