“In the Christian Story, mind and matter - invisible things and visible things - are both real. The Christian view is not the only way of viewing the world, of course. It has competition.” WorldWayMindRealMatterStoriesChristianCoursesViewsCompetitionInvisibleVisibleMind And MatterInvisible Things Author:Greg Koukl
“According to "matter-ism," matter is all that exists. The only things that are real are physical things in motion governed by natural law. That story starts, "In the beginning were the particles," or, as one famous person put it, "The cosmos is all that is, or ever was, or ever will be." No God. No souls. No Heaven or Hell. No miracles. No transcendent morality. Just molecules in motion following the patterns of natural law. This is the story that most atheists, most "skeptics," most humanists, and most Marxists believe is true.” BelievePersonsRealSoulMatterStoriesLawHeavenNaturalHellMoralityMiracleAtheistPatternsFollowingCosmosParticlesSkepticTranscendentMoleculesNatural LawMarxistIsmsPhysical ThingsHeaven Or Hell Author:Greg Koukl
“In matter-ism (materialism), there can be nothing wrong with the world since there is no right way for the world to be in the first place. Everything is just matter in motion and that's that. In Mind-ism (monism) there's a different route to the same problem. There cannot be a problem of evil, even in principle, since in Mind-ism even morality is maya; illusion. In neither story, then (if we're to be consistent with their principles), can the issue of evil be raised. But in real life the problem comes up all the time. That's the difficulty.” IfsWorldWayMindFirstsDifferentRealMatterStoriesProblemEvilPrinciplesIssuesMoralityIllusionDifficultyRaisedCome UpReal LifeConsistentMaterialismRoutesRight WayIsmsProblem Of EvilMaya Illusion Author:Greg Koukl
“Why so many mentions regarding Jesus from such a wide variety of sources (Pliny, Tacitus, Lucian, Josephus, to name a few)? Because Jesus of Nazareth was a man of history, who made a profound impact on history. There's no good reason to doubt that Jesus existed, or to think the real Jesus was completely different from the one depicted in the Story.” ThinkingMenMadeDifferentRealReasonStoriesJesusNamesDoubtSourceImpactProfoundWideVarietyNazareth Author:Greg Koukl
“Christianity is actually "true Truth," as Francis Schaeffer used to put it. God really does exist, Heaven actually is real (along with Hell), Jesus really did live and He did the things the historical records - the Gospels - say He did, the resurrection of Christ really happened, and there really is hope each of us can count on for "the kind of perfect world our hearts have always longed for."” WorldHeartKindDoeRealUsedJesusHeavenChristPerfectChristianityHellRecordsHappenedHistoricalResurrectionA Perfect World Author:Greg Koukl
