by M. Ashley Evans | Dec 13, 2019 | God (theology proper), Jesus Christ, Salvation
The months of November through January are a hectic blur. All the extra commitments on the calendar: parties, church socials, choir specials. Toys, lights, decorating a tree. Family gatherings – which frequently involves a bit of traveling. Even just shopping for...
by Andrew Rappaport | Aug 23, 2019 | Apologetics, God (theology proper), Podcasts, Rapp Report Daily
Rapp Report Daily 0385 Is God Fair? Now, this often comes up when speaking of the extermination of the Canaanites, and somehow, God is not fair, that He would basically wipe out a whole group of people. Let us deal with the first issue of is God fair? Then we will...
by Andrew Rappaport | Aug 22, 2019 | Apologetics, God (theology proper), Podcasts, Rapp Report Daily
Rapp Report Daily 0384 Why Does God Demand Worship? One of the things you are going to see throughout the Bible is the fact that scripture is quite clear that God expects, in fact, demands that people, human beings, worship Him. Now, people want to ask the question,...
by Andrew Rappaport | Aug 21, 2019 | Apologetics, God (theology proper), Podcasts, Rapp Report Daily
Rapp Report Daily 0383 Is God Sexist? Sometimes the question is, is the Bible sexist? The argument here is that a lot of people seem to think that somehow to emphasize one sex or gender over the other is somehow wrong. Now, this is really changed, at least in America...
by Andrew Rappaport | Aug 20, 2019 | Apologetics, God (theology proper), Podcasts, Rapp Report Daily
Rapp Report Daily 0382 Are there Different Gods of the OT and NT? Why is the God of the New Testament so different than the God of the Old Testament? Well, this is an argument that is not actually all that new. Actually, the early church fathers had to deal with this....
by Andrew Rappaport | Aug 19, 2019 | Apologetics, God (theology proper), Podcasts, Rapp Report Daily
Rapp Report Daily 0381 What Does it Mean to Fear God? Now, many people know that the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom. We see that in Proverbs1:7, and there we see “the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, fools despise wisdom and...
by Andrew Rappaport | Aug 16, 2019 | Apologetics, God (theology proper), Podcasts, Rapp Report Daily
Rapp Report Daily 0380 Does God Change His Mind? Sometimes we are challenged with the argument, Did God change his mind? Now, where do we get this from? Well, this comes from Genesis 6:5-7. 5 bThe Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that...
by Andrew Rappaport | Aug 15, 2019 | Apologetics, God (theology proper), Podcasts, Rapp Report Daily
Rapp Report Daily 0379 If God is Omnipresent will He be in Hell? If God is omnipresent, will He be in hell forever? Now let us first start with what omnipresent means. Omnipresent means that God is everywhere present. In other words, there is nowhere that you can go...
by Andrew Rappaport | Aug 14, 2019 | Apologetics, God (theology proper), Podcasts, Rapp Report Daily
Rapp Report Daily 0378 Is There Anything God Cannot Do? Is there anything that God cannot do? If so, does that mean that he is not omnipotent? Now, this actually is a logical fallacy, Sometimes people word this question as is can God make a rock so heavy he cannot...
by Andrew Rappaport | Aug 13, 2019 | Apologetics, God (theology proper), Podcasts, Rapp Report Daily
Rapp Report Daily 0377 What are the Communicable and Incommunicable Attributes of God? When we talk about the attributes of God, the question that is often asked is what are the communicable and incommunicable attributes of God. Now, I do not classify the attributes...
by Andrew Rappaport | Aug 9, 2019 | Apologetics, God (theology proper), Podcasts, Rapp Report Daily
Rapp Report Daily 0375 Why Does God Punish for Eternity? Why would God punish someone for eternity for a temporal sin? This is something we hear often and the reason it is a struggle for some is because they do not understand the nature of God and therefore the nature...
by Andrew Rappaport | Aug 8, 2019 | Apologetics, God (theology proper), Podcasts, Rapp Report Daily
Rapp Report Daily 0374 Prove that God Exists We get this challenge a lot. Usually what they want you to do is give scientific evidence for that proof. In other words, they want you to use science to prove that God exists. This is actually a logical fallacy. It is a...
