How Deep is Your Foundation?

Whether you know it or not the Christian faith is under attack in America, and in particular at the collegiate level. Their arguments are the same as always, but with different flavors and twists. These new arguments seem to be making an impact on the generation now in college.

One reason is because as a church we have failed to develop our young adult’s foundation in the faith (1 Peter 3:15). We have failed at teaching them the very basic truths of Scripture, and how to know that their faith is not based on just blind faith, but on evidence (Heb. 11:1). Actually, many adults do not have the tools to defend their faith or answer questions brought up by someone who gives them a decent rationale or argument against Christianity.

What would you say to someone who says that the Koran repeatedly calls itself the perfect word of God and the creator of the universe, so Christianity is just the same as the Islam in its’ claims. Meaning that both make absolute claims and claim absolute truth, but both cannot be right, which leads us to believe that both are most likely wrong on some of their points? Christianity must be misleading then in its claims.

How would you answer?

The Koran claims that Jesus was just a prophet and not divine (Koran 5:71-75; 19:30-38). Points like these are brought up in a popular book by Sam Harris called, Letter to a Christian Nation. This is only one of the many accusations he makes against the Christian faith.

Sam asks, “Why don’t you lose any sleep over whether to convert to Islam? Can you prove that Allah is not the one, true God?” (6).

I will answer these questions and many more that Sam Harris brings against the Christian faith that believers in today’s world should be able to handle if we are to witness to this generation. This is one way we become all things to all people, in that we understand where they are at and are able to answer their objections regarding Christianity (1 Cor. 9:22).

If you can articulate some answers to the questions posed above then please do so, as we can all learn together.