Apologetics
Valuable Lessons From the Twelve Day War
For years I have made it a practice to daily clear my Inbox. I like to stay current on news and respond promptly to people who contact me.
As Israel (and finally) the USA bombed Iran to stop them from getting a nuclear bomb, I couldn’t keep up with the stories and videos coming in. Some I pasted into the draft of this week’s blog. Others continued to sit unread in my Inbox.
With Monday’s announced ceasefire–really Iran’s inevitable surrender–I will attempt to summarize what we learned the past two weeks.
Here are some valuable lessons from “The Twelve Day War.”
Make the Bible Your Final Authority
I grew up in a church where the Bible wasn’t central. Both at home and in the pews, God’s Word wasn’t our primary source of truth.
After graduating from high school, I attended a “Christian” university in a nearby city. In one of my first classes called “Judeo-Christian Life and Thought,” the professor quietly but confidently proclaimed that “God was dead” and “the Bible was filled with many errors and historical myths.”
I ditched that college after a year and traveled to New Zealand where godly people taught me about the primacy of God’s Book–the Bible. Under their wise discipleship, I made it my “Book of books.”
Fifty-years later, God’s written Word is still my truth-seeking GPS in all things.
Make the Bible your final authority.
Why the Cross and Resurrection of Jesus Were Necessary to Save Us
Last year, President Biden used Holy Week to honor the Transgender Day of Visibility. This year, President Trump has returned us to our American roots by dedicating Holy Week and Resurrection Sunday to the Lord Jesus Christ.
If you need any proof of the difference in administrations, look no further. President Biden’s proclamation oozed “wokeness” and an atheistic worldview. President Trump’s expresses the beauty and wonder of Jesus’ death and resurrection and its centrality to history.
Following is the new administration’s proclamation–and why the cross and resurrection of Jesus were necessary to save us.