hey Dr. McDowell I'm 18 and have followed your work for a couple years and I wanna hear your view on Secular music vs Christian music wether a Christian should avoid all secular music or screen it based on lyrical content
I want to belive in God but its hard because I know that he is really it is just hard to believe that there is actually a heaven. why am I struggling with this?
Saint Paul of Tarsus has charged Christians to be ready to give a good argument for the hope that Christians have that they shall not perish when they die mortally but that they will be spiritually resurrected like Christ was. What should that argument be? Anecdotal stories from the Bible? I don’t think that is enough. Historical proof from outside the Bible that Jesus made public appearances after His crucifixion? I don’t think there are any sufficiently reliable accounts of that. There probably is no uncontestable proof for Jesus’s resurrection. In my opinion the evidence for Jesus’s resurrection has to come to people in intuitive and esoteric ways.
Hey there, some things your mind is not going to be able to understand. That comes from life experience and scripture even says that. Not only can your mind not understand somethings, your mind can't handle somethings. However I don't think believing in a Heaven is one of those things. Take time to sit in quiet and talk to God and ask Him and tell him your doubts, then just sit and listen, in quiet, and see where he leads you. If you don't hear the first time, keep trying, you have to get onto His frequency. He doesn't speak to us through those floppy things on the side of your head lol. Also, try reading up on things that we know are factual. Read 'I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist' by Norman Geisler and Frank Turek as a start. Then a Case for Christ by Lee Strobel or Cold Case Christianity by J. Wallace. Also, I recommend Frequency by Robert Morris. Listen to his sermons or sermons from Jesse Duplantis. Start building up. I will be praying for you.
I do think that there are fundamental contradictions in the Bible, for example Matthew 10:34 -39 as opposed to Matthew 11: 29-30. Sean McDowell's basic answer to these sort of questions is if there are contradictions does that make Christianity untrue and he argues it doesn't. I agree that legalism is a trick to distract us from the central message that Jesus Christ is risen and it we believe in him he will save us to eternal life.
Your initial statements were helpful. Christians need to stop demonizing their brethren who no longer hold inerrancy, for example. Let me be clear, I hold the scriptures to be divinely inspired. I do not hold inerrancy. Some texts that challenge inerrancy. I know there are some with plausable answers, but sometimes they are beyond strained: Is Terah 145 yrs old, or 205? Genesis 11:26, 32 and 12:4 along with Acts 7:4 Did God use his name Yahweh or not? Gen 15:7 and Exodus 6:3 Were all Egypt's livestock killed in the 5th plague or not? Exodus 9:6 and 12:29 Must the passover be from flocks only? Ex 12:5. Or also from the herd? Deut 16:2 Could it be boiled or not? Ex 12:9 and 2 Chr 35:13 Could it be celebrated in households, or not? Ex 12, Deut 16:5-6, Luke 22:11 Does the hare chew the cud? Lev 11:6 Is the bat a bird? Lev 11:19 What is the New moon sacrifice? Deut 28:11 or Ezek 46:6 Who is Achan the son of? Josh 7:1, 24, 22:20 Did Michal have 5 sons or none? 2 Sam 6:23 and 2 Sam 21:8 How many horseman did David take? 2 Sam 8:4 and 1 Chr 18:4 At the end of 4 or 40 yrs? 2 Sam 15:7 Killed 800 or 300? 2 Sam 23:8 and 1 Chr 11:11 Did God or Satan incite David's census? 2 Sam 24:1 and 1 Chr 21:1 What are the numbers of the census? 2 Sam 24:9 and 1 Chr 21:5 7 or three yrs of famine? 2 Sam 24:13 and 1 Chr 21:12 50 or 600 shekels? 2 Sam 24:24 and 1 Chr 21:25 How many stalls? 1 Kings 4:26 and 2 Chr 9:25 How many chief officers? 1 Kings 5:16 and 2 Chr 2:18 How many cubits high? 1 Kings 7:15 and 2 Chr 3:15 How many baths? 1 Kings 7:26 and 2 Chr 4:5 How many chief officers? 1 Kings 9:23 and 2 Chr 8:10 Did Baasha die around the 26th yr reign of Asa or is he alive in Asa's 36th yr? 1 Kgs 16:6, 8 and 2 Chr 16:1 Is Ahaziah 22 or 42? 2 Kgs 8:26 and 2 Chr 22:2 (most versions) Was Jehoiachin 18 or 8? 2 Kgs 24:8 and 2 Chr 36:9 What day was temple burned? 2 Kgs 25:8 and Jer 52:12 Compare the numbers of sons of same men. Ezra 2 and Neh 7 How many singers? Ezra 2:65 and Neh 7:67 Matt 1:17 sets of 14 are not actual generations but are for literary purposes. Luke 2:2 Quirinius is not governor at this time. After he was baptized did Jesus go immediately to wilderness or choose disciples the next day? Mk 1:12 and Jn 1:35 Abiathar or Ahimelek as high priest? Mark 2:26 When feeding 5000 are they near Bethsaida or do they go across lake to Bethsaida after? Mk 6:45 and Lk 9:10 Is it the 3rd or 6th hour? Mk 15:25 and Jn 19:14 Did Satan enter Judas before or after meal? Lk 22:3 and Jn 13:27 Did Jesus take disciples to Galilee before John was put in prison or choose disciples after? John 3:22-24 and Mark 1:14-16 After resurrection, did the disciples stay in Jerusalem as in Luke and Acts or go to Galilee as in Mark, John and Matthew? Did Judas really fall from a cliff side tree he hung himself on, where a branch broke and he fell headlong and his bowels gushed out? Acts and Matthew Did the companions hear the voice or not? Acts 9:7 and Acts 22:9
I didn't read everything, but off the top of my head I can tell you that the word used for "birds" in Leviticus that include bat actually means "winged/flying creatures" or something along those lines. But I agree with your statement.
I think you have the wrong verses for what you are thinking. Here is what you are trying to say, I think. (Mark 15:25) It was the third hour when they crucified him. (John 19:14-16) It was the day of Preparation of Passover Week, about the sixth hour. "Here is your king," Pilate said to the Jews. But they shouted, "Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!" "Shall I crucify your king?" Pilate asked. "We have no king but Caesar," the chief priests answered. Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified. The confusion here results from not understanding that the Jews and Romans reckoned time differently. Based upon the Jewish method of sun up to sun down for telling time (Mark 15:25), Jesus was crucified at approximately 9:00 a.m. John, using the Roman method of counting the hours from midnight (cf. John 1:39, 4:6, 4:52), notes that it was about the sixth hour when Pilate sentenced Jesus to be crucified (John 19:14). So, this would have been around 6:00 am when Jesus was sentenced. The crucifixion would have happened after the sentencing, approximately 9:00 am.
So much striving to hang onto disintegrating beliefs- “evolution isn’t true, but even if it is it doesn’t make Christianity true.” “There aren’t any contradictions, but even if there are it doesn’t affect Christianity.” This is a significant reason for so many youth leaving the faith. They see right through it.
Lolwut‽ Aren't these contradictions? Exodus 20:13 "Thou shalt not kill." versus Leviticus 24:17 "And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death." And what about this (ahem) discrepancy: II Kings 8:26 "Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign." versus II Chronicles 22:2 "Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign." Also, here's a cool tool: www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/08/19/an-incredible-interactive-chart-of-biblical-contradictions/
How about the contradiction that god "hardens the heart of the Pharaoh" in exodus as well as at the same time telling Moses to get the Pharaoh to let his people go? If you can't see the issue there, then you don't see the fundamental issue with the bible.
Hey there! So, the thing with Pharaoh is a good point, but I think that his chance to let the people go was at the Red Sea. That was where he made his decision on whether or not to let them go. He had his chance and he messed it up there. I'm curious what you think about that...
To say God hardened Pharaoh's heart while giving him his will to choose, both still work the way He wants to. First it would show how grave a mistake Pharoah would do to refuse and resist God’s will. Second would be to demonstrate what really happens when we follow that same mistake.
hey Dr. McDowell I'm 18 and have followed your work for a couple years and I wanna hear your view on Secular music vs Christian music wether a Christian should avoid all secular music or screen it based on lyrical content
I want to belive in God but its hard because I know that he is really it is just hard to believe that there is actually a heaven. why am I struggling with this?
Saint Paul of Tarsus has charged Christians to be ready to give a good argument for the hope that Christians have that they shall not perish when they die mortally but that they will be spiritually resurrected like Christ was. What should that argument be? Anecdotal stories from the Bible? I don’t think that is enough. Historical proof from outside the Bible that Jesus made public appearances after His crucifixion? I don’t think there are any sufficiently reliable accounts of that. There probably is no uncontestable proof for Jesus’s resurrection. In my opinion the evidence for Jesus’s resurrection has to come to people in intuitive and esoteric ways.
Hey there, some things your mind is not going to be able to understand. That comes from life experience and scripture even says that. Not only can your mind not understand somethings, your mind can't handle somethings. However I don't think believing in a Heaven is one of those things. Take time to sit in quiet and talk to God and ask Him and tell him your doubts, then just sit and listen, in quiet, and see where he leads you. If you don't hear the first time, keep trying, you have to get onto His frequency. He doesn't speak to us through those floppy things on the side of your head lol. Also, try reading up on things that we know are factual. Read 'I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist' by Norman Geisler and Frank Turek as a start. Then a Case for Christ by Lee Strobel or Cold Case Christianity by J. Wallace. Also, I recommend Frequency by Robert Morris. Listen to his sermons or sermons from Jesse Duplantis. Start building up. I will be praying for you.
maybe you simply have a better bullshit detector
@@redpillpusher Have you seen the evidence for the faith. For the resurrection, the deity of Jesus, etc.
Micah Mayer ...No
I am a Christian but if the Bible has contradiction then it's not the word of God....it's the word of men.....
I do think that there are fundamental contradictions in the Bible, for example Matthew 10:34 -39 as opposed to Matthew 11: 29-30. Sean McDowell's basic answer to these sort of questions is if there are contradictions does that make Christianity untrue and he argues it doesn't. I agree that legalism is a trick to distract us from the central message that Jesus Christ is risen and it we believe in him he will save us to eternal life.
If there were actual contradictions, that would mean that one viewpoint or "take" was incorrect, and that just cannot be - period!!!!!!!!!!
Your initial statements were helpful. Christians need to stop demonizing their brethren who no longer hold inerrancy, for example.
Let me be clear, I hold the scriptures to be divinely inspired. I do not hold inerrancy. Some texts that challenge inerrancy. I know there are some with plausable answers, but sometimes they are beyond strained:
Is Terah 145 yrs old, or 205? Genesis 11:26, 32 and 12:4 along with Acts 7:4
Did God use his name Yahweh or not? Gen 15:7 and Exodus 6:3
Were all Egypt's livestock killed in the 5th plague or not? Exodus 9:6 and 12:29
Must the passover be from flocks only? Ex 12:5. Or also from the herd? Deut 16:2 Could it be boiled or not? Ex 12:9 and 2 Chr 35:13 Could it be celebrated in households, or not? Ex 12, Deut 16:5-6, Luke 22:11
Does the hare chew the cud? Lev 11:6
Is the bat a bird? Lev 11:19
What is the New moon sacrifice? Deut 28:11 or Ezek 46:6
Who is Achan the son of? Josh 7:1, 24, 22:20
Did Michal have 5 sons or none? 2 Sam 6:23 and 2 Sam 21:8
How many horseman did David take? 2 Sam 8:4 and 1 Chr 18:4
At the end of 4 or 40 yrs? 2 Sam 15:7
Killed 800 or 300? 2 Sam 23:8 and 1 Chr 11:11
Did God or Satan incite David's census? 2 Sam 24:1 and 1 Chr 21:1 What are the numbers of the census? 2 Sam 24:9 and 1 Chr 21:5
7 or three yrs of famine? 2 Sam 24:13 and 1 Chr 21:12
50 or 600 shekels? 2 Sam 24:24 and 1 Chr 21:25
How many stalls? 1 Kings 4:26 and 2 Chr 9:25
How many chief officers? 1 Kings 5:16 and 2 Chr 2:18
How many cubits high? 1 Kings 7:15 and 2 Chr 3:15
How many baths? 1 Kings 7:26 and 2 Chr 4:5
How many chief officers? 1 Kings 9:23 and 2 Chr 8:10
Did Baasha die around the 26th yr reign of Asa or is he alive in Asa's 36th yr? 1 Kgs 16:6, 8 and 2 Chr 16:1
Is Ahaziah 22 or 42? 2 Kgs 8:26 and 2 Chr 22:2 (most versions)
Was Jehoiachin 18 or 8? 2 Kgs 24:8 and 2 Chr 36:9
What day was temple burned? 2 Kgs 25:8 and Jer 52:12
Compare the numbers of sons of same men. Ezra 2 and Neh 7
How many singers? Ezra 2:65 and Neh 7:67
Matt 1:17 sets of 14 are not actual generations but are for literary purposes.
Luke 2:2 Quirinius is not governor at this time.
After he was baptized did Jesus go immediately to wilderness or choose disciples the next day? Mk 1:12 and Jn 1:35
Abiathar or Ahimelek as high priest? Mark 2:26
When feeding 5000 are they near Bethsaida or do they go across lake to Bethsaida after? Mk 6:45 and Lk 9:10
Is it the 3rd or 6th hour? Mk 15:25 and Jn 19:14
Did Satan enter Judas before or after meal? Lk 22:3 and Jn 13:27
Did Jesus take disciples to Galilee before John was put in prison or choose disciples after? John 3:22-24 and Mark 1:14-16
After resurrection, did the disciples stay in Jerusalem as in Luke and Acts or go to Galilee as in Mark, John and Matthew?
Did Judas really fall from a cliff side tree he hung himself on, where a branch broke and he fell headlong and his bowels gushed out? Acts and Matthew
Did the companions hear the voice or not? Acts 9:7 and Acts 22:9
I didn't read everything, but off the top of my head I can tell you that the word used for "birds" in Leviticus that include bat actually means "winged/flying creatures" or something along those lines.
But I agree with your statement.
Skeptical Christian there is a whole book by Gleason Archer that deals with these issues.
If there were contradictions it would mean that God cannot preserve his eternal word.
If there were contradictions it would mean that God has chosen not to preserve his eternal word.
@@lukehillland Thus saith the Lord?
You should debate Bart Ehrman
What day did Jesus die on? The day the passover meal was eaten (Mark 14:12-16) or the day after (John 19:14)?
I think you have the wrong verses for what you are thinking. Here is what you are trying to say, I think.
(Mark 15:25) It was the third hour when they crucified him.
(John 19:14-16) It was the day of Preparation of Passover Week, about the sixth hour. "Here is your king," Pilate said to the Jews. But they shouted, "Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!" "Shall I crucify your king?" Pilate asked. "We have no king but Caesar," the chief priests answered. Finally Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.
The confusion here results from not understanding that the Jews and Romans reckoned time differently. Based upon the Jewish method of sun up to sun down for telling time (Mark 15:25), Jesus was crucified at approximately 9:00 a.m. John, using the Roman method of counting the hours from midnight (cf. John 1:39, 4:6, 4:52), notes that it was about the sixth hour when Pilate sentenced Jesus to be crucified (John 19:14). So, this would have been around 6:00 am when Jesus was sentenced. The crucifixion would have happened after the sentencing, approximately 9:00 am.
Wednesday.
Good video! Keep it up!
This guy remind me so much of Rudy Giuliani explaining No Collusion!!
KJV has no errors.
How
So much striving to hang onto disintegrating beliefs- “evolution isn’t true, but even if it is it doesn’t make Christianity true.” “There aren’t any contradictions, but even if there are it doesn’t affect Christianity.” This is a significant reason for so many youth leaving the faith. They see right through it.
Lolwut‽ Aren't these contradictions?
Exodus 20:13 "Thou shalt not kill." versus Leviticus 24:17 "And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death."
And what about this (ahem) discrepancy:
II Kings 8:26 "Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign."
versus
II Chronicles 22:2 "Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign."
Also, here's a cool tool: www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/08/19/an-incredible-interactive-chart-of-biblical-contradictions/
Not to mention the contradiction of history, that there wasn't a large population of jews during that time.
Dill Pickle actually science has proven the exodus
Bry Willis number 1 the original Hebrew said thou shall not murder
How about the contradiction that god "hardens the heart of the Pharaoh" in exodus as well as at the same time telling Moses to get the Pharaoh to let his people go?
If you can't see the issue there, then you don't see the fundamental issue with the bible.
@Megan Swanson Would it matter that God hardened his heart if it was already hard?
Hey there! So, the thing with Pharaoh is a good point, but I think that his chance to let the people go was at the Red Sea. That was where he made his decision on whether or not to let them go. He had his chance and he messed it up there. I'm curious what you think about that...
To say God hardened Pharaoh's heart while giving him his will to choose, both still work the way He wants to. First it would show how grave a mistake Pharoah would do to refuse and resist God’s will. Second would be to demonstrate what really happens when we follow that same mistake.
That’s not necessarily a contradiction.
Ok this fool the Bible does have contradiction so let’s be real
GOD and CHRIST is not the same people
They are not
You don't even make any sense
All thhis is gibberish