Question of the Week: How to we know the Gospels are reliable history?
Verses: 1 John 1:1-3, 2 Peter 1:16, 1 Corinthians 15:3-8

There are three things we need to look for when judging ancient history.
1. Early Testimony: The earlier the artifact or writing we have to the original event, the more reason we have to trust it as accurate. When it comes to things older than 1000 years old, centuries after the fact are still generally accepted as long as at least two different sources say the same thing.
2. Eyewitness Testimony: The best accounts in ancient history come from people who were there. This includes the accounts giving details that only people at this time would know first hand. Example: Describing the Temple of God in detail shows it was written before 70AD when it was destroyed.
3. Hostile Testimony: People who wouldn’t want something to be true, (either enemies or indifferent towards the event), admitting it took place gives another layer to the reliability of the historical event.

With this all in mind, understand the biographies of Jesus Christ include overwhelming evidence of all 3. The Gospels were all written within the lifetimes of the authors who saw the events take place. The individuals who wrote the gospel were the eyewitnesses themselves, or in Luke’s case directly interviewed them. And people who didn’t even believe Jesus was the Messiah like James and Saul converted to Christianity after His resurrection.

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Question of the Week: Why did Abraham choose circumcision as a sign of his calling by God?
Verses: Romans 4:9-12

When Abraham was first promised more children than stars by God, he believed His promise and that alone saved his soul. Circumcision, the cutting away of the foreskin of the male genitals, was a gesture made by Abraham that dedicated the part of himself that made children as no longer for his pleasure, but God’s purposes. He didn’t have to, but chose to as a sign of where his heart was at. This would go on later to be a religious sign of everyone who was living proof of that promise being true. It has become less meaningful and more medical in modern days, but Abraham’s motives were simply to use a cultural sign of physical dedication to something as a reflection of the fact that his heart trusted God’s promises. It didn’t save him, but was how he culturally put feet to his faith.

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Question of the Week: What does it mean when the Bible says we are made in the Image of God?
Verses: Genesis 1:26-27

Human beings reflect the image of God personally; He is a moral, emotional, and relational being. We don’t reflect God physically because He isn’t a physical being. These bodies are simply designed for our spirits to express themselves on this Earth. It’s in those expressions that we were originally intended to reflect God’s character. Like God, we recognize there are things that are right and wrong. God as the definition of good Himself is repulsed when His nature is distorted and evil takes place. Likewise, when we see injustice takes place towards us or those we love, we are also repulsed even when we don’t always understand why. Even though they aren’t always expressed in a Godly way, God’s ability to feel happy, grieved, or even angry comes from Him. And from Him, we also see how those emotions are intended to be used. And unlike anything else in Creation, we desire meaningful relationships that go beyond a desire to preserve our species. This is the reason we were Created and how we reflect God’s character.

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7/27/2018 – Question of the Week: How should Christians respond to people claiming they’ve discovered the date of the Rapture/End Times?
Verses: Matthew 24:36

People have been date setting the End Times since the days of Paul and the original Apostles. If someone dares to make a truth claim, there will always be those who try to twist it for their own profit. And right on que, every generation has known someone that claims they have discovered the date of the Rapture or the End of the World. Easy giveaways are the follow up request to financially support their ministry to get this revelation out to the entire world, teaching right away that Jesus didn’t mean what He said when He clarified no man will know the day or hour of His return, and of course the inevitable moment when their claim is proven to be wrong. This brings us to the question, how should we respond when these false prophets come along? First, don’t give them money. That’s obvious. Second, stick to the truth. No matter how they spin and twist the passages used to prove their conspiracies, the truth won’t be budged and neither will you if you stick with it. And Thirdly, recognize that when they are proven wrong, nothing more or less has taken place. The Bible hasn’t been discredited or Christianity proven false. Another liar simply had reality catch up with them and we will then have the opportunity to clarify and comfort those who were caught up in their teachings that Jesus didn’t lie to them. The false teacher did.

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