Understanding Christianity

We’ve seen the 5 major truths that are under attack today. Truth One: God is the sovereign Creator and Ruler of everything. Attack: The autonomous self is the ruler of all things and self-expression is the highest value. Truth Two: The Bible is God’s inerrant, authoritative, and sufficient Word. Attack: The Bible is not inerrant and we cannot be certain about what it says. It brings up more questions that answers. The real issue comes in the questioning, but we can never be so dogmatic that we can be certain of absolute truth. Truth Three: Jesus is the ONLY way of salvation. Attack: Jesus is a good and helpful model for how to live, but we cannot be so narrow-minded to say that salvation comes exclusively through Jesus alone. Truth Four: A holy God must punish sin and rebellion through the substitutionary atonement of His Son. Attack: The chief attribute of God is love and we must not discuss His wrath, justice, a bloody cross, or the reality of hell as these are offensive to modern sensibilities.