One of the reasons that I find the New Testament accounts so eminently reliable from a subjective point of view is the impression one has of its central figures. Unlike the Zealots, who were interested in politicizing Jesus, or the Pharisees who would have welcomed a rigorous defender of rabbinical ethics, or the Sadducees who […]
Ravi Zacharias is a graduate of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and has been a visiting scholar at Cambridge University. He is the author of A Shattered Visage: The Real Face of Atheism, and is the founder and president of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries. Ravi lectures at universities worldwide, primarily focusing on defending the Christian faith […]
I ask this one thing of my readers. Was the message of salvation which you were presented good news? (1) Was it a message you could receive with joy? (2) In Scripture, the message of salvation is called "the good news." It follows that if the message of salvation which we heard was not good […]
Homosexuality. The topic is at least uncomfortable for many. While a growing number of denominations consider the possibility of ordaining homosexuals, and while government and media continue to catechize the public in the articles of tolerance, many evangelical and other leaders have encouraged strong political reaction. While I do not think that everyone's politics is […]
I can still remember the failed evangelistic attempts of my Christian friends in high school. I was a non-practicing Jew, and they were "born again" Christians. During a skiing trip, one friend in particular kept trying to get me to listen to his "Christian" rock music, arguing that the quality was just as good. Well, […]
Martin Luther was so certain of the imminent return of Christ that he overlooked the necessity of foreign missions… Calvinists generally used the same line of reasoning, adding the doctrine of election that made missions appear extraneous if God had already chosen those he would save." So writes Dr. Ruth Tucker, professor at Trinity Evangelical […]
A secular elite today reduces distinctions of right from wrong to matters of cultural choice or simply personal preference. What is immoral in Missouri need not be immoral on Capitol Hill. The very concept of universally shared truth and good is now even viewed by ethical relativists as oppressive. Human freedom is said to require […]
