Defending our Faith
The systematic process by which one intellectually defends their faith, values, and/or spirituality.
What is Apologetics?
The sacrament of the New Testament ordained by Jesus Christ. A sign of fellowship with Christ in his death and resurrection, being grafted into Christ, remission of sins, and submission to God's lordship to live and walk in newness of life through Jesus Christ. Perfomed by submersion in water.
What is Baptism?
Jesus's first miracle at a wedding in Cana.
What is turing water into wine?
An argument that recognizes the objectivity of right and wrong (morality and immorality); evidenced by the fact that all people have this sense built within them, proving that it must come from some sovereign being.
What is the moral argument for God’s existence?
The teaching that masculinity and femininity are ordained by God and that men and women are created to complement, or complete, each other.
What is Complimentarianism?
This king of Judah, one of the few considered righteous, was known for his extensive religious reforms and for finding the Book of the Law in the temple.
Who is King Josiah?
An argument that understands the reliability of belief unto death, eyewitness testimony, and historical record.
What are the arguments for the resurrection of Christ?
Daily Double!!!
These verses state "Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills. (Book and Chapter)
What is 1 Corinthians 12:4-11
A prophet who saw a vision of a valley of dry bones coming to life, symbolizing the restoration of Israel.
Who is Ezekiel?
An argument that looks at the natural world, recognizing its complexity, its beauty, its order, and its purposefulness.
What is the argument for design?
These verses state "What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God's part? By no means! For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy. For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills." (Book, Chapter, and at least one verse)
What is Romans 9:14-18?
The ninth commandment exaclty from Exodus 20. (ESV)
What is "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor." ?
An argument seeking to understand why there is something rather than nothing, concluding that God must be the great first cause of the universe.
What is the cosmological argument?
The five points of Reformed Christian Doctrine.
What are Total Depravity, Unconditional Election, Limited Atonement, Irresistible Grace, and Perseverance of the Saints?
The length of the Ark of the Covenant in cubits.
What is 2.5 cubits?