A Couple of Thoughts on the Prodigal Son Parable

In August I have read through Luke’s gospel, which includes the Prodigal Son parable, and jotted down a couple of thoughts about it.  First, how brilliant, beautiful, reassuring, and unique is the notion that God is especially concerned about the lost!  Second, note that both the elder and younger sons in the parable leave a … [Read more…]

Just Some Links

This is just a short blogpost sharing a couple of links of interest. First, there’s a compilation of apologetic videos here, and I’ll point readers to the one titled, “Did Jesus Rise from the Dead?”: https://www.str.org/w/resource-a-helpful-list-of-short-apologetic-videos  By the way, the link to one of the other videos listed didn’t work for me, but I think … [Read more…]

Some Thoughts on the Old Testament as Apologetics

Some parts of the Bible seem to me to be overtly apologetic and others less intentionally so.  That is, some parts are written with the idea of persuading people of the truth of the Hebrew/Christian God and that we should worship Him; others do not have that as an intended aim, but for one reason … [Read more…]