Sometimes i think God's silence is necessary to show us what life is without Him.

@Lightman741

3 ай бұрын

What total nonsense

@Dune137

3 ай бұрын

@@Lightman741 Do you feel better about yourself now? You don't have to agree but why do you need to be offensive?

@Lightman741

3 ай бұрын

@@Dune137 I could argue your case that suffering is needed, in order for us to appreciate god is abhorrent. Stop being so soft

@truthgiver8286

2 ай бұрын

Fortunately I know what life is like without god.... far better than with him

@edinmo5399

2 ай бұрын

@@truthgiver8286 Which is why He will allow you to spend an eternity without Him.

May I say something about suffering? I'm a woman in the Middle East. I'm familiar with pain and suffering, I know them intimately. The pain and suffering, their intensity and utter hopelessness brought me to Jesus. Had I not been drifting in that pitch black darkness, I could never have seen the light of God. You need to know both. It's like those drawings with charcoal, shadow and light play together to create a beautiful picture. Seems immature to expect only goodness in the world. How would we learn anything then?

@Practical.Wisdom

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this wonderful perspective!

@juliemcrae2536

5 ай бұрын

🙏🙏🙏

@Solmaz_S

5 ай бұрын

@@Practical.Wisdom Thank you, sir.

@velkyn1

5 ай бұрын

amamzing how this god is failing people right now in the middle east. Your lies dont' help.

@Practical.Wisdom

5 ай бұрын

@@velkyn1 This reminds me of the famous quote: "At Auschwitz, tell me, where was God?" And the answer: "Where was man?” ― William Styron, Sophie's Choice

I can spend hours and hours watching and listening to John Lennox and I never get tired 👏👏👏

@Practical.Wisdom

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your interest!

@luisdasilva3879

3 ай бұрын

@@Practical.Wisdom My pleasure . I really enjoy listening to John Lennox , he has a lot of wisdom and he's always very friendly to everyone .

@user-ky5dy5hl4d

3 ай бұрын

One can listen to him but he is not saying anything.

@user-ky5dy5hl4d

3 ай бұрын

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@OppoA16-fz6rp

3 ай бұрын

Try listen to my thunder god as well..

Thanks God for John Lennox. He's a good representative of Christian faith.

@vhawk1951kl

Ай бұрын

What makes you ssuppose that the pork chop understands anything of christianity when he is no christian because he could no more be a christian that you I orany dreaming machine, and like you or I could not be christuanymore than he could fast for eve seven days; the smug pork chop is a fraud. I'm never sure what those that chuck the word'god'about like confetti mean by it and whenever I ask them they make it more than obvious that they have not the faintest idea whattheyymean byy the silly word, exactly as you don't titch. You simply*cannot* define'god without resort to cngonates synonyms desciptions(and of course not) examples and other forms of circularity or begging the question or x=y=x where neither x nor y are defined or ascribed a value because god is just some vague dreamy idea that *some_else* put into diddum's head,so it is somene_elses* idea not diddum's who is just the passive recepracle of someone else's shit- a sort of organic walking chattering bog or lavatory and what the word actually*means* diddums has not the faintest idea. and that titch you are about to demonstrate why the fcuk anyone supposes that Christianity has anything to do with the god fantasy is anyone's guess, because it is not a word that a Jew is allowed to use thus jesus christ*Never* used the word god for obvious reasons and if ever anyone suffered in translation it is that poor fcuk, who picked a *very* queer way of committing suicide indeed.

We need more people from the Academic community to speak out on their faith. If they are believers. It's refreshing to hear highly intelligent men talking about their faith and why they believe. I hope that made sense. Thank you for sharing this video.

@OppoA16-fz6rp

3 ай бұрын

Religion is for insecure ppl...if you really need a god , try praying to thunder god, more mightier than Jesus god... All you need is just have faith in thunder god, don't ask questions, just pray to thunder god 12 time a day

@rodolfosoriano5960

3 ай бұрын

@@OppoA16-fz6rp thunder god! Who is that?

@nasiryahaya4184

2 ай бұрын

​@@rodolfosoriano5960Ricardo Kaka

@vhawk1951kl

Ай бұрын

"We" being you, and which, specific identifiable interlocutor? No academic or intellectual you eh Elsie? You have *Absolutely_No* idea what faith Is and even les of an idea that it is the *Exact_Opposite of that weakness and stupefying factor belief, which is a form of dreaming They two are as alike as butcher's cleaver is*like* a surgeon's scalpel. Foth has *Fuck_Nothing* to do with believing or belief they are *Exact_Opposites*, but you simply *cannot* understand that any more than a did could understand it, can you? *That you are about to demonstrate as you demonstrate your complete innocence of any sort of intellectual ability or accomplishment.

@vhawk1951kl

Ай бұрын

Help me with this please: What exactly do you suppose yourself to be doing when you " *believe*", and do you understand that faith and belief are*exact_opposites*? and that faith has *absolutely_nothing* to do with belief? However I have the uneasy suspicion that I would be better-or as well, off addressing a dog, but give it your best shot and surprise me, you that are entirely innocent of any sort of intellectual accomplishment or acuity, are you not?

Why did God not intervene with the suffering in this broken world? Actually, He will! I look forward to the day when God will console his people who have endured suffering and that there will be no more death, sadness, crying, or anguish because God will wipe every tear from our eyes. Herein is the utmost goodness that God possesses!

@TheFightingSheep

2 ай бұрын

Suffering is intrinsically good, apart from the hope of ultimate restitution. Just look at the people who've always had it easy and compare them to those who went through horrible times.

@vhawk1951kl

Ай бұрын

You illustrate the concomitant confusion that inevitablt accompanies idolatry which is why that latter is forbidden by whichever section it is of the tencommandments commanment(as amended by the ten commandments(miscellaneous amendments)commandment to be found in the book of Makeitupasyougoalong in the jewbook which - being a devout religious Jew, you suppose to have some magic.. You*are* a Jew as I am, are you not? Lucky old you.

@vhawk1951kl

Ай бұрын

what the fcuk is god? You have *Absolutely_No* idea? That you are about to demonstrate.

@vhawk1951kl

Ай бұрын

The amusing thing is that nearly all their orisons of men(human beings/dreaming machines) boil down to "Please make it that the sum of two and two be *not* four or that- which- is - and -cannot- be different different. In the imortal words of Eliot: " humankind cannot bear very much reality" Quite how and why rthe smug pork chop imagines that he might be or even might be*able* to be a christian when he plainly is not and s*simply_cannot* be anything of the sort is anybody's guess, but then men(human beings/sreaming machines are inveterate dreamers liars and self-deceivers,and the worst and most stupfying form of dreaming is *believing*which has*Fcuk_Nothing* to do with faith which is a very subtle psychological skill, so it osnot*not* for dreaming halfwits.

My respect for this man is ever growing, every single video I have seen him speak on Christ is totally refreshing and I wish all people had the ability to speak so intellectually clear and straight forward! May the lord bless you ❤

@Practical.Wisdom

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your kind words! It's truly heartening to see the profound impact John's work is having on so many people.

My Mum was nurse in British hospital in India during World war 2, the Surgeon General of hospital, Always said prayers to God before he performed the operstions on people.

@1414141x

5 ай бұрын

And I can guarantee he had no more success than another surgeon who did not pray.

@JohnKerr-bq3vo

5 ай бұрын

and?... guessing lots died inspite of the utterances to santa in the sky...

@Amidat

5 ай бұрын

Did he view the colonized Indians as equal??? think on that and then you will see why places like India don't care for Christianity. And I say this as a Christian myself.

@joedennehy386

5 ай бұрын

Well that proves it then

@user-se3ci4jb5r

4 ай бұрын

for sure these people are beyond delusional @@1414141x

Thank you so much for these videos; I watch them over and over until I have them memorized. God bless you, always.

@Practical.Wisdom

5 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

@JRRodriguez-nu7po

5 ай бұрын

The only major religion that insisted the earth is a sphere all through the middle ages Wass Christianity. Christian kings held a sphere with a cross on it because the Bible is clear the earth is a sphere which rotates on it's own axis. The Galileo incident didn't happen as taught today.

@robertvann7349

5 ай бұрын

​@@Practical.Wisdom John can't use a simple chalkboard and demo an A is B, ILLOGICAL IMPOSSIBLE CONTRADICTION. A ABSOLUTE FALSE SCIENTIFIC HYPOTHESIS. Lets plug data into formula and critically evaluate result. Only the opposite hypothesis can be ABSOLUTE TRUTH. A isn't B law of non contradiction A is B? A non conscious non intelligent non being non moral non legal non just caused the A is B illogical impossible contradiction effect of B your conscious intelligent being, moral legal and just This is an ABSOLUTE FALSE FACT, an ABSOLUTE ILLOGICAL IMPOSSIBLE CONTRADICTION never evidenced in nature or labs.

@OppoA16-fz6rp

3 ай бұрын

Because you don't think hard enough...

This is magnificent! So many practical examples of how to explain Christianity to others. I feel like I have been rebooted in my faith by the truth I just listened to! 🙌🏼

@Practical.Wisdom

4 ай бұрын

I'm thrilled to hear you found this message inspiring!

@OppoA16-fz6rp

3 ай бұрын

Hahaha, you need to have the Courage to ask yourself hard n honest questions... Otherwise..

Thank you so much for sharing this absolutely wonderful conversation! I can only confirm what Professor John Lennox said about Germany: look at what is happening right now in this country! It’s so sad … One can only cry 😢 😢😢 Anyway, I would like to express once again my sincere gratitude for sharing this interview on this channel! 💐💐💐 May God bless you all! Amen ✝ Kind regards, Anna

@Practical.Wisdom

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! John loves Germany and has visited the GDR numerous times.

@Anna-mc3ll

4 ай бұрын

@@Practical.Wisdom Thank you ☺

Golden wisdom from John Lennox. Great awesome answers of those familiar questions of our faith. With some humor along. Jesus bless us all our journeys.🥰✝️🙏💞

Why do you think Cristianity is on the decline in Europe? Great answer by Professor Lennox. Another thing I want to point out is the rise of bolshevism or neo bolshevism as I'd like to call it, in Western Europe, even though the example of bolshevik terror, pain and suffering in the Eastern Europe is right there for evereyone to see and the memories are still very much alive. I'm Albanian by the way and even though I was a kid in the 80s I remember pretty much everything. It goes to show you how stupid the human pcyche in the Western Europe it actually is. Gold fish intelligence. The same thing goes to us in the Eastern Europe I guess, for adopting bolshevism in the 1940s, when the example of Stalin's death and destruction was out in the open. Bless you Professor Lennox!!! Keep up the good work!

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@haydenwalton2766

5 ай бұрын

lennox - 'because we know about god' see what he did there ! so clever

Wowwww so well said !! Making it so logical to accept Jesus from our birth!! Holy Spirit is talking through this humble man!!

The one who says, “Love your enemies” is definitely a God, because enemies are God’s creation as well, and we have not heard of any other religion that says, “Love your enemies.” If these words were applied to people, evil would be eliminated from the earth. This is what makes Christianity, which is an extension of Judaism, a unique religion.

@StudentDad-mc3pu

5 ай бұрын

Buddhism says love your enemies.

@jinger_m

5 ай бұрын

​@StudentDad-mc3pu not really. Buddhism teaches not to love, because from love comes worry and fear.

@NevilleBillett

4 ай бұрын

Why don't Christians love Satan then ?

@vhawk1951kl

Ай бұрын

What the fcuk is god? You have not the faintest idea? This you are about to demonstrate

This is just so wonderful. Thank you

Flat earth theory is not believing, but quite the opposite, we’re being lied to about everything, some people just choose to go with their own eyes and senses rather than governments telling what to believe in.

@jasonroberts9788

Ай бұрын

Omg are you a flat earther out here in the wild!? 😅

@Dl-mg3ow

2 күн бұрын

People wish to remain ignorance many times in the Bible scriptures say that the Earth stands on foundations and is on unmovable has 4 corners. It’s very clear in the book of Enoch especially NASA is just a lie the letter T when they say minus T and counting. Rearrange the letters with the letter T and you have Satan.

Very inspiring to all spiritual persons who are studying further!

@user-se3ci4jb5r

4 ай бұрын

not really

I wish you were in the United States. We are starved to hear the truth in the way you explain it …….I’m forever changed 🙏🏻

On the cross, God has become a man, Jesus, who has offered himself as a sacrifice for our sins. He who had no sin to atone for, took our place who had sin to atone for. Only the spotless, sinless one had the ability to atone for what we had done. God was just in accepting that sacrifice, that payment for all mans sins, because it was not wiping it away for free, but at His cost.

@mirandahotspring4019

5 ай бұрын

God sent himself to sacrifice himself to himself to atone mankind for the sins he created. Yeah, that makes sense, to an idiot!

@JohnKerr-bq3vo

5 ай бұрын

Genesis is myth.. therefore adam and eve did not exist, therefore NO original sin, therefore NO need for a JC to redeem anyone by an ancient ritual of scapegoating 🙄....QED..

@youknowitstrue3826

5 ай бұрын

Except Jesus is not a God, idol worshipper, your sins are your own, your atonement theory makes no sense on any level and not in any hypothetical scenario would God have to require or benifit from magical blood sacrifice. And even your own scripture says idolaters have their portion in the lake of fire. What you follow is pure undulaterated satanism.

@NevilleBillett

4 ай бұрын

In scripture all sin is reckoned as a debt , a debt that we owed to the law ; Christ paid our debt and now owns our debt which is why scripture declares we are not our own for we were bought with a price 1Corinthians 6:19,20

@youknowitstrue3826

4 ай бұрын

@@NevilleBillett Gentiles were never under the Mosaic law, your sins are your own, Paul was a false apostle and you follow a false religion.

Brilliant!!😊. Thank you so much.

I love listening to this gentleman he makes everything so clear. I could listen to him for hours. I find myself looking for the next video and the next one!!

I now understand John Lennox's passion in defending Christianity.

Chesterton: If you don't believe in anything, you will fall for everything. Amen

@mchooksis

5 ай бұрын

Peggy. Who are you saying doesn't believe in anything? Please expand.

@spencermorris5873

5 ай бұрын

@@mchooksis, atheists (aka: leftists). Which is why they believe in nonsense such as: there are more than 2 genders, all cultures are created equal, the worlds greatest threat is global warming, evil doesn’t exist, etc.

@leongkhengneoh6581

5 ай бұрын

if you believe in anything, you absolutely will fall for something.

@StudentDad-mc3pu

5 ай бұрын

I believe religion is fake - and that really helps me not fall for it.

@gerardk51

5 ай бұрын

@@StudentDad-mc3pu Religion and belief in God aren't necessarily the same thing.

Thank you for sharing!

Only the carrier shell or Ark is different. The template it’s framed on is like anything else from antiquity. It’s just dovetails incredibly well with fearful humans who need ways to not have to see reality.

What a wonderful closing speech, Thank you Dr John Lennon❤️🙏🏻

Sad to see Dr. Lennox write off any idea without first considering it (Earth being a level stationary plain). He doesn't seem like he'd be in lock step with "consensus science", but then no one's totally immune to cognitive dissonance.

@LuciferAlmighty

5 ай бұрын

All flat earthers are trolls or mentally ill.

@StudentDad-mc3pu

5 ай бұрын

Considered it for two seconds, and worked out it is nonsense.

@monty3322

5 ай бұрын

Figures, you're most likely brainwashed. @@StudentDad-mc3pu

@tombrown2409

5 ай бұрын

For a man of his intellect, it’s not worth considering.

@bobwilkinson2008

4 ай бұрын

@@tombrown2409 But then he believes in fairies etc

Some people think the utility of Christianity is important, and to a degree, I agree. However, I am far more interested in the question is it true, rather than is it useful. I remain unconvinced that it is true.

@angelawatkinson245

5 ай бұрын

The utility gives us a type of evidence. Beginning somewhere you must ask God to reveal himself. You give him a tiny drop of faith and he will give you the gift of more faith. This will increase.

@1970Phoenix

5 ай бұрын

​@@angelawatkinson245 What type of "evidence" does utility provide? There is utility (to different degrees) in the scriptures of other religions as well as in various works of fiction (both ancient and modern). Aseop's Fables, which predate the Christian scripture would be a good example. Are you arguing that utility implies truth? I suspect that "tiny drop of faith" is simply a euphemism for "accept the proposition without sufficient evidence". Essentially, you're asking me to "believe" something I don't believe because there are not sufficient reasons for me to be convinced. You would definitely NOT accept this line of reasoning from a member of a different religion, so how can you reasonably expect me to accept it from you?

@youknowitstrue3826

5 ай бұрын

​@@angelawatkinson245What would you know about that? Are you a prophet? And which God did you have in mind?

@Practical.Wisdom

5 ай бұрын

This is an interesting point. William Lane Craig had an interesting conversation with The Cosmic Skeptic on this issue. While the utility or social aspect of Christianity is not direct evidence of it being true, I think the social impact of Christianity shouldn't be overlooked - I would ask, WHY did Christianity have such an impact on our culture and shaped our Western mind? As for truth, I also have an episode with John on 'What is Truth?'.

@youknowitstrue3826

5 ай бұрын

@@Practical.Wisdom We know why, polytheist. Because Theodosius made Nicene Christianity mandatory Roman law in the Edict of Thessalonica 380 AD. And centuries later Charlemagne would christianize large parts of Western and Central Europe by the sword.

To improve the efforts of encouraging others… We all are oblivious to: The Affects of Critical Criticism on a perfectly good relationship. Critical Criticism is how we can express ourselves with positive intentions (because we believe we’re being Constructive) to others. Yet somehow our statement results with a negative response. This stimulates a reaction from us… Thus ultimately cutting off the lines of proper communication and closing the window of opportunity. The negative interaction was not simply because others are sensitive and don’t want to listen to anyone tell them what to do or what they should be doing, or what they’re doing wrong. And it’s certainly not because we said what was needed to be said and they just didn’t want to comprehend. The avoidable error is created when we mistake Critical Criticism for Constructive Criticism and then never adjust or correct the poor mentality.

Love the Yule decorations!

Appreciate John Lennox

@matswessling6600

5 ай бұрын

no thanks. He isnt much of a thinker.

Love this guy 👍 Mr. Lennox

Dude hearing John Lennox talk about angels is inspiring.

Beautiful ending ❤

If you stand for nothing, you will fall for anything!

@alenkratohvil6479

5 ай бұрын

You can stand for something untrue and misleading, if all you do is stand for something without scrutiny. That's what religion is about. Falls apart under scrutiny.

@grantsmythe8625

5 ай бұрын

@@alenkratohvil6479 Religion falls apart under scrutiny? Demonstrate for us how Christianity "falls apart" under scrutiny.

@jacob.tudragens

5 ай бұрын

@@grantsmythe8625 They never have an answer. They never even watch the videos! They just like to try to shake the faith of others!

@alenkratohvil6479

5 ай бұрын

@@grantsmythe8625 yes, it does, and you can watch debate after debate demonstrating that. Demonstrate that it doesn't.

@grantsmythe8625

5 ай бұрын

@@alenkratohvil6479 Show us. We won't accept diversions and distractions. If that's all you have, don't bother replying.

Dear Dr. John Lennox, I truly admire and share your sharp and brilliant discussions with many..! Keep going, we are listening, sharing, expanding the tent of believers around the world..! My brief contribution to the last audience member two part question: 1) Why is there evil in the world..? We live in a fallen world..! 2) Why natural disasters, pain, disease, suffering in the world..? To bring the lost closer to God..! To give non-believers wake up call to seek the face of God in Christ Jesus..! In addition, to give believers more opportunities to share the good news of gospel in their own life, family, community..., and leading the brokenhearted to Christ, showing the way and giving hope during and beyond circumstances of hopelessness, pain, suffering..! Amen..! Blessings to all from Arizona..! Jesus is Lord..!🙏🙌❤️

I am Romanian and I concur 100%

@Practical.Wisdom

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your interest!

Peace!!!!

Believing in God answers very few questions. You have to take the next step and believe in the bible and to me that is a giant step especially when the bible looks like many other books that we know are made by people making up stories, getting many things completely wrong.

@bradronngobe5735

5 ай бұрын

The other books are made up, the bible is not?

@ramigilneas9274

5 ай бұрын

@@bradronngobe5735 The Bible mostly consists of myths and legends.

@kieranmortimer5884

5 ай бұрын

​@ramigilneas9274 Care to elaborate? Which part is a myth and legend to you - and why would that keep you from the essence of the gospel - that we are all sinners in the presence of a good and Holy God (evidenced by the conscience, morality, the presence of good and evil, objective truth). We can look at the justice system, and realize a criminal is not pardoned for the good works that he has done, for he is being judged for that sin which he has done - the way out is to throw yourself on the mercy of the judge, and Jesus came in as judge and savior, and imparted on himself the penalty of our sins, that we might come back into communion with a good God in spite of our sins, IF we believe in that which Jesus is and what He has done. Don't let something like Jonah or Noah stop you from belief, because in the end, if this is all created, creation itself is a far greater miracle than we could ever understand. Ive always taken it as an act of humble faith to believe those parts of the Bible that seems unbelievable, because in essence, all of reality is that. It is insane that we exist, and that anything in this existence works! Crazy! It all glorifies God in the end!

@matthewalexander3891

5 ай бұрын

Are you even serious 🤣 the bible is the biggest work of fiction ever created and as it doesn’t claim to be fiction means it’s the biggest lie. How can you actually take it seriously as an adult.

@nigelmcculloch3746

5 ай бұрын

​@@matthewalexander3891what about evolution theory, or is it abiogenesis now? That belief is insane! Everything, all life, all self sustaining systems that make this planet teem with life, all happened by accident!!!

I wonder if John Lennox is aware of flat earthers being mostly Christian.. or that it’s biblically accurate.

@jbut1208

5 ай бұрын

John seems far more aware than you, mate! After all he is far smarter! He is a professor at Oxford!

@BigAl53750

5 ай бұрын

Flat earthers may be able to cobble together a few biblical texts that APPEAR to give credence to their lunacy, but this doesn’t make them Christians. Satan himself quoted scripture to tempt Jesus into sin. He quoted scripture accurately and in context too! The problem is that he left out the counterbalancing texts which prevent an unbalanced and erroneous understanding of the texts he quoted, which is the exact same mistake that irrational Flat-earthers (who claim to be Christians) do. The texts used by these people do NOT teach that the earth is flat and given that this is a deception, a true Christian who knows and loves the truth as embodied in the person of Jesus Christ, should KNOW the TRUTH and be set free from such lies (see John 8:32) which come from the father of lies. Jesus didn’t say that He wanted us to learn the truth, He said that we WILL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH WILL MAKE US FREE. He also said that He would send the Holy Spirit, who will teach us all things (John 14;26) and lead us into all truth (John 16:13) It follows from these texts that people who are deceived to such an extent that they can’t read the word of God properly, don’t have the Holy Spirit and therefore cannot be Christians.

@mikebeaty_2Tim22

5 ай бұрын

There’s nothing biblically accurate about flat earthers!

@haydenwalton2766

5 ай бұрын

​@@jbut1208the bloke's a mathematician, and his metaphysics are complete rubbish

@LuciferAlmighty

5 ай бұрын

Yep, the Bible describes a flat earth.

This was a really great discussion, thanks for posting it! I’m sad to see so much hate in the comments but I’m sure the points made have to get those searching for the truth thinking seriously.

@Practical.Wisdom

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your interest! It's good to know, on the other hand, that we're not just preaching to the choir and people on the other side of the debate engage with this type of content.

"I was poisoned by the secret police", the host laughs out loud! Priceless.

I'm a big fan of John Lennox :)

@1414141x

5 ай бұрын

Why ?

@martineeveraerdt5303

5 ай бұрын

@@1414141x A smart man, he makes my faith even stronger.

The singular difference among the many religions is, that Christianity is the ONLY one guaranteeing Hope for Salvation from Hell's certainty, by Faith in the Blood and Resurrection of Jesus Christ...not by one's works. Hallelujah 🙏🙏

@alenkratohvil6479

5 ай бұрын

But it can't truly guarantee anything and just sounds like a very weird cult. Especially considering you have to believe rather than be a good person. That means evil people can believe and go to heaven, and good people who don't would go to hell. This is disgusting and nothing to be happy about.

@giuseppesavaglio8136

5 ай бұрын

@@alenkratohvil6479 Music to my ears. Well said.

@sally9352

5 ай бұрын

​​@@alenkratohvil6479Not true. Many people believe and won't go to heaven. Satan and his fallen angels believe and won't be saved. Noby is good we all fall short of the glory of God. What you believe about Christianity is false.

@anthonyt0808

5 ай бұрын

@@alenkratohvil6479 Also, people of faith in Jesus must deny themselves from wilfully sinning which doesn't completely happen easily overnight; as well as heed the implanted Holy Spirit in their consciences towards God's Will, instead, as often as humanly possible...God is patient with his children.

@alenkratohvil6479

5 ай бұрын

@@sally9352 nobody will go to heaven because it doesn't exist. I know very well what christianity is about, although it differs from christian to christian. None of you agree on everything. The God you believe in is man made and absurd.

31:35 “Acceptance” (from God) happens at the beginning “. I’ll use this from hereon

@vhawk1951kl

Ай бұрын

If only you could set out what god is or define whattever it is *without*resort to cognates and synonyms or other forms of circularity, but you are about to demonstrate that you simply cannot, by signally failing to do so, because you neither have the faintestidea what you mean by god nor what the word conveys to you, nor what you seek to convy when you use the word, because you have *Absolutely_No*idea what whatever you mean by'god is, and that you will demonstrate. Rember the rule no circularity or cognates or synonyms or psychological albra of the sort x-y=x, where neither x nor y is defined or given a value. you*will* demonstrate that because like many of the words you use you have *no* clear idea what it means and cannot set out what it means without resort to circularity or begging the question. You*will* not et out what it is set out what it means without resort to circularity or begging the question, because you simply cannot, and that you are about to demonstrate.

Prof. Lennox is an admirable and thoughtful Christian. Nevertheless I cannot help but be curious about how he sees, as a Christian, the genocide currently unfolding in Palestine, or, the devastation incurred in Iraq under false pretense, or, going back further for that matter, the morals of the British Opium wars committed on another country, before he holds and promotes his strong conviction on his 'persecution of the uyghur' belief. I wish Prof. Lennox did not get his strong conviction on the 'uyghur persecution' from the BBC and the like. How much time has Prof. Lennox spent in Xinjiang, or in China, for example? As a Christian myself, I sincerely wish Prof. Lennox the best, because the first loyalty of a Christian is to Truth, not to political ideology, however deeply ingrained. May God Bless you.

@dulls8475

5 ай бұрын

What Genocide? Israel told the civilians to move out which is more than the chance given by the Palestinians to the Jews shot at home. Those same Palestinians in the majority voted for Hamas. If you knew your Bible you would know that Isaac and Ishmael would be at war.

@Amidat

5 ай бұрын

agreed... anglos tend to wash away their own sins and magnify others. I actually heard a Muslim say ironically that it's peculiar the west seems to care about Muslims in China (whether the allegations are correct or not) but the west kills far more Muslims than anyone else all around. And that was before even the Gaza war (of course China had terror attacks from extremists too - but somehow that doesn't matter).

Thank you so much John Lennox

@leongkhengneoh6581

5 ай бұрын

A senile old man afraid of losing his marbles

@danemount6113

4 ай бұрын

Religion is bonkers with absolutely no credible empirical evidence

@danemount6113

4 ай бұрын

Extraordinary claims require Extraordinary evidence

@danemount6113

4 ай бұрын

Religion is the cause of so much suffering

@danemount6113

4 ай бұрын

The Christian God is an Awful Character

it's called free will and if GOD steps in at any time you no longer have free will.

@LuciferAlmighty

5 ай бұрын

Free will isn't possible according to the Bible

@sally9352

5 ай бұрын

That doesn't makenany sense.

@Solmaz_S

5 ай бұрын

That's exactly right! Very well said!

In answer to the posed question... "Tangibilty, the fact that you're dying, the fact that the experience ceases when you do, just as it did before you"

@mirandahotspring4019

5 ай бұрын

"you're dying"

@rickallen9167

5 ай бұрын

​@@mirandahotspring4019and your lying to yourself

@bobtaylor170

5 ай бұрын

​@@mirandahotspring4019he's a genius, Miranda, so he knows that we should reconcile ourselves to Oblivion. The fact that he can't master basic punctuation is no reason for you to doubt his insight.

@mirandahotspring4019

5 ай бұрын

@@rickallen9167 I don't disagree with you, I was correcting your English. You're lying, not "your" lying. "you're" is the contraction of you are whereas "your" is the possessive advective meaning belonging to you. Try to remember that and you'll come across a bit smarter in the comments section.

@mirandahotspring4019

5 ай бұрын

@@bobtaylor170 I agree with him, I was just pointing out his error.

No religiousidea is unique at anytime. It is merely a continuation in thoughts,accepting some, rejecting others and adding the next step according to the notions prevalent at that time.

The small minded attempts to make big brained demonstrations is truly something to behold by some atheists in this sphere. It has to be childhood trauma

@goldwhitedragon

5 ай бұрын

Nice gotcha. Westerners love them.

@rickallen9167

5 ай бұрын

Here is an attempt to demonstrate just a normal sized brain in any case..with a question even a traumatised child could answer... How did the flightless endemic species of Cormorant arrive on the Galapagos Archipelago? Be careful of the trap,...

@joedennehy386

5 ай бұрын

Atheism is simply an acknowledgement of the lack of evidence for the supernatural. Prove me wrong

@goldwhitedragon

5 ай бұрын

@@joedennehy386 Lack of Scientific evidence.

Prof John Lennox for Education Minister, to get rid of filth they put in the schools. God bless Prof Lennox

@StudentDad-mc3pu

5 ай бұрын

NO thanks.

If you want to anger a Atheist lie to him , if you want to anger a Theist tell him the truth

@marculatour6229

5 ай бұрын

There are real extraterrestrials and there are false extraterrestrials. These guys think they believe in the real alien.

Oh, sing my heart! Hallelujah!

@vhawk1951kl

Ай бұрын

Alahuakbar, god is great by.................. ..... ....definition, because if it were not great it would not be whatever god is that being the word used by common cosmic science for the Megalocosmos.

Any mindful atheist who strived to genuinely live an impeccable virtuous life the best he/she could , given the knowledge, insight , understanding, and wisdom he/she has at any given time , and led this life with love and kindness , is much better than some religious person doing it bc of reward or punishment from the wrath of god type of mindset (not genuine at all) . Be self responsible and accountable for your choices and actions . You create your own “heaven or hell “ from moment to moment with your thoughts, words and actions in the only like we know we have for certain . And if whatever god there may be keeps you from heaven merely bc the fact that you reject him and hurt his feelings instead of being judged on your conduct , then that god would not be worthy of respect nor worship . Separate the “concept of god” and msn made gods like yaweh and zeus and thor and ra and the other thousands of man made gods

@Practical.Wisdom

5 ай бұрын

I agree with you that some of our atheist friends who are very decent people may have stronger moral values than some Christians, and live a 'better life' in a sense. But the question remains, why would anyone do what's right and proper, and if we are to live a just life, where do we get that idea from? In other words, what is the basis or the standard for our moral values. Is it just because of our social norms that have evolved over the years in our respective cultures? And most importantly, are our moral values objective?

@bitofwizdomb7266

5 ай бұрын

@@Practical.Wisdom do you agree that all living creatures have an instinct to survive and, in general, “thrive” (in contrast to self destruct) and also the natural instinct to recoil from pain ? Do you prefer well-being to suffering ? Do you prefer happiness to sadness and depression ? Do you prefer comfort to discomfort ? It is certainly conceivable that early hominids as consciousness evolved over time eventually figured out that it is a lot better to cooperate with one another rather than be hit over the head with a club or stoned or lose loved ones in conflict . Perhaps a mutual sense of pain and suffering eventually led to the foundation of rudimentary notion of morality . Who knows 🤷🏼‍♂️ I can speak for myself at least … I am a sentient being and I know what it feels like to hurt physically and psychologically, I know what it feels to be deceived and lied to , I know what it’s like to suffer etc and I know that I’m not the only human who exists. If “god” is synonymous with nature then great . In fact I’m not to put off by the idea of the deist version of god, that is to say one that set everything in motion billions of yrs ago and then either died, can’t intervene or doesn’t care to . I just reject a personal god , one that hears and answers prayers , intervenes , creates miracles etc . I find no convincing evidence for that . Moreover, what do you have to say about Buddhists and Jains for example , who are amongst the planets most kind compassionate and loving people and who revere the sanctity of life so much so that they walk on cheese cloth to avoid killing insects ? Yet neither Buddhist nor Jains , traditionally speaking , do not believe in a personal god at all. Their motivation is much different. What comes first , god or morality ?

@haydenwalton2766

5 ай бұрын

​@@Practical.Wisdommonotheism (or an interventionist creator of the universe) was divised by man for the explicit reason of making morality objective. which it clearly is not, it is subjective.

@giuseppesavaglio8136

5 ай бұрын

@@Practical.Wisdom "why would anyone do what's right and proper," I cannot believe you even typed this sentence. If you cannot see it for yourself, you are a morally bankrupt person who should stay in church for as long as possible, you deserve each other. Disgusting.

@nick7977

5 ай бұрын

I certainly agree we humans have a capacity for goodness, compassion, love, etc. we also have the capacity for just the opposite. If it’s driven by instinct isn’t just a means for evolution to ensure that the organism survives and replicates. Than all of our experiences are arbitrary dictated by random choices, personal whims and circumstances as our genes strive against one another to replicate.

Answer Yes ✅ The Bible is a flat earth book

@jbut1208

5 ай бұрын

What nonsense this is!

@daveyofyeshua

5 ай бұрын

@@jbut1208 It presents our earth as flat. Rev 21 "I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia in length, and as wide and high as it is long." A structure 1400 miles by 1400 miles square coming down from heaven would be impossible to rest on a globe earth. As we're told even 1000 miles yields 125 miles drop in curvature.

@MartinHindenes

5 ай бұрын

​@@daveyofyeshua The New Jerusalem is basically Minecraft

@MartinHindenes

5 ай бұрын

​@@daveyofyeshua a more serious answer (and question): isn't the New Jerusalem to be on the New Earth? We don't know anything about the physical design of the New Earth

@daveyofyeshua

5 ай бұрын

@@MartinHindenes Hyper Minecraft 😁

Whatever happened to Esther?

‘What does atheism offer a dying person?’ It seems arrogant to presume ‘a dying person’ needs to be offered anything, other than relieve of pain, for comfort, if required and if possible the presence of non-religious family loved ones. Especially if you have lived a ‘longish’ life. To ‘slip away’ knowing that you’ve contributed what YOU can during your time on earth, is quite enough. If you are aware of loving family members at your side, then what more do you need? Certainly not a guilt/sin ‘obsessed’ priest, or other (Their interference is really for THEIR benefit), poking their nose in, as too many seem entitled to do and are puzzled if their presence is refused. Memories of you may or may not live on in the minds of those you loved, but if you believe that to be probable, then that is more than enough to ‘go quietly into that good night’ (to misquote Dylan Thomas - no need for ‘rage’). Certainly NOT to meet some mythical ‘maker’!

@Practical.Wisdom

4 ай бұрын

It's an interesting point. Although I wouldn't think the question is offensive in itself, as it refers to the idea that Christianity offers hope to a dying person, the hope that there is something better in the afterlife, which may even bring peace in this life. That is, of course, if you believe there is such a thing as life beyond death. Otherwise, as you say, Christianity doesn't really bring anything to the table. Your answer reminds me of a great book, A Secular Age, by Charles Taylor in which he makes this very point, that our world doesn't really need God anymore because you can accomplish things and feel you had a good and meaningul life without God. So the question is, why would anyone need Jesus Christ, why would anyone need God? The question is then, do we think our accomplishments (whatever that means) are enough for us to find meaning beyond death. And that's actually the subject of my next interview with a UK theologian.

@JohnCephas

3 ай бұрын

You realize he said a mother who has cancer right? She's going to be worried about her children. Your comment seems to be missing a lot from the points made in the video.

Prof Lennox equates belief in a flat earth to unbelief in God. But that answer was unsatisfactory. All the ppl I know who are "Flat Earthers" are very committed evangelical Christians...

@AlSwearengen4

5 ай бұрын

Same here, and they're very sceptical people. They don't swallow anything hook, line and sinker. They demand evidence from a system that's lied about literally everything. I'm a globe earther who's open to evidence.

@uncletungsten5253

5 ай бұрын

But the majority of flat earthers are atheist. So unfortunately your argument falls flat.

@AlSwearengen4

5 ай бұрын

@@uncletungsten5253 Most of the ones I've seen cite (erroneously in my view) the Bible. I wasn't making an argument. I was just sharing my observation that flat earth and a biblical worldview aren't mutually exclusive. I LOVE Prof. Lennox. I just disagree.

@kumardigvijaymishra5945

5 ай бұрын

I appreciate Prof's candid conversation. I respectfully disagree with his ideas of God, and now I wonder the kind of students he had graduated 😮 in mathematics.

@MartinHindenes

5 ай бұрын

You're unfortunately right. The Flatearth community is primarily conservative Christians who have fallen into a conspiracy rabbit hole. Most of Flatearthers also believe that the Moon landing was a hoax, that images of the Earth from space are all CGI, and they'll handwave away any other evidence as they see fit because they've made up their mind about the outcome: it's all a conspiracy and the Earth is flat.

Atheism offers me the fact that this life is all I get. That we are all dying people from the moment of conception. That I need to cherish this life that I know I have instead of pining away for something that is claimed but unsubstantiated in any way, that simply appeals to my mammal existential dread of dying with false promises. Atheism shows me to love everyone as hard as I can NOW. That's real. Which is more than anyone can say about Christianity.

@velkyn1

5 ай бұрын

well said.

@lucianoprea7038

5 ай бұрын

Sad said.

@TTTTTT-ix6tu

5 ай бұрын

Sad

@LionMob

5 ай бұрын

We used to think that everything revolved around Earth, when we found out it wasn't like that, we started to think everything revolved around us. Humans are megalomaniacs, we think we can be the truth of this world, we think we can explain everything using our perception of it, but we are limited. We are no bigger than this world, our ego is big. No human can be the truth, there's only one truth, we didn't create this world and we are too limited to explain it. There's no love outside Jesus. Atheism says you were created for nothing and you live for nothing, no love can be extracted from that. But truth and lies exist, good and bad exist, we all have a moral code inside us and life is bigger than us. I'll never follow another human being like me, because I know the limits of a person. And if a human, limited and imperfect is the lie, only a perfect and limitless being can be the truth.

@MsMsmak

5 ай бұрын

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.

Does anybody know who's the Romanian brother that was speaking?

@Practical.Wisdom

5 ай бұрын

The previous video includes the full conference with all our names. I am Samuel, your Practical Wisdom host.

@clauszirbo

4 ай бұрын

@@Practical.Wisdom Domnul să te binecuvânteze

Hallelujah ❤❤❤

When you listen to him carefully you realise he doesn't really answer any of the questions. He just waffles on in a way that sounds good but doesn't mean anything

@goldwhitedragon

5 ай бұрын

Nice gotcha. Made you feel morally superior and boosted your frail ego. Saying positive things won't boost egos.

@MartinHindenes

5 ай бұрын

If you listen even more carefully you'd grasp what he's actually saying.

@phexcell

5 ай бұрын

Well, the massive problem a great many people have with God is why he allows so much suffering. His answer to that was pure nothingness. This is the central problem with religion, and he's basically got no answer.

@bruha321

5 ай бұрын

@@phexcell Amen! John is a babbling baffoon!

@oscargr_

5 ай бұрын

He literally says "the problem of evil is the biggest problem for anyone with any worldview" It's not... You can't blame an atheist for the fact that YOUR all powerful, all loving GOD allows suffering. Sure, the suffering is here all the same, but that's not what "the problem" is that was asked about.

Lennox justifies my atheism even more

@The_Last_Rick

5 ай бұрын

*Atheism,* - A belief that there was once absolutely nothing. And nothing happened to that nothing until the nothing magically exploded (for no reason whatsoever), creating everything and everywhere. Then a bunch of the exploded everything magically rearranged itself (for no reason whatsoever), into self-replicating bits which then turned into dinosaurs.

@robertvann7349

5 ай бұрын

Not so. Law of contradiction is what you erroneously believe. A is B is an ABSOLUTE FALSE SCIENTIFIC HYPOTHESIS. Lets plug data into formula and critically evaluate your deception. A is non conscious non intelligent non being non moral non legal non just caused your A is B illogical impossible contradiction effect of B your conscious intelligent being moral legal and just A is B caterpillar? Only the opposite is ABSOLUTE TRUE SCIENTIFIC HYPOTHESIS A law of abiogenesis caused the effect of B law of biogenesis This is A is B an ABSOLUTE FALSE SCIENTIFIC HYPOTHESIS never evidenced in nature or labs but in labs all day long A isn't B logical non contradiction ABSOLUTE TRUTH A TRUE SCIENTIFIC HYPOTHESIS EVIDENCED IN NATURE AND LABS ALL DAY LONG A is law of abiogenesis causes the logical non contradiction effect of A is law of abiogenesis, A is A period B law of biogenesis causes the logical non contradiction effect of B law of biogenesis These are ABSOLUTE TRUE SCIENTIFIC FACTS. DAH ...😢😂

@bobwilkinson2008

4 ай бұрын

@@The_Last_Rick You clearly don't know science. Read up and come back

@The_Last_Rick

4 ай бұрын

@@bobwilkinson2008 There are plenty of scientific reasons to believe that Bible narrative is reality and Evolution is not. For example, the enigma of the molecular machines within cells. These tiny machines, literally built on the scale of atoms, are constructed from the encoding contained in the DNA. Some of these molecular machines are also the things that reads the DNA’s code to construct the other molecular machines and to make copies of the DNA. For a cell to be alive, there has to be a minimum of around 20 different types of these molecular machines, each working in unison to enable the reproduction of the cell, the coping of the DNA and the ability to take in energy and use it. Without this bare minimum, there is no life. So where did this huge amount of information come from? How did this huge leap happen to go from non-life to life?

@The_Last_Rick

4 ай бұрын

@@bobwilkinson2008 So, how do you believe that we went from a state of no life existing to a state where life exists. Don’t say it evolved because evolution can only happen once life exists. Survival of the fittest and all that only works when live exists and does not show how life came into existence.

Brilliant. Thank you.

@Practical.Wisdom

9 күн бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@alleycat2144

9 күн бұрын

@@Practical.Wisdom The Lord has been teaching me the importance of repentance and hunger for scripture after I gave my life to him a few weeks ago, and your conversation just reiterates this and heartens me further. I grew up in a Christian home and thought I had "belief", but I led a sinful and unhappy life because I tried to do things my way and only take from His Word that which was easy and agreeable to me and the world. Thank you, Lord, for showing the error of my ways, not giving up on me and leading me on this amazing journey. And bless you for your faith and work here. Maranatha!

Big John says others are brain washed, yet he is happy to brain was young minds to ancient folklore ..amen

@Practical.Wisdom

4 ай бұрын

So all Christians over the last 2000 years have been brainwashed, which includes some of the most prominent scientists from Newton to Polkinghorne, and Nobel prize laureates, all of whom produced the culture you live in. Christianity is not folklore, if you dig a bit deeper, you will find that the books of the Bible are a different literary genre, for example the Gospels are Biographies, not folk tales. Not everyone who has a different worldview than yours is brainwashed.

@sallyhart3044

4 ай бұрын

Is there any way that you may need prayer? Please let me know ❤

@ACDZ123

4 ай бұрын

Mate ,you believe in a magical big bang and life starting from rocks...that's brainwashed lmao 🤣

@ronaldrrootiii6040

4 ай бұрын

​@@ACDZ123I agree with you! They can look at DNA and Kinesis proteins and all that stuff going on in a cell and think that that just happened on its own while it screams design and there's no way to devolve it by taking away one part and it still works. Literally every part has to work exactly the way it's currently working like a perfectly planned out organization or machine and that's with accidental chemical reactions yet we can't purposely make one single portion of a cell properly let alone all of it and it magically jumps to life. Seriously look into it we can't even make one simple piece of what it takes to run a cell with chemical reactions yet all of that can perfectly be timed and it can decipher its own coding and it can magically jump to life and we can't even engineer tiny bits in the 1000th portion of it

@ACDZ123

4 ай бұрын

@ronaldrrootiii6040 let these athiests and science nerds have their delusions. Brainwashed and indoctrinated from day 1 at school. Just like I was originally..but I woke up to the bulls... got to love it when they think we believe in a fantasy and they can't see the bull.... they are expected to believe 🤦

How a so called intelligent person can talk such utter rubbish is beyond me . God is so man made ,it shouts from the roof tops . Yet they dont get it .

@mchooksis

5 ай бұрын

Totally agree merrybolton. Not only that but the old testament is so obviously written by men reflecting the primitive arrogant male ethos of the time (and still prevelent today amongst arab cultures). The attitude towards women, war, slaughter of enemies, rape and slavery is obviously human male speak. It cannot be god speak. How can they not see this? I often wonder how different the world might be if the ancient scrolls had been written by women. But of course that could never have happened because women were totally subjugated by men.

@jimcrowley1709

5 ай бұрын

What hope would you tell someone who's dying of cancer?

@winifredsmith4421

5 ай бұрын

@merrybolton2135 I watch them with horrid fascination! My mind just can not conceive how they believe that stuff!

@daydreamer9469

5 ай бұрын

@@mchooksisgive me an example of things that can be called “God speak”?

@haydenwalton2766

5 ай бұрын

john lennox - the gift that keeps on giving. I struggle to think of something this man has said that wasn't complete claptrap

we will face God -true , but not true God, but God as a manifestation of selves

Interesting, when reviewing the word religion, we have to look at what religion actually is based upon what their name is and what the entomology of that word means to gain context. Religion obviously Greek word, 'relegios' meaning "return to the law" Well, whose "law"? There is only one set of precepts and commandments created before civilization started to take route and spread from there... Find buy a system of morality external to our, benefits external, that means it's a standard, because if it was internal or cultural exercise by people that just makes it an opinion, and that's all culture is and opinion by a group of people, and as we know opinions can change rendering it entirely subjective. The ten commandments were meant for everyone, The Gospel is the doorstep to live righteously after inviting the Holy Spirit into your life by accepting the death and resurrection of Christ through the propitiation paid out of that one time for all... When this transaction occurs that's called justification which is a financial term... Meaning basically the books are now rectified - or the right category. The prefix 're' "return to" obviously meaning go back to... and then we have the suffix "legios" which means to legislate or to govern. It's where we get our word "legislate" from The ten commandments are an anthropomorphic stamp by the Creator on the sentient and conscionable being he created and gave free will to use him as evidence of him having created them, of course rejected by man, by-in-large... This is why man will be doomed for rejecting him, the only purpose he was allowed to live was to serve him but to demonstrate love he gave you free choice, course is what Satan ever exist to pervert and corrupt. So, we have to deal with man's labels... If we take the apostle Paul standard for anything that denies the spirit, that is testing spirits by the spirits and denies the sacrifice of Jesus Christ as the one time appreciation for all sin for all time. I'm very common faith, get excluded though they are invasive and require discernment to not get frosted up as religion knowing that it is not No, in linear time table fashion, liberal Judaism existed before catholicism, the liberal Jews are sadducees, Sadducees reject the spirit, they deny the resurrection and they say there are no angels, this is in the book of acts, they are not religion as a matter of fact they are responsible solely for the crucifixion of Jesus christ, why? Because Jesus represented a material threat to the coup that they established to displace the Pharisees and to Buddy up with Rome to keep their power. They are still doing that today. Cowering behind the hard work of the pharisees, who are not as guilty but still guilty, of placing the Bible would call the "traditions of man"for us that would be culture, ahead of being obedient to his precepts and doctrine through his word. So the Sadducees effectively, may as well just be the local ACLU branch, at your corner synagogue, there is no Jesus in them at all as a matter of fact they hate Jesus - because they reject the supernatural you are automatically disqualified as religion. Roman Catholicism came next, it was because of the heretical acts of Aries a third century church elder, was booted out of the church because he denied what is called in theology the hypostatic union, meaning that God the father in Christ are not one - was rejected. The seeds of the Roman Catholic bishopric were formed that same year in 325 AD Then you have Islam that came almost 500 years later, it was not battling the first century Christian Church he was actually battling catholicism, therefore more contemporary arguments against Christianity are polluted, because they were taking on the Catholic church in the name of, which we all know is just frosting Christianity at face value is neither, it is a relationship.

@_2013-2022

5 ай бұрын

NB: Religion is a Latin word... one of its meanings is "reunite." If we take the Scripture seriously, then there is only one true religion since it comes from the triune God; all other thoughts are cults and coming from the fallen men, even atheism. Atheism simply does not have a rite system, but in essence it is the same cult.

@woodshed_moments

5 ай бұрын

@@_2013-2022 no, I am sorry... it's a Greek word, the New testament was not written in Latin vulgate, it was written in Greek, Kionae dialect. My advice is to take a theology class instead of trying to edify Latin to build up the Catholic system...

@_2013-2022

5 ай бұрын

OK, Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion... all reformers spoke Latin, and it has nothing to do with Catholic... Thank you for the nice advice. Yes, I must do it constantly.

@woodshed_moments

5 ай бұрын

@@_2013-2022 Calvin doesn't institute anything if he came later... They're trying to say something else. There's an old saying in theology, "if it's new it isn't true, but if it's true - guess what? It isn't new" Five point Calvinism or any form of ism is not Christianity.. body of Christ does not have an ist, ism or ology in it.

The choice before sally isnt “cook for me or go home to mother”, is it? It’s more like “cook for me or I will torture you for ever”.

Jesus is unique and everyone wants a piece. Start following Him and get yours!

I don’t determine truth by what it offers me at death. That puts me at the center of my own reality, choosing what reality serves me best. I’d become a Muslim if death benefits determined my truth.

Amen

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. (James 1:27 ESV)

We'll, you got close at the end there. God is a relationship between three persons that are one. A communion of love. There must be at least an I/Thou for there to be love. The pear Fox of the Trinity ( one God , three persons) is the most pregnant revelation of all in my opinion. Read the first 20 pages of Fr Stephen DeYoung's masterful book, "The Religion of the Apostles"

Christiany covers the sin issue with results a changed heart and a developing real love for God.

I wish more people would watch videos like this or just read the bible.

@galileog8945

4 күн бұрын

Reading the bible is the best argument against Christianity.

knowledge, the leads to laws

Zachias,was tax collector that Jesus went to his home. The people scorned cs Zachias was thought of as criminal. But because Jesus accepted Zachias, Zachias repented and paid back to the people he had wronged four fold. It says Salvation came that day to his whole household . Jesus offers us Salvation

@user-se3ci4jb5r

4 ай бұрын

baloney

Christianity is not a religion it is a relationship with God through Our Savor Lord Jesus Christ

I humbly submit these questions to Bible scholars and all spiritual people. I have heard over and over that the Nephilim were created from the daughters of men and fallen angels. Whether true or not, this is why the Creator destroyed the Nephilim in the World-Wide Flood (WWF) and imprisoned the fallen creatures in a dark place. As far as I know you can destroy physical beings but you can't destroy and kill spirits but you can imprison them. So these are my questions? 1) How can disembodied angels sleep with human daughters and create Nephilim offspring? Are the Nephilim hybrids created from a special being we don't know about, or have UFOs slept with the daughters of men ? 2) The Lord Jesus said that the end times will be like the days of Noah and Lot. Could this be one of the reasons why UFOs and Nephilim have reappeared on this earth? 3) Could AI and Transhumanism play a major role in Nephilim reincarnation to wipe out human genes? We know that God used a flood to destroy the Nephilim race. And will we see Nephilim reincarnation before the apocalypse? 4) The Bible says that after we enter the kingdom of heaven or after our physical body is separated from the spiritual body, we humans will be like God's angels. It means that we have a spiritual body, but when we live on earth in the physical world, we have a physical body. This is the main reason why human beings get married, but does it mean that when God's angels enter the physical world, they will have a physical body like ours? 5) Why did the Sodomites want to sleep with the angels who came to earth to destroy them? What did these Sodomites see in God's angels? I thought angels were spiritual beings? 6) Do God's angels appear to the righteous? Or will they reveal themselves to all mankind? Is it because the Sodomites saw God's angels in physical form?

If there are no sins, then there shouldn’t be jails and prisons. It’s that simple, easy, and basic.

So many are giving up in hopeless atheism for Jesus Christ .. love it!

@StudentDad-mc3pu

5 ай бұрын

We are down to less than 3% of people who go to church. Christianity is all but over.

@bobwilkinson2008

4 ай бұрын

@@StudentDad-mc3pu Exactly. Let's move on without the shackles of supernatural nonsense

I would agree with the idea that atheism has done terrible things to cultures. But what about religious power brokering? It seems religious empires also do plenty of damage due to confusing worldly power with the kingdom of God. As Christians we need to acknowledge this because we are having a backlash of (so called ?)Christians attempting to use force to create a Christian society and that has never worked either.

Abrahamic faiths is as the straight path lined by the guard of God

Romania mentioned

Evil exists, therefore, unsaved people without God-honoring purpose exist.

@mirandahotspring4019

5 ай бұрын

"Good people will do good things, bad people will do bad things, but to get a good person to do truly evil things all you need is a religion!" Chris Hitchens.

@NevilleBillett

4 ай бұрын

God makes vessels (people) of honor and dishonor Romans 9:21 and He works all things together for good

'Earth' in Genesis 1 refers to the dry land that used to stand on pillars. Those pillars were destroyed during Noah's flood. And the dry land was divided into continents and spread over the sphere as we know it today. All facts in the Bible. ‭Genesis 1:9-10 NKJV‬ [9] Then God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into ONE place, and let the dry land (singular) appear”; and it was so. [10] And God called the dry land Earth (note), and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that it was good. ‭II Peter 2:5 NKJV‬ [5] and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly; ‭I Chronicles 1:19 NKJV‬ [19] To Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg, for in his days the earth (dry land) was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan. (When the waters subsided after the flood and animalswere land locked) ‭II Samuel 22:16 NKJV‬ [16] Then the channels of the sea were seen, The foundations of the world were uncovered, At the rebuke of the Lord, At the blast of the breath of His nostrils. bible.com/bible/114/2sa.22.16.NKJV

❤ 7:27

I would like there to be a god who can give us guidance and help humanity live more harmoniously together. But it is the fact that we have learned that there is no evidence of any god. They are just projections of human imagination that stems from our ignorant past. We now know how much of the fearful things that we once thought were 'god punishments because he is angry' are nothing more than natural events. We now know how some men will do anything for power and control. Even those that claim to be 'religious'. God is sadly missing.

@NevilleBillett

4 ай бұрын

God subjects all things to Himself so He can be all in all 1Corinthians 15:28 God is Sovereign King of the Universe whose plan ends with all creation as His loyal and loving subjects

@1414141x

4 ай бұрын

@@NevilleBillett You are a great example of the 'god delusion'. Talking absolute gibberish and as usual talking quotes from the frayed remains of a 2000 year old book. There is no testable evidence of any god.

In the book of Job, satan tells God that if God takes a persons family and money and health then people will turn against God. Job says though he slay me yet will I trust him. True honor for Gods goodness and holiness. mj Fletcher Alpine OR

The Bible says that there is ninety nine sheep that has never gone astray. There is Only one that the shepherd came to redeem

In terms of people taking up things contrary to the evidence. That’s a predicted effect in the Veda’s of this life age of the earth - Kali Yuga. It’s the time of least spiritual potency were people attention spans are weakened and is described as a spiritual winter. The effect of this is people don’t tend to think very deeply about things. It’s why people want everything explaining to them in a 60 second tik tok video instead of research. It has other predicated effects too. The decline in morality and nutritional value in food.

After we die, an atheist will never know if he is right, but only if he is wrong. Conversely, the Christian will never know he is wrong, but only that he was right. The most rational person will take the second choice as much happier than the first.

@vasilshimboff6964

4 ай бұрын

And that's how most of the thousands of religions works and convert people based on that ..fear

@joepolperry3258

4 ай бұрын

How are u?

Paradox. If there is no afterlife, no consciousness after you are physically dead there is no point offering anything since you have no memory of being alive. If tgere is an afterlife, no matter who offers what to a dying person, the outcome will be the same. You will experience the same exact thing as everybody else.

@Practical.Wisdom

3 ай бұрын

why do you assume there is no consciousness in the universe other than your own now?

@robertl.6919

3 ай бұрын

@@Practical.Wisdom I have never said that. I said that no matter what you « offer » to a dying person, the psychological relief that offer might provide is totally irrelevant in any of those 2 possible outcomes. He/she will soon be confronted to the reality of death that could either be a final state of total annihilation of the consciousness, or a continuation in another realm. So in both cases, if you think about it, the « Christian offer » becomes irrelevant the moment you are in a dying state. In the first case, well, you won’t be conscious to remember that offer, and in the 2nd case, you will be in a new reality no matter what ever you have been told about the afterlife. That’s the paradox Christians don’t understand. Any religious « offer » is valid for those who need help going through life and manage the fear of death and suffering. Once your life is ending, reality will prevail.

Excellent!!!

Isn’t it Pegan God died and rose again if he was God is God died ??

Jesus tells us that Satan is our enemy and commands us to love our enemies , but few obey because they do not understand the plan of God