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It is true that the Apocrypha and Gnostic Gospels were excluded from the Bible. However, it does not follow that the Bible is a human construct. The question is why they were rejected. Broadly, there are different reasons why people reject certain books. It may be that these books do not reflect reality. For example, the Chinese reject a popular Japanese history book that glosses over the atrocities committed by the Japanese during the second world war. Read Full Answer.

Legalism is the term used by Christians to denote a doctrinal system where salvation is earned through good works or through the adherence to precise rules.

This position is often seen as contrary to idea that salvation is by grace alone, and there is nothing we can do in our human capacity to “earn” our salvation. Ephesians 2:8 states “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.” Read Full Answer.

Explaining  “inconsistencies” is indeed important to our understanding of the Bible. In fact, people use apparent inconsistencies to pass judgment on the whole of the Bible, reasoning if one part is “wrong” then it all is wrong. Yet, we need to understand a bit about the Bible before we jump to this conclusion.

As a teacher, there are many opportunities to share the gospel. Due to the fact that an International School is usually quite multicultural, there are endless opportunities to discuss the things of God across a broad range of topics, which allow for healthy debate. What I usually try to do amongst the students I teach is to firstly establish what beliefs they do have.

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The birth, life, death on the cross and resurrection of Jesus are all important for the Christian. They reveal God to us, demonstrate how God redeems us from our sins, and gives us an example of how we should live our lives. However, in 1 Corinthians 15:1-6, Paul does tell us that the matter of ‘first importance’ Read Full Answer.

This is a good question because there are number of scriptures that speak of salvation in different tenses. For example Paul can say “For in this hope we were saved” (Romans 8.24) but also “But to us who are being saved it is the power of God” (1 Cor 1.18) as well as “But we believe that we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus” (Acts 15.11). The fact that the bible does speak in these three tenses actually gives us a clue as to the very nature of salvation. Salvation is something that has begun and has had a very definite inauguration, but is not something that is finished yet. Read Full Answer.

Hipster Christianity is a fairly new term which refers to a prevailing church culture of ‘cool Christianity’, whereby Christians adopt certain values and attitudes which are perceived to be ‘cool’ or ‘hip’ in the dominant culture. 

Some dangers associated with ‘Hipster Christianity’ could be the following: 

The purpose of gatherings can tend towards entertainment with great emphasis being placed on seeker-sensitivity. Read Full Answer.

There are a number of possible reasons for the instances where Jesus commands people (and demons) not to tell others about Him. Some of these are related to why He sometimes withdrew Himself from various situations. Not all these reasons may have directly applied to every instance, but all of them are correct.  Read Full Answer.

“I believe in God the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.

He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary

Under Pontius Pilate He was crucified, died, and was buried. 

He descended to the dead.

On the third day he rose again. Read Full Answer.

The true gospel is the good news of a historical event where God sent his Son, Jesus to die for sinners according to the Scripture, and who was buried yet rose again on the third day so that sinners might be saved from their sins, and thereby be reconciled to God as God reconciles the world to himself. Read Full Answer.

Being a Christian is to believe in the gospel. Many people think that being a Christian is about believing in God, or doing good, or being born into a Christian family, or going to church, or loving others. These things do not make anyone a Christian. While they are things that a Christian should do, they do Read Full Answer.

Whether you believe that Christ is the only way to heaven or whether you believe that there are many ways, you need to have at least 2 things:
1) an absolute truth
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The true gospel is the good news of a historical event where God sent his Son, Jesus to die for sinners according to the Scripture, and who was buried yet rose again on the third day so that sinners might be saved from their sins, and thereby be reconciled to God as God reconciles Read Full Answer.