by Brian | Jul 6, 2012 | Culture, Evangelism
I just finished God is Not One by Stephen Prothero. I highly recommend it as a great primer on seven of the world’s most important religions: Islam, Hinduism, Confucianism, Buddhism, Yoruba, (modern), Judaism, Daoism (Taoism) and even the new Atheism. He does a...
by Brian | Jun 20, 2012 | Book Recommendations, Culture, Evangelism
One of the most common things we hear when speaking to people about the gospel is the idea that all religions are the same. I posted the beginning of a Christian response a few weeks ago. Here’s another way to think about it. I’m halfway through an audio...
by Brian | Jun 14, 2012 | Academic, Audio Downloads, Culture, Evangelism
I recently listened to these lectures delivered by Francis Schaeffer at Wheaton College. (I think they were delivered in the early 1970’s). I can’t recommend these highly enough. Schaeffer walks you through the development of Western thought, starting in...
by Brian | Jun 13, 2012 | Bible Study, Evangelism
If you’ve ever had the opportunity to speak with someone who follows the teachings of the Watchtower Society (better know as Jehovah’s Witnesses), you’ve probably run in to the issue of the different way they define Jesus’ divinity....
by Brian | Jun 11, 2012 | Culture, Evangelism
It helps to keep going over this. How should we think (and respond) when we (as Christians) are accused of being arrogant for thinking we can know that we have the one truth everyone needs? Is that lacking humility? Is it…un-Christlike? (Since, so many would...
by Brian | May 14, 2012 | Culture, Evangelism
There are long books answering questions like these, and but this short quote from Vern Poythress gets to the heart of the matter: Are All Religions True? Let us consider one common difficulty that modern people have with the Bible: how can there be only one true...
