Recently, a young man contacted me in a great deal of distress. He was a lifelong Christian but was now questioning his faith. He expressed fear that scientific discoveries disproved Christianity because of the lack of evidence for events in the Bible. He also expressed an overwhelming fear of death. He wanted to reach outContinue reading “A conversation with a deconstructing Christian questioning his faith”
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Why are the witnesses to Jesus’ resurrection reliable but those to the Book of Mormon not?
One of the strongest arguments in favor of the truth of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is that there were many eyewitnesses to the event. St. Paul wrote the earliest attestation: 1 Corinthians 15:3–8 (ESV): 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died forContinue reading “Why are the witnesses to Jesus’ resurrection reliable but those to the Book of Mormon not?”
What the Bible says happens to the soul when we die
The word “soul” in the Bible is translated from two words: in the Old Testament, the Hebrew word nefesh, literally meaning throat, and from the New Testament, the Greek word psyche from which we get words like psychology. When we talk about a person having a soul, however, that separates from their body when theyContinue reading “What the Bible says happens to the soul when we die”
Wittgenstein and the Bible
Ludwig Wittgenstein, the famous early 20th century philosopher, was also a devout Christian. He came to Christ while serving at the front in the 1st World War thanks to another Christian convert from an earlier age, Leo Tolstoy. Tolstoy’s writing on the Gospel convinced Wittgenstein, at the time nearly suicidal with depression, of their truth.Continue reading “Wittgenstein and the Bible”
The Universe of Tim Andersen 