Robin Schumacher is an accomplished software executive and Christian apologist who has written many articles, authored and contributed to several Christian books, appeared on nationally syndicated radio programs, and presented at apologetic events. He holds a BS in Business, Master's in Christian apologetics and a Ph.D. in New Testament. His latest book is, A Confident Faith: Winning people to Christ with the apologetics of the Apostle Paul.
What a difference a year makes. With the defund-the-police movement horribly blowing up in their face amidst the rapid rise in crime, politicians are scrambling to accuse their rival parties of being the ones wanting to cut funding for law enforcement.
Twisting the path of Christian revelation, most all false religions follow the same five steps. It starts with (1) a false prophet who then writes or uses, (2) a false authority to then proclaim, (3) a false god, (4) a false savior and, (5) a false salvation.
Except for the content contained in Scripture on the trials and crucifixion of Jesus, no chapter in the Bible makes me grit my teeth more than Mark 6 that details the murder of John the Baptist. The man God calls the greatest “born of women” seems to fall as a meaningless casualty to evil people.
It’s my opinion that, once the domino of total depravity falls, all the other supposed hard-to-accept teachings of reformed theology (including limited atonement) become easy to accept. Let me explain.
Having just listened to John MacArthur s message entitled The Damning Deception of Empty Words and Empty Hearts, which covers the end of Matthew 7 and Christ s judgment on those who thought they were truly saved but were not, a man called into MacArthur s Q A line and nervously asked the pastor teacher a question
Take agnosticism and tack on a sense of insignificance to the idea of God and you have the apatheist. Surprisingly, there are a lot more of them than you may think.
When it comes to which of the five points of Calvinism that irk non-reformed Christians the most, my money is on limited atonement. The doctrine of limited atonement teaches that Christ's redeeming work on the cross secured an actual salvation for only the elect of God.
It’s a pattern recorded time and again in Scripture and felt throughout history. God judges sinful people with the actions of even more sinful people.
It’s time everyone stops saying that America has a gun violence problem. Our situation is nowhere near as superficial as that. We have a violence problem, period, irrespective of what instrument is used in the commission of a crime
The stark comparison between Christ and Barabbas becomes even more spiritually significant when one discovers the meaning behind the latter’s name. Bar means “son of” and abba is “father” in the Greek.
