I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

A 14-year-old young lady wrote to Frank a question about reaching out to her bisexual friend.  How can she do that effectively?  This is a sensitive and emotional issue in our culture today, and many people are ready to pounce on you with several objections (and names) if you express the biblical view of sexuality.  Frank offers some advice and facts about the situation to help improve the chances that any outreach effort will yield light rather than heat.

Frank also responds to questions about:

* The morality of marijuana use

* How much is America sliding toward judgment like ancient Israel?

* Atheist objections which assert that God is just a convenient answer to the beginning and fine-tuning of the universe

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For two thousand years, Christians have understood the death of Jesus to be substitutionary—a sacrifice that paid for our sins. From the earliest creeds to the teaching of the New Testament to the writings of the Church Fathers to today, this has been a core belief of Christianity throughout its history. But in modern times, this idea is being repudiated as “Cosmic Child Abuse.” On today’s show, we are going to address these questions:

What is the historic belief of the Christian church on atonement?

Why does God have wrath and how can that be a good thing?

Is penal substitutionary atonement a late invention of medieval Christians?

If God required the sacrifice of his Son, doesn’t that make him a Divine child abuser?

If I can just forgive people without a sacrifice, why can’t God?

For two thousand years, Christians have understood the death of Jesus to be substitutionary—a sacrifice that paid for our sins. From the earliest creeds to the teaching of the New Testament to the writings of the Church Fathers to today, this has been a core belief of Christianity throughout its history. But in modern times, this idea is being repudiated as “Cosmic Child Abuse.” On today’s show, we are going to address these questions:

What is the historic belief of the Christian church on atonement?

Why does God have wrath and how can that be a good thing?

Is penal substitutionary atonement a late invention of medieval Christians?

If God required the sacrifice of his Son, doesn’t that make him a Divine child abuser?

If I can just forgive people without a sacrifice, why can’t God?

Is Christianity a crutch that just makes people feel better?

Is Christianity too binary? Too exclusive?

Does God want to condemn most of his beautiful creation to a fiery Hell?

What if Christianity doesn’t work for you? Doesn’t resonate with you?

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has left Christianity because he believes it is too exclusive, too binary, and that the Christian God wants to condemn most people to a fiery Hell. Join Frank on Super Bowl weekend as he responds to Aaron’s characterization of Christianity and goes on to point out that all of reality (including football) is binary and that truth is exclusive. In fact, Frank points out that life is a lot like football in at least seven ways.

Is Christianity a crutch that just makes people feel better?

Is Christianity too binary? Too exclusive?

Does God want to condemn most of his beautiful creation to a fiery Hell?

What if Christianity doesn’t work for you? Doesn’t resonate with you?

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has left Christianity because he believes it is too exclusive, too binary, and that the Christian God wants to condemn most people to a fiery Hell. Join Frank on Super Bowl weekend as he responds to Aaron’s characterization of Christianity and goes on to point out that all of reality (including football) is binary and that truth is exclusive. In fact, Frank points out that life is a lot like football in at least seven ways.

Here is our list of questions (we might not get to them all, but we will try to give people an overview of what Jews believe today and how we can best reach them for Jesus).

1. What were the major sects of Judaism in the first century?

a. Pharisees

b. Sadducees

c. Essenes

d. Zealots

e. Others

2. Where did they come from and how did they differ in what they believed?

3. When did synagogues begin, and why did they exist during the Temple period?

4. Once the Temple was destroyed in 70 AD, how did Judaism change?

5. How can one obey the OT law if the Temple does not exist?

6. What are the current denominations of Judaism and how do they differ from one another?

7. What are the writings outside the OT that Jewish believers think are authoritative? Talmud?

8. Where did these writings come from and why do Jews believe they are authoritative?

9. How do traditional Jews view the Law, as a burden or a blessing?

10. What are the main Jewish views of the Messiah?

11. What do the majority of Jews think regarding the afterlife? Why?

12. What do Jewish scholars think about the evidence for the Resurrection? Alternative theory? Why would the Jewish writers of the NT invent it?

13. What are the three biggest theological obstacles to a Jewish person accepting Jesus?

14. How do you overcome them?

15. If Jesus is the Messiah, why didn’t he bring in world peace?

16. What are some questions you can ask a Jewish person to get them to begin to consider Jesus as the Messiah?

Here is our list of questions (we might not get to them all, but we will try to give people an overview of what Jews believe today and how we can best reach them for Jesus).

1. What were the major sects of Judaism in the first century?

a. Pharisees

b. Sadducees

c. Essenes

d. Zealots

e. Others

2. Where did they come from and how did they differ in what they believed?

3. When did synagogues begin, and why did they exist during the Temple period?

4. Once the Temple was destroyed in 70 AD, how did Judaism change?

5. How can one obey the OT law if the Temple does not exist?

6. What are the current denominations of Judaism and how do they differ from one another?

7. What are the writings outside the OT that Jewish believers think are authoritative? Talmud?

8. Where did these writings come from and why do Jews believe they are authoritative?

9. How do traditional Jews view the Law, as a burden or a blessing?

10. What are the main Jewish views of the Messiah?

11. What do the majority of Jews think regarding the afterlife? Why?

12. What do Jewish scholars think about the evidence for the Resurrection? Alternative theory? Why would the Jewish writers of the NT invent it?

13. What are the three biggest theological obstacles to a Jewish person accepting Jesus?

14. How do you overcome them?

15. If Jesus is the Messiah, why didn’t he bring in world peace?

16. What are some questions you can ask a Jewish person to get them to begin to consider Jesus as the Messiah?

How would you answer these questions?

• How do you know what is important in the Bible?

• How can I find out if someone is a Christian without sounding confrontational?

• How can I deal with coworkers who mock Christianity?

• Does design lose its meaning if you’re saying everything is designed?

• What do you say to people who claim God is a bad designer?

• Should Christians boycott certain businesses?

These are questions sent in by listeners that Frank answers on this show.

While Frank can’t get to all of them if you have a question you can submit it to [email protected]. Also, check out these resources: the CrossExamined YouTube channel has answers to hundreds of questions, and several others are answered on the CrossExamined app and CrossExamined website.

How would you answer these questions?

• How do you know what is important in the Bible?

• How can I find out if someone is a Christian without sounding confrontational?

• How can I deal with coworkers who mock Christianity?

• Does design lose its meaning if you’re saying everything is designed?

• What do you say to people who claim God is a bad designer?

• Should Christians boycott certain businesses?

These are questions sent in by listeners that Frank answers on this show.

While Frank can’t get to all of them if you have a question you can submit it to [email protected]. Also, check out these resources: the CrossExamined YouTube channel has answers to hundreds of questions, and several others are answered on the CrossExamined app and CrossExamined website.

Sometimes you’ll hear Muslim apologists and other skeptics of Christianity ask, “Where does Jesus say, ‘I am God, worship me’”? You won’t find Jesus using those words anywhere in the New Testament documents. Instead, we read Jesus kept calling Himself “The Son of Man.” On the face of it, that sounds more human than divine. Is that right? Did Jesus really claim to be God in words and actions other than “I am God, worship me"? And if He did claim to be God, why wasn’t He more overt about it? Why not just come out and say it plainly?

Frank invites Crossexamined.org board member, and budding apologist, Ryan Crews to the show to answer those questions and more. Join them for a fascinating discussion about the self-identity of Jesus, and how to answer objections to the divinity of Jesus.