Apologetics and Theology Blog Jesus Addressed as God by His Followers Stephen Bedard, August 16, 2015June 5, 2020 Is Jesus God? One piece of evidence is what his followers said about Jesus. Canadian apologist Tim Barnett of Stand to Reason speaks on this topic in this short video. Continue Reading
Sermons Faith Test: Incarnation Stephen Bedard, July 12, 2015June 1, 2020 1 John 2:18-27, 4:1-3 Introduction We are going to be looking today at the doctrine of the incarnation, that is that God the Son became human in such a way that he was fully God and fully human. Are you bored yet? Who wants to hear about theology? This is… Continue Reading
Apologetics and Theology Blog 7 Things You Need to Know About Jesus Stephen Bedard, September 22, 2014July 7, 2019 The point at which a movement usually moves from orthodoxy to heresy is its understanding of Jesus. If we get Jesus wrong, we get everything wrong. 1. Jesus is not a created being. The Arian heresy (similar to the Jehovah’s Witnesses) almost took over the Church. The reason the Nicene… Continue Reading
Apologetics and Theology Blog Faith So Real You Can Touch It Stephen Bedard, January 31, 2014August 27, 2019 I have decided to start a series on 1 John which happens to be one of my favourite books in the Bible. There is so much in this book that is helpful, both for understanding theology and for living the Christian life. “That which was from the beginning, which we… Continue Reading
Apologetics and Theology Blog Taking the Incarnation Seriously Stephen Bedard, December 25, 2013December 25, 2019 As I write this, it is Christmas day. While Dec. 25 is unlikely the day of Jesus’ birth, it is a good day to reflect on the incarnation. I find that the Church has some dangerous Docetic tendencies. Docetism was an early church heresy that taught that Jesus only seemed… Continue Reading
Apologetics and Theology Blog The Trilemma Dilemma Stephen Bedard, July 14, 2012November 29, 2019 “I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept his claim to be God. That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was… Continue Reading
Apologetics and Theology Blog Jesus and Forgiveness of Sin Stephen Bedard, January 15, 2012July 13, 2020 “And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them. And they came, bringing to him a paralytic… Continue Reading
Apologetics and Theology Blog Is Jesus God? Stephen Bedard, December 1, 2010April 30, 2019 This is a controversial question. But here is something to keep in mind. Here are a couple of verses from Revelation. The verses are from the same book and so we cannot be accused of patching together two passages in a forced way. ““I am the Alpha and the Omega,”… Continue Reading
Apologetics and Theology Blog Why the Trinity Makes Sense Stephen Bedard, April 21, 2008February 26, 2021 Groups such as the Jehovah’s Witnesses sometimes point out that the Trinity is never mentioned in the Bible and yet traditional Christianity uses the Trinity as one of its major tests of orthodoxy. Could the Trinity be so important if it is never mentioned in the Bible? Does it even… Continue Reading
Apologetics and Theology Blog Divinity By Decree: Part Two Stephen Bedard, April 10, 2008December 19, 2020 Did Jesus receive his divinity by a vote at the Council of Nicaea? In part one of this discussion, we looked at Jewish monotheism and saw that there was some flexibility within that monotheism that could conceive of a divine figure beside the Heavenly Father. But just because there was… Continue Reading
Apologetics and Theology Blog Jesus Now and Then Stephen Bedard, March 9, 2008January 25, 2021 I just finished reading a book called Jesus Now and Then by Richard Burridge and Graham Gould. The book is divided into two section written by each author: one on the New Testament and the other on church history. Both sections of the book focus on what Christians were saying… Continue Reading
Apologetics and Theology Blog Divinity By Decree: Part One Stephen Bedard, February 5, 2008December 18, 2020 One of the things that I have encountered from time to time is the claim that Jesus received his divinity by vote at the Council of Nicaea (325 AD). For many Christians it seems preposterous that anyone could become a god by a decree. On this, the critics are not… Continue Reading