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Q&A: How to use the Bible as evidence with non-believers who don't accept it as God's word — the prophecy approach

Please Stop Saying Faith Is Belief Without Evidence 00:57:15 – 00:58:15

Viewer question from Kate about apologetic method.

Mike clarifies he does not ask non-believers to pre-accept the Bible's authority before examining it. Instead he uses the Bible as a historical document and applies a prophecy test: show from the Dead Sea Scrolls that Isaiah 53 was written before Jesus; show that the text intricately describes what Jesus did; demonstrate from other historical sources that Jesus at minimum died under Pontius Pilate and that his followers believed he rose. This is an external-evidence approach to the Bible rather than a circular one.
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Genesis 3:14-19

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Scripture Commentary article

Was the death of Jesus evil? Calvinism and ordained evil

This question is often asked of those of us who do not believe that God initiates evil. If God predestined the death of Jesus, does this mean that God commanded or ordained the evil acts of men? A Calvinist website describes God’s ordaining of evil this way:
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Was Our Faith Purchased on the Cross as a Gift?

John Piper’s article “ For Whom did Jesus Taste Death? ” focuses on Piper’s premise that disallows Jesus from being a ransom sacrifice for all people. There are many parts of Piper’s article that I would like to address, but I will deal with them one at a time in individual posts.
Scripture Commentary article

Purposeless evil?

Calvinists often talk about “purposeless evil.” In fact, Dr. James White, a Calvinist apologist from Alpha and Omega Ministries , has stated that if God did not ordain all things including the evil actions of men, then evil has no purpose. Dr.

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Please Stop Saying Faith Is Belief Without Evidence @ 00:57:15

2019-01-16

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Bible as historical document Isaiah 53 Pontius Pilate apologetics methodology predictive prophecy Dead Sea Scrolls messianic prophecy
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