As Christians we know that the empty tomb and post crucifixion appearances of Jesus are clear proofs of the Resurrection of King Jesus, but many people offer different explanations. Some people say the disciples stole the body. Some people say that the disciples were hallucinating when they thought they saw a resurrected Christ. And some […]
Matthew 27:45-54- An Answer to the Problem of Evil- Why is it ‘Good Friday?’
Many atheists have blamed their unbelief on ‘the problem of evil.’ The argument goes as follows:A. If God exists, then He is all-loving, & all-powerful.B. If God is all-loving, then He would want to eliminate all evil. C. If God is all-powerful, then He is able to eliminate all evil.D. Yet, Evil exists, so God […]
The Objections to Your Hope- Dr. Kenneth Gentry
Apologetic Lecture 2- The Over-Spiritualization of Faith (Part 1 of 2)
Psalm 16:6-11 Preaching the Resurrection of Christ From the O.T.
Matthew 9:32-34 Men With Good Eyes Who Could Not See
Matthew 9:1-8 The Paralytic’s Greatest Need
Matthew’s narrative arrangement in chapters 7:28-9:8 shows a progressive development in revealing Jesus’ credentials as the divine Messiah. We saw the authority of His teaching (7:29), we saw His authority over disease (8:3-15), we saw His authority over nature with the wind and the seas obeying Him (8:26-27), and then we saw His authority over […]
John 1:14 Faith and Christmas: How Immanuel Changes Everything
Most people’s definition of faith is ‘believing without seeing.’ Culture, by in large, sees science & religion as opposites. For the masses, science equals demonstrable fact while religion equals baseless subjective, perhaps helpful, but improvable belief. The question, ‘Why do you believe the Bible,’ is answered with either, ‘That’s just how I was raised,’ Or […]
Matthew 4:23-25- A Teaching, Preaching, & Healing Messiah… As He Had to Be
Listen as Pastor Matt shows the significance of Jesus’ tri-fold ministry in Matthew 4:23-25 and each offices relationship to the other; I. Teaching in the Synagogue (Prophet) II. Preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom (King) III. Healing Every Kind of Disease & Sickness (Priest) Jesus is all the Old Testament said He would be and it […]
Matthew 4:18-22 Peculiar Disciples with a Peculiar Calling
Who were Jesus’ 12 disciples? Smelly, hard-working, uneducated fisherman! That’s right, He calls fisherman not Pharisees, the common laborer instead of the learned, the overlooked instead of the overlord. God doesn’t think like us. We are finite & weak & we need strength or our goals may fail. God is infinite & powerful & He displays […]