Being an Apologist
Apologetics is a branch of theology that all believers should practice. It is simply giving an answer to those who ask about your faith,
Encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory. (1 Thess. 2:12 NIV)
These posts are apologetic in nature, giving a defense of my faith to skeptics.
Apologetics is a branch of theology that all believers should practice. It is simply giving an answer to those who ask about your faith,
What would life be like if there was no concept of God? How different would human morality be from chimpanzees without eternal consequences?
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 was a valley of defilement near Jerusalem. A garbage dump. Where the worms and fire were unending. And everything thrown into it was consumed.
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.