2009-10-02T14:11:28-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/defense/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Peter%203:15&version=NIV 2009-10-02T14:11:28-05:00 Are you always ready to explain and defend your personal faith if challenged? This passage instructs Christians to always be prepared to answer questions or challenges to their faith. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/the-eye-opener-5795 2009-09-10T11:30:14-05:00 It's time to start blowing a lid off your relationship with Jesus by telling people about that relationship; about explaining it to others! Because when you show someone else this Jesus that you know, He'll mean more to you than He's ever meant before! http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/looking-at-something-better-5794 2009-09-10T11:13:20-05:00 We need to show our children that what we're against is because of what we're for: things like living without guilt before them, relationships without regrets, the specialness of sex, the value of life, a good reputation, protecting the worth that God gave you. We can't just be against the monsters and predators - the sharks and gorillas - that are around our children. We've got to redirect their attention to all of God's good stuff! http://answersingenesis.org/articles/nab/origin-of-attack-defense-structures 2008-01-12T21:59:10-05:00 Many people question the goodness of God when they see “nature, red in tooth and claw,” and therefore, they accuse those who believe in the Bible of not seeing reality in nature’s fight for survival, which in the view of the secular scientists substantiates evolution.