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Come to Me, all who are weary.
28“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28 (WEB) · context
Buddhism
Why other paths fall short1 / 2
28“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28 (WEB) · context
Buddhism
Why other paths fall short2 / 2
8for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9not of works, that no one would boast.
Ephesians 2:8-9 (WEB) · context
Buddhism
Why other paths fall short1 / 2
25who exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
Romans 1:25 (WEB) · context
New Age and pantheism
Why other paths fall short2 / 2
24The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands. 25He isn’t served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath and all things. 26He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons and the boundaries of their dwellings, 27that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. 28‘For in him we live, move, and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’
Acts 17:24-28 (WEB) · context
New Age and pantheism
Give an answer1 / 2
15But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear,
1 Peter 3:15 (WEB) · context
Always be ready
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3Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
Jude 1:3 (WEB) · context
Always be ready
Give an answer1 / 3
15But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear, 16having a good conscience. Thus, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ.
1 Peter 3:15-16 (WEB) · context
With gentleness and respect
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6Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
Colossians 4:6 (WEB) · context
With gentleness and respect
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24The Lord’s servant must not quarrel, but be gentle toward all, able to teach, patient, 25in gentleness correcting those who oppose him. Perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth,
2 Timothy 2:24-25 (WEB) · context
With gentleness and respect
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15He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
Matthew 16:15 (WEB) · context
Ask good questions
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29Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. 30The baptism of John—was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me.”
Mark 11:29-30 (WEB) · context
Ask good questions
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3For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
1 Corinthians 15:3-4 (WEB) · context
Know the message itself
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16For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, because it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.
Romans 1:16 (WEB) · context
Know the message itself
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15Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.
2 Timothy 2:15 (WEB) · context
Study to show yourself approved
Give an answer2 / 2
11Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
Acts 17:11 (WEB) · context
Study to show yourself approved
Reason 11 / 4
1Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, 2during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.
Luke 3:1-2 (WEB) · context
Jesus is a figure of history, not legend
Reason 12 / 4
Tacitus, Annals 15.44, written about AD 116.
Jesus is a figure of history, not legend
Reason 13 / 4
Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 20.200, about AD 93.
Jesus is a figure of history, not legend
Reason 14 / 4
26For the king knows of these things, to whom also I speak freely. For I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him, for this has not been done in a corner.
Acts 26:26 (WEB) · context
Jesus is a figure of history, not legend
Reason 21 / 5
6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
John 14:6 (WEB) · context
No other founder claimed what Jesus claimed
Reason 22 / 5
5Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.” 6But there were some of the scribes sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, 7“Why does this man speak blasphemies like that? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
Mark 2:5-7 (WEB) · context
No other founder claimed what Jesus claimed
Reason 23 / 5
58Jesus said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM.”
John 8:58 (WEB) · context
No other founder claimed what Jesus claimed
Reason 24 / 5
61But he stayed quiet, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?” 62Jesus said, “I am. You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky.”
Mark 14:61-62 (WEB) · context
No other founder claimed what Jesus claimed
Reason 25 / 5
12There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”
Acts 4:12 (WEB) · context
No other founder claimed what Jesus claimed
Reason 31 / 4
3For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
1 Corinthians 15:3-4 (WEB) · context
He died, and His followers said so from the start
Reason 32 / 4
5and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, most of whom remain until now, but some have also fallen asleep.
1 Corinthians 15:5-6 (WEB) · context
He died, and His followers said so from the start
Reason 33 / 4
18Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Peter, and stayed with him fifteen days. 19But of the other apostles I saw no one except James, the Lord’s brother.
Galatians 1:18-19 (WEB) · context
He died, and His followers said so from the start
Reason 34 / 4
35He who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, that you may believe.
John 19:35 (WEB) · context
He died, and His followers said so from the start
Reason 41 / 4
1When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, that they might come and anoint him. 2Very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.
Mark 16:1-2 (WEB) · context
The tomb was empty: evidence for the resurrection
Reason 42 / 4
4for it was very big. Looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back. 5Entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were amazed. 6He said to them, “Don’t be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him!
Mark 16:4-6 (WEB) · context
The tomb was empty: evidence for the resurrection
Reason 43 / 4
12When they were assembled with the elders and had taken counsel, they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers, 13saying, “Say that his disciples came by night and stole him away while we slept.
Matthew 28:12-13 (WEB) · context
The tomb was empty: evidence for the resurrection
Reason 44 / 4
Josephus records that the testimony of women was not accepted in Jewish courts (Antiquities 4.219). A made-up story would have chosen men.
The tomb was empty: evidence for the resurrection
Reason 51 / 4
6Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, most of whom remain until now, but some have also fallen asleep.
1 Corinthians 15:6 (WEB) · context
They saw Him risen, and it changed everything
Reason 52 / 4
19But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves, 20for we can’t help telling the things which we saw and heard.”
Acts 4:19-20 (WEB) · context
They saw Him risen, and it changed everything
Reason 53 / 4
40They agreed with him. Summoning the apostles, they beat them and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. 41They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus’ name. 42Every day, in the temple and at home, they never stopped teaching and preaching Jesus, the Christ.
Acts 5:40-42 (WEB) · context
They saw Him risen, and it changed everything
Reason 54 / 4
27Then he said to Thomas, “Reach here your finger, and see my hands. Reach here your hand, and put it into my side. Don’t be unbelieving, but believing.” 28Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”
John 20:27-28 (WEB) · context
They saw Him risen, and it changed everything