Apologetics 315: William Lane Craig vs. Yusuf Ismail Debate: Identifying Jesus Is He Man or both Man and God? MP3 Audio

I appreciate Brian Auten for posting the link to the audio and he even posted the video. I like the way William Lane Craig handled this. it is so hard to hit every point. None of Yusuf Ismail's objections are new. They have been answered ad nauseum I really wish  Craig had been able to answer the Biblical objections that Ismail used. I don't think it's not that Craig could not have done it,  I don't think he had the time. He's a philosopher not as theologian. There were a couple of point Ismail made that I wish could have been discussed further.
1. Ismail said that angels don't have free will but iof that is true how did Lucifer choose to rebel against God. Both the Bible and the Qur'an agree that Satan rebelled against God. If he did not have free will, how did he choose to rebel?
2. Ismail butchered so many Bible texts it gave me a headache.
3. Ismail misrepresented all the trinity and scriptural basis of the Trinity
4. Many of Ismail's arguments depended on the work of scholars who would just as quickly dismiss his own worldview on the same basis they reject my Christian one.
5. His point that you no longer have believe in the deity of Christ to be a Christian is silly. There are denominations that are turning away from the truth. I find that by and large, many of these denominations are also beginning to . accept as lot of other anathamas that Muslims would also detest. For example allowing clergy to be homosexuals and condoning their lifestyle is not something that is going to go down in Muslim countries. Yet they have rejected Jesus as God.
6. Ismail confuses historic Christian understanding with the viewpoint of liberal. He would not allow a Christian to do the same with the Qur'an.



Apologetics 315: William Lane Craig vs. Yusuf Ismail Debate: Identifying Jesus Is He Man or both Man and God? MP3 Audio

Oakbrooke Bible Church, Waterford, Michigan | The Oakbrooke Pulpit

Recently James White spoke at the "God and Culture Conference".  Here is a link to the lectures presented by


James White, Christopher Brooks, Kent Clark, and Paul Edwards.

Oakbrooke Bible Church, Waterford, Michigan | The Oakbrooke Pulpit

Debunking Christianity: What Does it Mean to Have A Personal Relationship With Jesus?

John Loftus posted a video from YouTube user StampCollector.


The video attempts to suggest that there is no clear understanding of who Jesus is and what His commands are by Christians. I disagree. There is a huge point that was missed. None of the Christian viewpoints given in the video were given with any reference to what the Bible really says. There is room for a difference of opinion on a wide variety of subjects in Christianity. For example some people think the Bible can be used to say the Earth is 6000 years. It does not say that. No where does it say that. No where does it say we should take "days of creation" as 24-hr days or some other period of time. We agree all agree that in the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth. That is the important part for a theological view. The rest is figuring out how he did it...that's science. The age of the earth is not definitional of what a Christian believes.
What I want to know is why the fact that Christians have freedom to have different opinions about a lot of different things is horrible but then at the same time we are accused of being close-minded? How is that? For those matters that are definitional and wanting to know what Jesus really thinks about important things, we can look at the Bible.
Debunking Christianity: What Does it Mean to Have A Personal Relationship With Jesus?

Apologetics 315: Is Christianity True? FREE eBook

Last April, Brian Auten was inspired to get a few bloggers together to contribute to a free e-book describing why Christianity is objectively true from various perspectives. I was honored to be included as a contributor. Today, Brian has released the compiled book to the public. I appreciate his hard work and I hope that this book will help people know that Biblical Christianity is objectively true.

In April 2010, Apologetics 315 produced an essay series on the topic Is Christianity True? This was a series of 23 essays contributed by various apologetics bloggers from across the web. See the table of contents here. A podcast was also created with audio each of each essay. Now, the ebook version is available for download. Download below:

Is Christianity True? eBook
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