Why Christianity?

2008-11-05T15:36:00.003-06:00

People are asking legitimate questions about Christianity and we need to be prepared for any question, at any time, in any place. The questions may range from very basic to incredibly complex but they should all be treated with patience and gentleness. This brings us to an important Bible verse.

1 Peter 3:15 (NASB95)
15 but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence;

The apostle Peter is commanding us as Christians to be able to defend the faith, but notice the last phrase. He specifically points out gentleness and reverence. We need to remember that the people asking the questions deserve for us to answer in a Christian way. We should deal with everyone just as Jesus would have. These are just a few things we have to always keep in the forefront of our minds.

Now we start to get to the good stuff. How is it that we get to a point to be able to answer questions about Christianity? Study! We have to know what we believe and why we believe it. The response, “Because my pastor, Sunday school teacher, or parents say so” is not a good answer. In fact if we use that response, the people asking the questions will often times not even listen to you anymore. Did you catch that? They will completely ignore anything you have to say about your faith! How can we share what we hold so dear when they won’t listen to us?

One of the biggest objections to Christianity is the claim that Christians have no foundation for their faith; or that it is blind faith. We don’t help out their impression of Christians by believing something just because you heard it from someone. We should never take anyone’s word for a belief, ever.

We have looked at how we should respond (the attitude), how we come to be ready to answer the questions (study), but now we move on to what we actually should say. This is where it starts to get fun. Society is asking questions that it has not asked in the past. It is our responsibility to stand and offer an apologetic (a fancy word for defense) for Jesus Christ who saved us.

That is the point of this blog; to help equip you to offer a better explanation for why you believe what you believe.

If you have read all the way to this point and you are not a believer I am excited that you are interested enough to at least hear me out! This blog is as much for you as anyone else. Feel free to comment and to ask questions right here on the blog. Another way to get in contact with me is to email me at adamclark.bcf@gmail.com. I will be more than happy to answer anything you have.

God Bless

adam

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