What is faith if you cannot defend it?

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Dean Roberts Posted in Apologetics | 6 Comments

Today, I’ve been thinking about faith. And today I’ve decided to write a post on faith, and hopefully you will tell me what you think about it. You see, when people think of faith, they attach certain opinions to it, such as…

It’s biased
It’s ‘blind faith’
It has no rationality to it
It doesn’t carry any weight
It’s a mechanism for coping

And the list goes on. Well, today, I’ve been thinking specifically about Christian faith (I hope you don’t mind if I talk about Christian faith, because this blog is primarily Christian; though input from other philosophies and religions will be most welcome). And the result of my thinking was this Twitter Status (and the title of this post):

What is faith if you cannot defend it?

— Dean Aaron Roberts (@DeanRobertsNet) April 28, 2012

It’s occurred to me that faith isn’t very valuable if we cannot defend it. What do I mean by this? Read more

God chooses to be powerless? What?!

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Dean Roberts Posted in Apologetics, God, Jesus, Theology | 3 Comments

I’ve been doing a lot of work recently that involves talking about the nature of God. When talking about the nature of God, you often find yourself trying to explain things that contradict God’s nature, especially the fact that we live in a world of suffering, evil and pain. Before we go any further, I just want to point out that this post isn’t going to be as morbid as I’ve started it out to be! Read more

Questions without Answers

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Dean Roberts Posted in Apologetics, Theology | 1 Comment

When I was a younger Christian, I was told and educated in church and by other Christians around me at the time that we are, as the people of God, meant to have an answer to everything, or at least, most things.

Things that we didn’t Read more

What’s in between heaven and hell, if anything?

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Dean Roberts Posted in Apologetics | 7 Comments

The question I want to give an answer to today is quite an interesting one. In fact, whilst this question was asked by someone who would describe themselves as an atheist, many Christians themselves have asked the same question and have come up with very different answers. The question is Read more

Infinite punishment for a finite crime? Theology on Hell.

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Dean Roberts Posted in Apologetics | 24 Comments

Currently, I’m looking at questions that have arisen from a previous post on asking God questions. Again, I ask you to join in the conversation and debate. I may be wrong, and you may possess gems of knowledge that I don’t have (and that is entirely probable). So, on to the question…

God and Justice in relation to eternity

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Dean Roberts Posted in Apologetics | 3 Comments

A while back, I asked the question “If you could ask God one question, what would it be?”. You can read the post here. The reality was that people who answered that question in the comments box had many questions to ask God. And some users wanted to know my answers to some of those questions. So, I hope to answer some Read more

Objections to Jesus: I don’t need God!

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Dean Roberts Posted in Apologetics | 43 Comments

“Religion is just a crutch for weak people”, “I have no need for Jesus” “I’m alright as I am”, “I don’t see why I have to be religious” “I’m trying my best” “I’m a good person” : All of these statements are summed up in one major objection to Jesus, “I don’t need God”