December, 2010 - Stone The Preacher

It’s Christmas Week!

Dec 20, 2010Steve SanchezSeasons

From now till Friday I will be posting all things Christmasy. Some will make you smile, others not. Some you may ask why, others might make you cry. One thing to remember though: It ain’t about Santa or Solstice; it’s about the Savior!

The Digital Story of the Nativity

Dec 20, 2010Steve Sanchez4 CommentsSeasons, Special Days

You just have to check out this very creative retelling of the Greatest Story Ever Told. (And it’s under three minutes to boot!)

Thanking God/Blaming God/Removing God, Etc.

Dec 16, 2010Steve Sanchez8 CommentsNews

There are many reactions to God. Obviously, when I evangelize to unbelievers, the reactions can be very negative; but check these out: A football player scores a touchdown and thanks God with an end zone gesture. “I do that to give glory to my Heavenly Father, Jesus. He gives me the strength. He’s the one

Destinations: Redondo Beach Pier

Dec 15, 2010Steve SanchezAA- EVANGELISM SCHEDULE

After five Christmas parades in three weeks, we will be slowing down a little to take a leisurely evangelistic stroll on the Redondo Beach Pier. Meet at Hope Chapel at noon to carpool.

Atheist Tuesday: Is the Bible Reliable?

Dec 14, 2010Steve Sanchez20 CommentsAtheist Tuesday

“The Bible has been changed and translated so many times over the last 2,000 years it’s impossible to know what it originally said. Everyone knows that.”

How can we know that the Bible and what Jesus said in the New Testament is true? Is it one gigantic leap of faith? Atheists and other unbelievers will say so. Greg Koukl answers these questions in his article below, while this video gives a great overview of why Christians believe the Bible to be true.

“Misquoting” Jesus? Answering Bart Ehrman!”
By Greg Koukl

In “Misquoting Jesus”, the New York Times bestseller subtitled “The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why,” author Bart Ehrman fires a shot meant to sink the ship of any Christian who thinks the New Testament documents can be trusted. Here it is:

What good is it to say that the autographs (i.e., the originals) were inspired? We don’t have the originals! We have only error-ridden copies, and the vast majority of these are centuries removed from the originals and different from them, evidently, in thousands of ways….There are more variations among our manuscripts than there are words in the New Testament.

Ehrman is right on the facts, as far as they go.