Note: This table of contents is the T.O.C from the hard copy of the Apologetics Notebook The Hard Copy has most of what is on this website, has a table of contents, is internally cross referenced, and has a detailed index.
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Christian Doctrine |
1 |
| Introduction | 1 |
| Christian Doctrine | 2 |
| The Bible | 2 |
| God | 3 |
| Trinity | 4 |
| Creation | 4 |
| Man | 4 |
| Jesus | 6 |
| The Holy Spirit | 7 |
| Salvation | 7 |
| Justification and Sanctification | 8 |
| The Church | 8 |
| The Resurrection | 8 |
| The Millennium | 8 |
| The Rapture | 9 |
| The Final Judgment | 9 |
| The New Heavens and the New Earth | 9 |
| Basic Christian Doctrine | 10 |
| Three Essential Doctrines of Christianity | 11 |
| Who is God? | 13 |
| The Holy Spirit | 14 |
| The Atonement | 15 |
| James 2:24, not by faith alone | 18 |
| The law and the gospel | 19 |
| Salvation: What Does it Mean to Be a Christian? | 22 |
| Being a Christian Means Fellowship with Jesus | 22 |
| Covenant | 24 |
| The Two Main Covenants | 28 |
| Divisions under the covenant of grace | 29 |
| Jesus’ Two Natures | 30 |
| Jesus | 30 |
| Bible verses that show Jesus is God | 31 |
| Jesus is Jehovah (YHWH) | 33 |
| The True Jesus | 34 |
| 100 Truths About Jesus | 36 |
| Who is Jesus according to John the Apostle? | 38 |
| Jesus’ Resurrection was physical | 41 |
| Objections to Jesus’ physical resurrection answered | 43 |
| What did Jesus come to do? | 46 |
| Jesus is a man right now | 47 |
| Jesus is God | 50 |
| If Jesus were not God, then explain… | 52 |
| The Trinity, what is it? | 53 |
| Trinity is indeed biblical. | 54 |
| The Trinity Chart | 55 |
| Another Look at the Trinity | 56 |
| Early Trinitarian Quotes | 58 |
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The Bible |
61 |
| Introduction | 61 |
| The Bible | 62 |
| The Greek and Hebrew Alphabet with numeric equivalents | 63 |
| Papyri p1 through p76 200 A.D. to 700 A.D. | 65 |
| Minuscules 2 through 399 – 9th to 16th century copies | 66 |
| Minuscules 404 through 999 — 8th to 16th century copies | 67 |
| Old Testament Books | 68 |
| New Testament Books | 70 |
| When was the Bible written and who wrote it? | 72 |
| Other books mentioned in the Bible | 74 |
| Chronology of the Old Testament | 75 |
| Bible Chronology of the New Testament | 77 |
| Non biblical accounts of New Testament events and/or people | 79 |
| The Documentary Hypothesis of the Pentateuch | 82 |
| Answering the Documentary Hypothesis | 84 |
| Biblical Interpretation | 87 |
| Scientific Accuracies of the Bible | 91 |
| Prophecy, the Bible and Jesus | 92 |
| What is Redaction Criticism? | 96 |
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Baptism |
97 |
| Introduction | 97 |
| Is Baptism Necessary for Salvation? | 98 |
| Baptism and Mark 16:16 | 102 |
| Baptism and Roman 6:3-5 | 104 |
| Baptism and Gal. 3:27 | 107 |
| Baptism and 1 Pet. 3:21 | 108 |
| Baptism and John 3:5 | 110 |
| Baptism and Acts 2:38 | 112 |
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Various Articles |
117 |
| Introduction | 117 |
| Man | 118 |
| Let Us make man in our image | 120 |
| God | 121 |
| Angels | 122 |
| Pharisee | 125 |
| Moloch | 126 |
| The Elder in the Church | 127 |
| The Crucifixion of Jesus | 128 |
| Plurality Study | 130 |
| Amillennialism and Premillennialism | 132 |
| Col. 2:9 and Eph. 3:19 | 133 |
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Parables |
135 |
| Introduction | 135 |
| The Great Banquet Luke 14:15-24 | 136 |
| The Fig Tree Luke 13:1-9 | 139 |
| The Prodigal Son Luke 15:1-2, 11-32 | 142 |
| The Good Samaritan Luke 10:25-37 | 145 |
| The Unjust Steward Luke 16:1-8 | 148 |
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Dictionary of Theology |
153 |
| Introduction | 153 |
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Evangelism |
199 |
| Introduction | 199 |
| Why Should We Witness? | 200 |
| Foundations are First | 201 |
| Three Important Verses in Witnessing | 203 |
| Salvation is God’s work | 205 |
| How to Memorize Scripture | 207 |
| The Importance of Prayer in Evangelism | 209 |
| The Do’s and Don’t’s of Witnessing | 211 |
| Law and Gospel | 212 |
| The Four Spiritual Laws | 214 |
| Christian CPR | 215 |
| Leading Someone to the Lord | 217 |
| Trust God and Go Witness | 218 |
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Christian Issues |
219 |
| What is a Christian World View and Why do Christians Need One? | 220 |
| What are Some Elements of a Christian World View? | 222 |
| Christians and Education | 223 |
| Christianity and Homosexuality | 225 |
| The Christian Family | 227 |
| Christianity and Science | 229 |
| The Failure of the Christian Church | 231 |
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To the Christian Church |
233 |
| Introduction | 233 |
| Introduction: Why this topic? | 234 |
| What is the Christian church? | 236 |
| What is the Christian church supposed to be? | 238 |
| The need for unity in the church | 240 |
| There is pride in the Christian Church | 242 |
| Apostasy in the Christian church | 244 |
| Examples of Apostasy in the Christian church | 247 |
| What are signs that a church is becoming secular? | 249 |
| The elder in the church | 251 |
| Should unbelievers lead Christians in worship in a church service? | 253 |
| What kind of a Christian are you? | 255 |
| Do you know the basics of the Christian faith? | 257 |
| Answers to the questions on basics. | 259 |
| Are you comfortable? | 262 |
|
Apologetics |
265 |
| Introduction | 265 |
| An Introduction to Apologetics | 266 |
| Are you an apologist? | 268 |
| Logic in Apologetics | 269 |
| Prayer in Apologetics | 271 |
| Are there Guidelines for doing Apologetics? | 272 |
| Classical Apologetics | 273 |
| Presuppositional Apologetics | 275 |
| Evidential Apologetics | 276 |
| The Cosmological Argument | 277 |
| The Teleological Argument | 278 |
| Apologetics Bibliography | 279 |
|
Apologetics Dialogues |
281 |
| Introduction | 281 |
| Jesus’ Resurrected Body, the Atonement, and Islam | 282 |
| Discussion with a Gnostic on Jesus’ Resurrection | 284 |
| Does God have a Body? | 286 |
| A Christian having doubts because of school. | 288 |
| Is Baptism Necessary for Salvation? | 289 |
| The Resurrection of Jesus: Literal or Symbolic? | 293 |
| Pain can make us doubt God. | 295 |
| An Agnostic Questions the Trinity | 297 |
| Claims to be a god | 298 |
| Is it right to tell people that what they believe in is false? | 302 |
| Dialogue with someone who claims to be one of the 2 witnesses of Revelation | 305 |
| Discussion on the possibility of Jesus’ resurrection. | 310 |
| Condemning words and pompous attitude | 313 |
| An evolutionist says evolution is a fact | 318 |
| Discussion with a Jehovah’s Witness about a relationship with Jesus | 321 |
| Can the Muslim do enough good works to go to paradise? | 323 |
| Discussion on how God can be one person as flesh and spirit. | 326 |
| A Satanist judges God | 329 |
| Dialogues with Atheists | 330 |
| An Atheist Says There Is No Evidence For God | 330 |
| An Atheist Says He Knows There Is No God | 331 |
| Sickness as an argument against God’s existence | 333 |
| Discussion with an obnoxious atheist | 336 |
| Discussion on logical absolutes as a proof for God’s existence. | 338 |
| Dialogues with Catholics | 340 |
| Two Catholics say baptism is necessary for salvation. | 340 |
| Discussion with a Catholic on interpreting the Bible | 343 |
| Dialogues with Mormons | 347 |
| Two Mormons state that 3 Gods is really 1 God. | 347 |
| Discussion with a Mormon on God’s Nature | 352 |
| What is salvation and who is God? | 356 |
| Did Joseph Smith see God the Father? | 359 |
| Feelings, gods, and Joseph Smith | 361 |
| Mormon and salvation and works | 364 |
| 40 Objections with Answers |
367 |
| Introduction | 367 |
| I am not a sinner. | 368 |
| What is sin? | 368 |
| I am too big a sinner. | 368 |
| What is salvation? | 368 |
| What do I do to get saved? | 368 |
| Is baptism necessary for salvation? | 368 |
| I am already good enough. | 369 |
| I am doing the best I can and I’m sincere. | 369 |
| I am skeptical. | 369 |
| I tried Christianity once. | 369 |
| I knew some Christians once and they wronged me. | 369 |
| I’ll take my chances. | 370 |
| I am not that bad a person. | 370 |
| I am too old or too young. | 370 |
| I can’t believe in a God who would send people to hell. | 370 |
| I will worry about it in the next life. | 370 |
| I don’t want to give up what I like doing. | 371 |
| Christianity is boring. | 371 |
| I am an atheist. I don’t believe in God. | 371 |
| I am trying to be a Christian. | 372 |
| I am already religious. | 372 |
| I don’t need God. | 372 |
| I have things I need to do before I become a Christian. | 372 |
| I prefer to remain open minded. | 372 |
| I already believe in God. | 372 |
| I’ll choose God later. | 373 |
| There are too many hypocrites in the church | 373 |
| Why are we here? Or, Why did God make us? | 373 |
| What about those who have never heard the Gospel? | 373 |
| Jesus is only one of many great men of history | 373 |
| Why is there evil and suffering in the world? | 374 |
| What makes Jesus so special? | 374 |
| Why did Jesus have to die in order for me to go to heaven? | 375 |
| What makes you think the Bible is the word of God? | 375 |
| The New Testament was written to look like Jesus fulfilled prophecy. | 375 |
| The Bible is full of contradictions. | 375 |
| How do I know which religion is right? | 375 |
| Religion is whatever you feel is right. | 376 |
| All religions are different paths to the same place. | 376 |
| What about dinosaurs and evolution? | 376 |
|
Evidence and Answers |
377 |
| Introduction | 377 |
| Inerrancy and inspiration of the Bible | 378 |
| The Miracles of Jesus | 380 |
| Evidence supporting the Bible | 381 |
| Manuscript evidence for superior New Testament reliability | 381 |
| Illustration of Bible text manuscript tree | 383 |
| Non biblical accounts of New Testament events and/or people | 384 |
| Archaeological Evidence verifying biblical cities | 387 |
| The writings of Josephus mention many biblical people and places | 390 |
| When were the gospels written and by whom? | 392 |
| Evidence of biblical inspiration | 395 |
| Answers to Questions about the Bible | 398 |
| Can we trust the New Testament as a historical document? | 398 |
| Wasn’t the New Testament written hundreds of years after Christ? | 401 |
| Hasn’t the Bible been rewritten so many times that we can’t trust it anymore? | 404 |
| Since the New Testament writers were biased, can we trust their testimony? | 406 |
| What is the gospel of Q and does it prove the Gospels are false? | 407 |
| Why isn’t there other evidence of the massacre of the babies? | 409 |
| Do the lost books of the Bible prove that the Bible has been altered? | 412 |
| Is there non-biblical evidence of a day of darkness at Christ’s death? | 413 |
| Evidence supporting Jesus’ existence | 414 |
| Regarding the quotes from the historian Josephus about Jesus | 414 |
| 1 Cor. 15:3-4 demonstrates a creed too early for legend to corrupt. | 416 |
| Answers to objections concerning Jesus’ miracles and resurrection | 418 |
| Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. | 418 |
| Does the Bible provide extraordinary evidence for Jesus’ Resurrection? | 421 |
| It is improbable that Jesus rose from the dead | 423 |
| The Christians were mistaken about Jesus’ resurrection | 424 |
| The New Testament writers conspired together to gain power and influence | 425 |
| Jesus was a magician who made people hallucinate about His miracles | 428 |
| Jesus only appeared to have died on the cross – Swoon Theory | 429 |
| The Disciples stole Jesus’ body and faked His resurrection. | 431 |
| There are no non-biblical accounts to the resurrection | 434 |
| Miracles cannot happen | 436 |
| Answers to Questions about Jesus | 437 |
| Was Jesus just a myth? | 437 |
| Did Jesus really die on the cross? | 440 |
| Did Jesus rise from the dead? | 441 |
| Didn’t Jesus simply rise in a non-physical, spirit form? | 442 |
| If Jesus is God in flesh, why did He not inherit original sin? | 443 |
| Can’t all Jesus’ miracles be explained naturally? | 444 |
| Other Objections answered | 448 |
| Are the New Testament themes found in the Old Testament? | 448 |
| Apollonius of Tyana also did miracles and rose. What about him? | 450 |
| Doesn’t the religion of Mithra prove that Christianity is false? | 451 |
| Why believe in Christianity over all other religions? | 453 |
| If God is all powerful and loving, why is there suffering in the world? | 456 |
| A loving God would never send anyone to hell | 459 |
| It is intolerant to say that Christianity is the only true religion. | 461 |
| Why did animals have to die for the sins of Adam and Eve and others? | 462 |
| Why would God have to die to save people from Himself? | 463 |
| If God is not the author of confusion, what about the Tower of Babel? | 464 |
| If babies die when they go to heaven, why is abortion wrong? | 464 |
|
Bible Difficulties |
465 |
| Introduction | 465 |
| Introduction to Bible Difficulties and Bible Contradictions | 466 |
| 1 & 2; Don’t Gen. 1 and 2 present contradictory creation accounts? | 467 |
| Genesis | 467 |
| 1:26, How many Gods are there, one or many? | 468 |
| 3:9, Doesn’t God saying �Adam where are you?� show God didn’t know all? | 469 |
| 4:17, Where did Cain get his wife? | 469 |
| 5:1-31, Did people really live hundreds of years according to Genesis? | 470 |
| 6:19-20, How many kinds did Noah bring into the ark, two or seven? | 471 |
| 37:28, Who purchased Joseph, the Ishmaelites or the Midianites? | 471 |
| 38:9, God kills a man for spilling his seed on the ground | 472 |
| Exodus | 472 |
| 6:2-3, Has anyone seen God or not? | 472 |
| 20:5, Should you make graven images or not? | 473 |
| 20:8, Should we keep the Sabbath or not? | 474 |
| Deuteronomy | 475 |
| 5:9, Do the sons bear the sins of the fathers or not? | 475 |
| 1 Samuel | 476 |
| 16:19-23, Did or did not Saul know who David was? | 476 |
| 17:50, Who killed Goliath, David or Elhanan? | 477 |
| 31:4, Who killed Saul, Saul or the Amalekite? | 477 |
| 2 Samuel | 478 |
| 6:23, Did Michal have any children or not? | 478 |
| 10:18, How many charioteers were killed, 700 or 7000? | 478 |
| 24:1, Who incited David to count the fighting men of Israel? God or Satan? | 479 |
| 24:9, How many fighting men were found in Judah and Israel? | 479 |
| 24:13, God sent his prophet to threaten David with how many years of famine? | 480 |
| 1 Kings | 480 |
| 4:26, How many stalls of horses did Solomon have, 4,000 or 40,000? | 480 |
| 5:16, How many supervisors were there? | 481 |
| 7:26, How many baths, 2000 or 3,000? | 482 |
| 2 Kings | 482 |
| 8:26, How old was Ahaziah when he began to rule over Jerusalem? | 482 |
| 24:8, How long did Jehoiachin rule over Jerusalem? | 483 |
| 2 Chronicles | 483 |
| 11:20, Who was King Abijah’s mother? | 483 |
| 36:9, How old was Jehoiachin when he became king? | 483 |
| Ezra � Nehemiah | 484 |
| 2, Why are the statistics in Ezra 2 and Nehemiah 7 different? | 484 |
| Job | 485 |
| 1, If Job was blameless, why did God allow Satan to afflict him? | 485 |
| Psalm | 485 |
| 5:5; 11:5, Does God hate people or love them? | 485 |
| Isaiah | 486 |
| 7:14, in Hebrew �alma� means maiden. Therefore, it is not a prophecy. | 486 |
| 45:7, Is the Lord good or bad to people? | 487 |
| Jeremiah | 488 |
| 22:28-30, Did Coniah have children or not? | 488 |
| 32:27, Is the Lord omnipotent or not? | 488 |
| Jonah | 489 |
| 3:4,10, Did God destroy Nineveh or not? | 489 |
| Malachi | 489 |
| 3:6, Does the Lord change or not? | 489 |
| Matthew | 490 |
| 1, Why are there different genealogies for Jesus in Matthew 1 and Luke 3? | 490 |
| 4:5,8, Where did the devil take Jesus first, the pinnacle or somewhere else? | 492 |
| 4:18, Where did Jesus first meet Simon Peter and Andrew? | 494 |
| 5:1; 6:9-13; 7:28, Who did Jesus tell the Lord’s Prayer to? | 495 |
| 5:16; 6:1-4, Should or should we not let our good works be seen? | 496 |
| 5:22; 23:17, Can we call someone a fool or not? | 497 |
| 8:5-13, Who brought the Centurion’s request to Jesus? | 497 |
| 9:9, Was the taxman named Matthew or Levi? | 499 |
| 9:18, Was Jairus’ daughter alive or dead when he came to Jesus? | 499 |
| 11:2, When did John find out Jesus was the Messiah? | 500 |
| 11:13-14, Was John the Baptist really Elijah? | 502 |
| 12:40, How long was Jesus in the tomb? | 503 |
| 17:1, After how many days did Jesus take the three men up the mountain? | 505 |
| 20:20-21, Who made the request to sit beside Jesus in His kingdom? | 505 |
| 21:12, Did Jesus cleanse the Temple on the first or second day? | 506 |
| 26:34,74-75, Did the cock crow once or twice before Peter’s third denial? | 506 |
| 27:3-8, How did Judas die, by hanging or falling down? | 508 |
| 27:34, Was the vinegar given to Jesus on the cross mingled with gall or myrrh? | 508 |
| Mark | 509 |
| 1:7-13, What did Jesus do after encountering John the Baptist? | 509 |
| 3:29, Can you be forgiven of all sins or not? | 511 |
| 6:8, Did Jesus tell His disciples to take a staff or not? | 511 |
| 10:46, How many blind men did Jesus encounter when leaving Jericho? | 512 |
| 11:2-7, Were one or two animals brought to Jesus? | 512 |
| 11:14, Did the tree that Jesus cursed wither immediately or overnight? | 513 |
| 14:43, Who arrested Jesus? | 515 |
| 15:20-21, Did Jesus or Simon of Cyrene carry the cross? | 516 |
| 15:25, At what hour was Jesus crucified? | 517 |
| 15:26, What was written on the sign on the cross? | 517 |
| 15:34, What are the last words of Jesus? | 518 |
| 15:40, Were the women close or far from the cross? | 518 |
| 16:5, How many men or angels appeared at the tomb? | 519 |
| 16:6, What did the angels tell Mary? | 519 |
| 16:8, Did or did not the women tell what happened? | 521 |
| 16:9, Who saw Jesus first? | 521 |
| 16:9-20, Is the ending of Mark really scripture? | 522 |
| Luke | 523 |
| 14:26, Are we supposed to hate or not? | 523 |
| John | 523 |
| 3:13, Did anyone ascend into heaven | 523 |
| 8:14, Was Jesus’ witness of Himself true or not? | 524 |
| 18:19, Who did Jesus see first upon his arrest, Annas or Caiaphas? | 525 |
| Acts | 525 |
| 5:29, Shall we obey God’s Law or human law? | 525 |
| 9:3-4, When Paul saw the light, did all fall to the ground or not? | 525 |
| 9:7, Did the men with Paul hear the voice or not? | 526 |
| Romans | 527 |
| 3:23, Have all people sinned or not? | 527 |
| 5:1, Are we saved by faith or by baptism? | 527 |
| 9:17, God hardened Pharaoh’s heart. Is that right? | 528 |
| 15:33, Is the Lord a God of Peace or of war? | 528 |
| 1 Corinthians | 529 |
| 1:19, Will wisdom stand or not? | 529 |
| 15:29, Is baptism for the dead really Christian? | 529 |
| Galatians | 530 |
| 4:22, How many children did Abraham have, one or two? | 530 |
| 6:2,5, Do we bear one another’s burdens or not? | 531 |
| Ephesians | 531 |
| 2:8-9, Are we saved by grace or works? | 531 |
| Colossians | 532 |
| 1:15-17, Is Jesus or God the creator of all things? | 532 |
| Hebrews | 532 |
| 11:21, Did Joseph worship at the head of the bed or leaning on a staff? | 532 |
| 2 Peter | 533 |
| 3:10, Does the earth abide forever or not? | 533 |
| James | 533 |
| 1:13, Does God tempt people or not? | 533 |
| Jude | 534 |
| 14, Jude 14 quotes the book of Enoch. Is it scripture? | 534 |
| Table: Cleansing of the Temple | 535 |
| Table: Crucifixion Chronology | 537 |
| Table: Total statistics of population from Ezra 2 and Nehemiah 7 | 540 |
| Table: Resurrection Chronology | 542 |
| Table: Chronology of Jesus’ Baptism and Temptation | 545 |
| Bibliography | 547 |
|
Oneness Pentecostal |
549 |
| Introduction | 549 |
| What is Oneness Pentecostal theology? | 550 |
| What does Oneness Pentecostal teach? | 551 |
| Issues and Answers | 552 |
| Oneness and the word | 552 |
| Another look at Jesus, the Father, and two wills | 554 |
| Is Baptism Necessary for Salvation? | 555 |
| Baptism and Mark 16:16 | 559 |
| Baptism and Roman 6:3-5 | 561 |
| Baptism and Gal. 3:27 | 564 |
| Baptism and 1 Pet. 3:21 | 565 |
| Baptism and John 3:5 | 567 |
| Baptism and Acts 2:38 | 569 |
| Must baptism be “in Jesus’ name”? | 573 |
| Is speaking in tongues a necessary sign of salvation? | 574 |
| Who did Jesus pray to? | 575 |
| Jesus’ resurrection and ascension | 576 |
| God was seen in the Old Testament. Who was it? | 577 |
| Isaiah 9:6, Is Jesus the Everlasting Father? | 578 |
| What is the real gospel message? | 579 |
| Witnessing to Oneness People | 580 |
| Witnessing to those who are in oneness churches | 580 |
| Questions to ask Oneness Pentecostal believers. | 581 |
| Answers and response to Questions to ask Oneness Pentecostal believers | 582 |
|
Universalism |
585 |
| Introduction | 585 |
| Universalism | 586 |
| Christian Universalism | 588 |
| Can a Christian be a universalist? | 590 |
| Universalism and the Cults | 591 |
| Texts examined | 592 |
| Matt. 25:46 and Universalism | 592 |
| Mark 3:28-29 and Universalism | 594 |
| 1 Tim. 4:10 and universalism | 597 |
| 1 Tim. 2:4 and 2 Pet. 3:9. Is it God’s will that all people be saved? | 599 |
| Objections Answered to the above paper | 602 |
| More objections answered to | 606 |
| Words examined | 607 |
| A look at the word �aionion� | 607 |
| What do Greek dictionaries say about | 609 |
| Forever and Ever | 611 |
| Issues and Answers | 613 |
| Scriptures that say not all are saved | 613 |
| The unforgivable sin and the age to come | 614 |
| Does God hate anyone? | 618 |
| Is Hell Eternal? | 620 |
| The demonic forces will not be saved | 623 |
| Fallen angels go to the lake of fire forever | 624 |
| Does eternal punishment deny God’s justice? | 626 |
| The Danger of Universalism | 627 |
| The Danger of Universalism Illustrated | 629 |
| If election is true what is the danger in universalism? | 631 |
| Satan and universalism | 635 |
| A Challenge to Universalists | 637 |
| What is Unitarianism? | 638 |
| Concluding thoughts on Universalism | 640 |
|
Roman Catholicism |
643 |
| Introduction | 643 |
| Why is it necessary to write about Roman Catholicism? | 644 |
| Roman Catholicism, the Bible, and Tradition | 645 |
| Issues and Answers | 648 |
| Is the Bible Alone Sufficient for Spiritual Truth? | 648 |
| Catholic Terminology | 650 |
| Mary | 652 |
| Did Mary Have Other Children? | 653 |
| Purgatory | 655 |
| Does Purgatory Deny the Sufficiency of Christ�s Sacrifice? | 656 |
| Purgatory and 1 Cor. 3:15 | 658 |
| Council of Trent: Canons on Justification | 660 |
| The Roman Catholic view on justification | 662 |
| Comparison Grid | 666 |
| Is the Catholic Catechism’s view on the Muslim god wrong? | 667 |
|
Christadelphianism |
669 |
| Introduction | 669 |
| What do the Christadelphians Teach? | 670 |
| Christadelphian History | 671 |
| Is Christadelphianism Christian? | 672 |
| Issues and Answers | 677 |
| The Christadelphians, John 1_1, and | 677 |
| Is God ever seen? | 679 |
| Interesting Quotes from Christadelphianism | 681 |
| Interesting Quotes from Christadelphianism | 681 |
| Did Jesus have a sin nature? | 682 |
| Was Jesus’ sacrifice blemished according to Christadelphian theology? | 686 |
| Can the Christadelphian Jesus with a fallen nature save anyone? | 689 |
| The Christadelphian view of the Holy Spirit | 691 |
| Questions for Christadelphians | 692 |
| Has God performed the greatest act of love? | 692 |
|
Christian Science |
695 |
| Introduction | 695 |
| What does Christian Science Teach? | 696 |
| Christian Science History | 697 |
| Is Christian Science Christian? | 698 |
| Terms and Definitions of Christian Science | 699 |
| Jesus is the Christ | 701 |
| Interesting Quotes from Mary Baker Eddy | 703 |
| Questions to Ask Christian Scientists | 704 |
|
Shepherd�s Chapel |
705 |
| Introduction | 705 |
| What is the Shepherd’s Chapel? | 706 |
| Who is Arnold Murray? | 707 |
| What does the Shepherd’s Chapel teach? | 708 |
| Is the Shepherd’s Chapel Christian? | 709 |
| Did we exist as souls prior to Adam’s creation? | 709 |
| The serpent seed and the Kenites | 711 |
| Shepherd’s Chapel and the rapture | 713 |
| An open letter to Arnold Murray of Shepherd’s Chapel | 715 |
|
International Church of Christ |
719 |
| Introduction | 719 |
| What does the International Church of Christ teach? | 720 |
| Is the International Church of Christ a cult? | 721 |
| The International Church of Christ | 722 |
| Verses showing justification by faith. | 725 |
| Is Baptism Necessary for Salvation? | 727 |
| Baptism and Mark 16:16 | 731 |
| Baptism and Roman 6:3-5 | 733 |
| Baptism and Gal. 3:27 | 736 |
| Baptism and 1 Pet. 3:21 | 737 |
| Baptism and John 3:5 | 739 |
| Baptism and Acts 2:38 | 741 |
|
Cults |
745 |
| Introduction | 745 |
| Cults! | 746 |
| What makes a church or group non-Christian? | 749 |
| Comparison Chart | 751 |
| Comparison Chart | 751 |
| Justification and Sanctification: What is the Difference? | 753 |
| Do we have the right to make these judgments? | 754 |
| What is the truth? | 755 |
| What about the testimonies of people in cults? | 758 |
| An easy way to witness to Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses | 760 |
| The True Jesus | 764 |
|
Jehovah�s Witnesses |
767 |
| Introduction | 767 |
| Jehovah’s Witnesses in a Nutshell | 768 |
| What do the Jehovah’s Witnesses Teach? | 770 |
| Jehovah’s Witness History | 771 |
| Is the Jehovah’s Witness religion Christian? | 772 |
| Are Jehovah’s Witness are Really Watchtowerites? | 773 |
| Has Jehovah performed the greatest act of love? | 775 |
| Issues and Answers | 776 |
| The Watchtower Organization points to itself as the truth. | 776 |
| Does the Watchtower organization control the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ thinking? | 777 |
| Does Annihilation and resurrection make sense? | 779 |
| Does the Watchtower say the Bible teaches the Trinity? | 780 |
| Questions for Jehovah�s Witnesses | 781 |
| The Lord’s Supper and the 144,000 Anointed Class of Jehovah’s Witnesses. | 782 |
| Are the Jehovah’s Witnesses the faithful and discreet slave? | 784 |
| Salvation according to the Watchtower Organization | 786 |
| The New World Translation and Proskuneo (worship) | 788 |
| Bad Translations of the Jehovah’s Witness Bible, the New World Translation (NWT). | 791 |
| Jehovah’s Witnesses and Mental Health | 792 |
| A Biblical Response to Jehovah’s Witnesses | 793 |
| Watchtower Quotes | 797 |
| Interesting Quotes from Watchtower Literature | 797 |
| Regarding the Trinity, Jesus, Adam, and immortality of the soul | 799 |
| Problems in the Watchtower Organization | 800 |
| False Prophecies of the Jehovah’s Witnesses | 800 |
| 1914 A.D., 607 B.C., 586 B.C. and the Jehovah’s Witnesses. | 802 |
| Jehovah’s Witness doctrine is not from the Bible alone | 804 |
| Contradictions in Watchtower Literature. | 805 |
| More Contradictions in Watchtower Literature. | 806 |
| Jehovah�s Witness Attacks on Jesus | 808 |
| The Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Resurrection of Jesus | 808 |
| Did Jesus die on a stake or a cross? | 810 |
| Bible Verses Examined | 811 |
| 1 Chron. 29:20, is Jesus worshipped the same way David was? | 811 |
| Matt. 3:3, Prepare the way of the LORD | 813 |
| John 1:1 and the Jehovah’s Witnesses | 814 |
| John 5:30-32, By Myself I can do nothing. | 816 |
| John 8:58 and the Jehovah’s Witnesses and John 8:58 | 817 |
| John 8:58, & 10:30-33, I AM, and the Jeohovah�s Witnesses | 821 |
| John 17:3 and the Only True God | 823 |
| 1 Cor. 1:2, Call upon the name of the Lord Jesus | 825 |
| Col. 1:15 and the Jehovah’s Witnesses | 831 |
| Col. 1:16-17 and the Jehovah’s Witnesses | 832 |
| Heb. 1:6 and the Jehovah’s Witnesses | 834 |
| Heb. 1:8 and Psalm 45:6 and the Jehovah’s Witnesses | 836 |
|
Mormonism |
839 |
| Introduction | 839 |
| Are you studying with the Mormons or thinking of joining | 840 |
| What does Mormonism teach? | 842 |
| Mormonism in a Nutshell | 844 |
| Mormonism’s History | 845 |
| Is Mormonism Christian? | 846 |
| Mormon Writings and the Church | 848 |
| A Quick Look at the Book of Mormon | 848 |
| Some of the Many Changes in the Book of Mormon | 850 |
| The Book of Abraham Papyri and Joseph Smith | 852 |
| The Mormon Church Statistics | 856 |
| Mormon Church Structure | 857 |
| Issues and Answers | 858 |
| Does Mormonism Attack Other Religions? | 858 |
| Mormon words don’t mean the same thing | 860 |
| A Response From (and to) S.H.I.E.L.D.S. | 863 |
| Jehovah is Elohim | 873 |
| A Biblical Response to Mormons | 875 |
| A Comparison Between Christian Doctrine and Mormon Doctrine | 879 |
| What is Baptism for the Dead mentioned in 1 Cor. 15:29? | 881 |
| The True Jesus | 882 |
| Mormon Objections Answered | 884 |
| Was the LDS Jesus born of the Virgin Mary? | 887 |
| Miscellaneous | 889 |
| Hinckley says Mormons Believe in a Different Jesus | 889 |
| The Mormon Plan of Eternal Progression | 890 |
| Mormonism and the Negro | 891 |
| Quotes | 893 |
| Interesting Quotes from Joseph Smith the Founder of Mormonism | 893 |
| Interesting Quotes from Brigham Young the 2nd Prophet of the LDS Church | 894 |
| Interesting Quotes from the book Articles of Faith, by James Talmage | 896 |
| Interesting Quotes from Various Mormon Authorities | 898 |
| Mormonism Unvailed | 901 |
| Mormonism Unvailed, eyewitness testimonies against Joseph Smith | 901 |
| Mormonism Unveiled Defended | 902 |
| Mormonism Unveiled: Testimonies of Barton Stafford and Henry Harris | 908 |
| Mormonism Unveiled: Testimonies of Abigail Harris and Lucy Harris (Martin Harris’ wife) | 910 |
| Mormonism Unveiled, Testimony of Artemas Cunningham | 912 |
| Mormonism Unveiled, Testimonies of Nahum Howard and Oliver Smith | 914 |
| Mormonism Unveiled, Testimony of John N. Miller | 915 |
| Mormonism Unveiled, Testimonies of Roswell Nichols & Joshua Stafford | 916 |
|
Atheism |
917 |
| Introduction | 917 |
| Atheism | 918 |
| Terms and Definitions | 920 |
| Can Atheists be ethical? | 922 |
| Issues and Answers | 923 |
| Mistake Christians make when dialoguing with Atheists | 923 |
| Mistakes Atheists make when dialoguing with Christians. | 925 |
| Is Atheism viable? | 926 |
| Response to criticism of | 927 |
| Another response to criticism of | 931 |
| Response to criticism of – I lack belief in God | 946 |
| Another response to criticism of – I lack of belief in a god. | 949 |
| Additional response to criticism of – lack of belief, and, Is atheism viable? | 952 |
| Lack-of-belief analysis outline | 963 |
| Answers to positions held by atheists | 965 |
| Comments from atheists | 967 |
| Answering Atheist’s Objections | 969 |
| Concerning atheist attacks on Theism | 969 |
| I don’t’ see any convincing evidence for God | 971 |
| Can God make a rock so big He can’t pick it up? | 972 |
| God cannot exist because His attributes would require limits | 973 |
| There is no proof that God exists | 975 |
| If God is unchanging, why does the world change if it reveals God? | 976 |
| Only atheism offers a predictable universe | 977 |
| All of reality and God’s existence | 979 |
| If God exists, then… | 980 |
| Any entity that is not the source of all power within reality is not God | 982 |
| If everything needs a creator, then who or what created God? | 984 |
| How can something that cannot be described be said to exist? | 985 |
| Why do you believe in Jesus but not Santa Claus? | 986 |
| Why believe in Christianity over all other religions? | 987 |
| Proofs for the Existence of God | 990 |
| Entropy and Causality used as a proof for God’s existence | 990 |
| Atheism, Evolution, and Purpose | 991 |
| The Christian Worldview, the Atheist Worldview, and Logic. | 993 |
| An answer to a refutation of the Transcendental Argument | 995 |
| An answer to another response to the Transcendental Argument | 997 |
|
Relativism |
1005 |
| Introduction | 1005 |
| What is relativism? | 1006 |
| Ethical relativism | 1008 |
| Cognitive relativism | 1010 |
| Refuting relativism | 1011 |
| What if relativism were true? An illustration. | 1013 |
| What is truth? | 1015 |
|
Islam |
1017 |
| Introduction to Islam | 1017 |
| The Gospel for Muslims | 1018 |
| What is Islam? | 1020 |
| Regarding Islam | 1022 |
| Muhammad | 1022 |
| The Qur’an | 1025 |
| Chronology of early Islam | 1026 |
| Divisions within Islam | 1029 |
| Doctrines of Islam | 1031 |
| What are the doctrines of Islam? | 1031 |
| The Five Pillars of Islam | 1032 |
| True faith in Islam | 1033 |
| Islamic Terms | 1034 |
| Issues and Answers | 1036 |
| Methods Muslims use to attack Christianity | 1036 |
| Comparison grid between Christianity and Islamic doctrine | 1040 |
| Does Islam teach salvation by works? | 1042 |
| Questions for Muslims | 1045 |
| More questions for Muslims | 1047 |
| Differences between the Bible and the Qur’an | 1048 |
| The Qu’ran says the Bible is not corrupt | 1049 |
| Who has performed the greatest act of love? Yahweh or Allah | 1050 |
| Jihad: holy struggle or holy war? | 1052 |
| Is the Trinity possible? | 1055 |
| Objections Answered | 1056 |
| The Trinity makes no sense. It isn’t logical. | 1056 |
| Jesus cannot be God’s son | 1058 |
| If Jesus is God, then who did He pray to? | 1059 |
| God cannot be tempted. Jesus was tempted. Therefore, Jesus cannot be God. | 1060 |
| God is infinite. Matter is finite. God could not become a man. | 1061 |
| Why is it necessary for God to die for our sins? | 1063 |
| The Qur’an | 1065 |
| Contradictions in the Qur’an | 1065 |
| Interesting quotes from the Qur’an | 1067 |
| Interesting Quotes about women from the Qur’an | 1069 |
| The Hadith | 1070 |
| The Hadith | 1070 |
| Interesting Quotes from the Hadith | 1071 |
| Interesting Quotes from the Hadith, Part two. | 1073 |
| Interesting Quotes from the Hadith about Forgiveness | 1077 |
| Interesting Quotes from the Hadith on Jesus | 1079 |
| Interesting Quotes from the Hadith on Jihad | 1081 |
| Interesting quotes from the Hadith about Muhammad | 1083 |
| Interesting Quotes from the Hadith on Satan | 1085 |
| Bibliography | 1088 |
|
Heresies |
1089 |
| Introduction | 1089 |
| Adoptionism | 1090 |
| Albigenses | 1090 |
| Apollinarianism | 1091 |
| Arianism | 1091 |
| Docetism | 1092 |
| Donatism | 1092 |
| Gnosticism | 1093 |
| Kenosis | 1094 |
| Modalism | 1094 |
| Monarchianism | 1095 |
| Monophysitism | 1095 |
| Nestorianism | 1096 |
| Pelagianism | 1096 |
| Socinianism | 1097 |
| Tritheism | 1097 |
|
New Age Movement |
1099 |
| Introduction | 1099 |
| What is the New Age Movement | 1100 |
| More on the New Age Movement | 1103 |
| A Biblical Responses to the New Age Movement | 1105 |
| Witnessing to New Agers | 1106 |
| Interesting Quotes from New Age Sources | 1107 |
|
Index |
1110 |
