By Chaz Oswald, 21, Michigan
A while back, I was listening to a radio broadcast by the Christian Apologist Ravi Zacharias. He shared about two homosexual women who had recently won a historic custody battle, against their previous husbands, for their children. These women claimed in a talk show that the Bible endorsed their lifestyle. A few women among the audience counterattacked by saying that the Bible condemns it. However the unfortunate resolution after much debate was that not a single Christian present could defend their position adequately with clear Scriptural evidence.
1 Peter 3:15 says, “But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect” (ESV). But like the Christians in the talk show, there have been many incidences in my life where I have been ill equipped to defend my faith properly.
To be prepared, we need to be well equipped with a sound understanding of God’s Word. For God’s Word provides clear and practical answers to questions relating to how and why our Creator-God wants us to live our lives in certain manners. God’s answers are realistic and sensible. It is able to withstand the worldly arguments from the many schools of human thoughts, dogmas, religions, creeds, morals, ethics, and philosophies.
Therefore, I am preparing myself. I’m undertaking a personal project to deal with ten frequently asked questions by atheists. I am going to attempt an intellectual and doctrinally sound argument against each question from the atheistic offense and then end each defensive answer with a question we Christians can use as a related counterattack.
Many of our answers will come from the biblical text itself, so I believe that it is appropriate to begin by defending the question: “Is the Bible a reliable and trustworthy frame of reference?”
Please check out my upcoming post. Meanwhile, I would love to hear your thoughts. Do share them with me.
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Actually I’ve experience that with my classmate before, Everytime I share God’s word it always turns out to be a debate. I can’t help it because my classmate is being so sarcastic whenever we discuss such bible matters. It irritates me cause he’s acting as if he knows everything than I, unfortunately we always ended up to nothing. Now that Im already working I find it hard to have time with him in sharing, good thing is that he’s attending our church sometimes whenever I invite him. What do I need to do to share him the gospel without arguing with him?
Shalom friend, I’ve also experiencing the situations like you, because most of my friends are muslims and I live among muslims, they were always tried to vindicate themselves…but I don’t want to give up. the Bible promise that if we are in this situation, just calm down pray and let the Holy Spirit speaks to you, He will remind all the word of God to you, that’s why before you could speak prepare yourself in prayer and equipped yourself with the meditation of the word of God…pray specific, mention their name whilst you are praying…so friend don’t yield yourself in worry and failure the most effective testimony is how do we live our life. we are the salt that would bring them thirst for Jesus the Living Water.
Thank you for advise. That will surely help, because sometimes I depend only to my self and forgot to pray and ask for His guidance. Thanks! Geraldine