Nat Crawford - Executive Coach, Speaker, Leader

Apologetics is a known word, but few people know what it is. Is it an apology? Is it the best methods for apologies? What is apologetics? Simply put: apologetics is a defense. It's a defense of something. It's a legal term and we  get the term from 1 Peter 3:15, which says, "B ut sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always  being  ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the  hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence.” Peter says always be ready to make a defense…the Greek is apologia . An apologetic for the hope that is in you. We as Christians need to be ready to give a defense…a reason for our faith. I am a trained apologist. But I believe we are all called to be apologists. But we’re not the only apologists. Most world religions have apologists. They are to give reasons for their truth claims. But no other religious worldview requires it. Why does Christianity require a defense...

This week marks the 75 th anniversary of the liberation of the Jews from the concentration camp of Auschwitz. One of the motto's you heard from liberated prisoners was the expression, “Never forget.” Unfortunately, some are taught the holocaust never happened. Some, if not many, are not even taught of its tragic history. (Stutthof Gas Chamber) Just what happened at Auschwitz? Lucia Suarez Sang says it concisely: “ Auschwitz-Birkenau was the most notorious in a system of death and concentration camps operated by Nazi Germany across occupied Europe. It is estimated that some 1.3 million people were deported to the camp between 1940 and 1945.Of these, at least 1.1 million are believed to have been murdered by the gas chambers and crematoria before the Soviet Army liberated the camp 75 years ago.” [1] My wife and I visited Stutthof Concentration Camp in Sztutowo , Poland. 63,000 total people were murdered there, including 28,000 Jews. A sobering testament to the wickedness...

In the previous blog , we finished answering the question: Does morality point to God? The answer was "yes." However, even with the moral argument being sound,  t here are two common objections when it comes to an objective moral law.  Here they are: The first objection is morals are simply relative to the individual. Some people call this ethical subjectivism. We typically refer to it as moral relativism. You could say it’s the belief that whatever a person thinks, feels, desires is right. Rightness is relative to the individual. It’s subjective. But if this were true, no one could ever be wrong about his or her moral views. So no one could claim that Adolph Hitler’s racism and his murdering of 6 million people was wrong. It was just simply his preference and no one should put up a fuss about it. It’s all relative. The Parkland shootings wouldn’t be wrong, because it was the shooter’s preference. He felt it was right to attack and kill those kids and teacher...

In the last blog , we looked briefly at the moral law for God's existence. If you didn't read it, check it out.   Now, I’d like to propose 3 reasons why we know the moral law actually exists. Reason #1: We react like we have one. Think about it. There is something inside of us that tells us when certain things are good or bad. If you turn on the news and you see that a 2 year old boy was found locked up in a cage covered in cuts and bruises and malnourished, immediately you’d react with sadness, anger, and desire for justice. You didn’t force that reaction. It naturally occurs. If you hear about a young woman who was walking home from work and she was raped and beaten, you naturally get a knot in your stomach and hope the rapist was caught and justice was served. You hear about a mass shooting and you say to yourself “That is horrible. Innocent lives taken in cold blood. That’s wrong! This reaction happens naturally. Here’s the reality, it doesn’t matte...