Challenge: Why Don’t Christians Follow the Law?

Today’s challenge comes from a list of “Ten Questions to Ask Your Pastor, Reverend, Minister, or Priest”:

Matthew 5:17-18 says quite clearly that Jesus demands Christians follow Old Testament law completely, to the smallest possible point. Why don’t they?

Can you respond to this theological challenge? Here’s a hint: The first step with any challenge like this one is to read the passage carefully in context. Take a shot, and we’ll hear Brett’s response on Thursday.

Did Jesus Claim Deity?

While I work on directing, filming, editing, and producing today’s challenge response video, you can enjoy this debate between James White and Shabir Ally on the deity of Christ:

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Challenge Response: Are Works Required?

Keith Walker of Evidence Ministries answers this week’s challenge:

Is Jesus a Copy of Pagan Gods?

For more information on the subject of whether or not the story of Jesus is a copy of pagan myths, William Lane Craig recommends Mark Foreman’s essay in Come Let Us Reason as part of his response in this video.

Challenge Response: No Reliable Non-Christian Sources for Jesus

For this week’s challenge, special guest Michael Licona answers the skeptic…

Challenge: No Reliable Non-Christian Sources for Jesus

Brett is bringing in a special guest to respond to this week’s challenge on Thursday. Here’s the challenge:

How do we know Jesus even existed? The only people who wrote about Him were Christians who probably made Him up. We don’t have any reliable non-Christian sources for Jesus.

Brett’s guest will answer the question of whether or not any non-Christian writers talked about Jesus. But I’m also interested in hearing how you would respond to the skeptic’s dismissal of the Gospels as legitimate sources of evidence for the existence of Jesus. Go for it!

Is Jesus a Copycat of the Mithras Myth?

Lee Strobel answers:

The Difference the Resurrection Makes

From one of my favorite professors:

A Difference Between Islam and Christianity

This spoken word video from Alpha and Omega Ministries explains a major difference between the teaching of the Qur’an and the central event of the Bible.

Challenge Response: God’s Checklist

As I mentioned on Tuesday, Brett and Alan are out of town, so for the response today I’ve collected the challenge responses from the past that touch on objections brought up in the video challenge (posted again below for easy reference)…and then added a couple other videos and some articles from STR Place for good measure. Enjoy!

Challenge videos:

Then Why Is There Evil? (challenge, response)
Biblical Law Is Immoral (challenge, response)
God Is Sexist (challenge, response)
Bad Design = No Design (challenge, response)
100% Man or 100% God? (challenge, response)
Why Blood Sacrifice? (challenge, response)
The Crucifixion Is Immoral (challenge, response)
We Can’t Know Jesus Rose from the Dead (challenge, response)
Faith is gullibility (challenge, response)
The Bible Has Been Changed (challenge, response)
God Should Make Himself More Obvious (challenge, response)

Other videos:

What is the Trinity?
Were the Gospels Based on Eyewitness Accounts?

Articles:

Did God Condone Slavery?
Jesus Is the Only Cure for Our Disease
Dead or Alive?
What We Have Is What Was Written
Should God Appear to Atheists?
Why Would God Want Us to Praise Him?
More thoughts on “Then Why Is There Evil?”
More thoughts on “God Is Sexist”
Links to more on the relationship between Christians and the Old Testament Law