tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991675850477062423.post8452663334830558152..comments2023-04-01T00:52:01.155-04:00Comments on The Missionary Journey: The Resurrection and MissionsJohn Fraserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09424408692496830322noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991675850477062423.post-1931705263054745302008-10-09T16:47:00.000-04:002008-10-09T16:47:00.000-04:00Hey Liam!Thanks for the comment. I've been spendin...Hey Liam!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comment. I've been spending a lot of time lately continuing to develop my thinking in apologetics. That will continue to be my emphasis wherever we end up in the future. I'd be interested to hear what your friend's story is. In my experience there's always some sort of life crisis that leads Christians astray as opposed to purely intellectual considerations. Sometimes it takes the form of a personal tragedy, struggle, or difficulty where the believer has trouble trusting in God through it. That often opens the door to doubt about the essentials of the faith and finally to unbelief. It's discouraging to watch it happen to someone you know, that's for sure, especially when there are so many good reasons to believe.<BR/><BR/>Understanding Second Temple Judaism I think is definitely crucial in understanding the context of the birth of Christianity. It helps us to understand just what a radical and sudden explosion the Christian movement was on the scene. The skeptical view of it being a slow and gradual process of accumulating myth just doesn't fit the evidence at all.John Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09424408692496830322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991675850477062423.post-74336180299458598872008-10-08T10:12:00.000-04:002008-10-08T10:12:00.000-04:00John, great blog! I find it really refreshing, as...John, great blog! I find it really refreshing, as one of my closest friends, who has struggled on the basics of the faith for a long time, has out of the ministry and out of the Free Methodist Church and seems to have abandoned many of the basics of the faith. I just have grown weary trying to help him hold on to what he refuses to hold on to. Good to see an old friend who is still in the harness, fighting the good fight, someone who still believes, knows why he believes and can explain it with academic acumen!<BR/><BR/>Interesting, your interest in Second Temple Judaism. I just finished working through a David Flosser book in Sunday School. I learned a lot!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02794642977810352258noreply@blogger.com