by Brian | Jul 23, 2012 | Spiritual Life
We’ll continue tonight to look at how a Christian is able to claim to know things. In the meantime, here’s C.H. Mackintosh with some essential thoughts on what it means to know things about God, and how that should impact our relationship to Him: The...
by Brian | Jul 20, 2012 | Culture, Evangelism
When we speak about knowing things as Christians, one thing to remember is that the way we use the word faith is very different than the way our culture typically uses the word. Most people use the word to describe something other than knowledge. If you have faith, it...
by Brian | Jul 19, 2012 | Spiritual Life
One of the things that struck me in our recent study of Ephesians 6 was a particular thing Paul said about prayer in 6:18. Part of our armor, he says, is to be constantly praying for each other–“for all the saints.” With that in mind, in a recent...
by Brian | Jul 18, 2012 | Book Recommendations, Culture, Evangelism, Science
As we continue to study the Christian’s justification for claiming to know things about God and the world, it might be helpful to think for a moment about how the Scientific Method relates to what we know as Christians. What do we say if someone says they...
by Brian | Jul 17, 2012 | Culture, Evangelism, Monday Study Notes
Last night we began several weeks of seeking answer these questions: How can Christians claim to really know God? How can they claim to have a true knowledge of God, especially one that is more accurate than other concepts of God? How can we really know anything? In...