Without Excuse: Apologetics Blog

I have created yet another blog entitled " The Immortal Soul: A Response to Soul Sleep " (although it might change in the future). It is intended to both refute soul sleep and support the immortal soul. It has several blogs that I originally posted here but have since refined. I wanted to put them into a single blog to act as a digital book of sorts for free.

Should Christians be pacifists? This is a pertinent question for a believer. It was Christ, after all, who commanded us to "turn the other cheek" (Mat 5:39), "love your neighbor" (Mark 12:31), and "love your enemies" (Mat 5:44). Some have taken this to the extremes, becoming pacifists. They eschew any forms of violence, whether that be wars or self-defense, even to the point of martyrdom. I, however, will take a different position. Firstly, we should emulate Christ in how we treat one another on an interpersonal level. We are commanded to love our enemies, but that doesn't infer that we should let them do us harm. Many Christians have been martyred as a result of following Christ, and they will be held in high esteem by God, but it was never a commandment for us to be martyred. God put a survival instinct into every living creature for a reason. Even the most docile animal will fight back if it is cornered. Thus, the use of self-defense with force is j...

Some Christians believe that the Jews have been replaced by the Church and the modern state of Israel is of no importance. But the reaction from the world would tell a very different story. Let's take Israel, for example. Why is the whole world so focused and passionate about a tiny strip of land the size of New Jersey? Why is Israel so vilified? There's no other country that comes close to the kind of vitriol that Israel receives. I'm sure if you asked them, they would provide some answer. But it still wouldn't explain why they are so invested in a country that none of them have probably been to and have no connections with. And why are people so laser-focused on the Jews? They are the most scrutinized people in history as well as the most hated. For the last couple thousand years, they have faced discrimination, persecution, genocide, and attempted genocide throughout the ages. Yet while other ethnic groups like the Hittites, Jebusites, Edomites, and all the other “it...

How did we get here? There are really only two possibilities. Either we were created, or we evolved. That's it. There is no third possibility (at least none with any credibility). So, let's focus on a few of the problems of evolution. This is far from an exhaustive list; it is merely eight major reasons why I don't believe evolution is a viable option for any reason. 1. Evolution is a theory that can't be proven using the scientific method. In the scientific method, you form your hypothesis and then test it with experiments to determine if it's true or not. But with evolution, there's nothing to test. It can't be duplicated in the lab; therefore, it can't be proven. That also highlights a big problem for evolution. If life was so simple to start by happenstance, we should be able to add a few crucial ingredients and create new life in the lab, but that hasn't been the case. Some people will point to evidence of a moth changing colors or insects becom...

The answer to this question lies in Jesus' temptation in the desert. The devil, who is Satan, tempted Jesus three times. One one occasion, the Book of Matthew says: Mat 4:8 Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. Mat 4:9 And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.” Jesus, of course, rebuked him, and Satan left. But Satan made a claim that all the kingdoms of the world belonged to him. How do we know that Satan was not merely bluffing? Because it was a claim that Jesus never refuted, and he acknowledged in Matthew 12:26 that Satan has a kingdom. Moreover, Satan couldn't tempt Jesus with something he didn't have. Luke 4:1 goes into a little more detail. Satan says the kingdoms had been handed over to him. The question is, who handed the kingdoms of the world over to him? This goes all the way back to Adam. God gave Adam, and all humanity by birth...

The question is often posed why do we need to be resurrected if we have an immortal soul that can exist apart from the body? Let's first define what a soul is. A soul is our mind (consciousness), thoughts, emotions, and will. It is the intangible inner things that makes us who we are. But a soul needs a body to interact with the world around it. Here on earth, we have a physical body to interact in our three spatial dimensions. After our physical body dies, our soul (consciousness) departs from the body much the same way a hermit crab discards an old shell. Contrary to popular belief, we don't become disembodied spirits any more than angels are disembodied spirits. On the contrary, we will still have a body, just made of a very different substance, one capable of operating in higher dimensions and withstanding the full glory of God. Is it a temporary interim body just as our mortal bodies are temporary interim bodies. A physical body can't operate in the heavenly realm, and...