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Intro to Apologetics Series: Objections to the Resurrection

               I have been feeling recently that I needed to get back to basics for apologetics, as my original intent of this blog was to communicate what I have learned as I studied apologetics. I don’t discount my more recent work, but I may have been getting into a rut of writing opinion pieces about current events and politics. I may still contribute a post or two in 2019, but my main goal for the next few months is to write a series that looks at the topics that I think should be “basic training” for up and coming apologists. The first question that I want to look at are objections to the resurrection of Jesus, since that is the cornerstone of our faith (1 Corinthians 15:14).               What I mean by objections to the resurrection, are people who look at the scriptures and think that there are glaring wholes in the gospels that exclude the idea of the resurrection. This will be close to something that you may have seen from the likes of J. Warner Wallace or Lee Strobel.

Does Romans 13:1-7 negate the conservative position? Does wanting less government go against God?

               In one of my previous posts, I had talked about the Old Testament indirectly showing that we as Americans should work to maintain as small a government as possible, as wanting a more worldly government was part of the Israelites’ downfall into the cycle of trouble and redemption with God. When I posted this, some acquaintances on social media mentioned Romans 13:1-7 and posed a question to me, as in the title of this post. Does the governing authority bear the mark of God as he has established the governing authorities? I think the answer depends on a case by case scenario, as I plan to demonstrate.               I do agree with the inerrancy of scripture, and Romans 13:1-7 does ordain us to submit to the governing authorities, I don’t agree with some interpretations that say that we should let the governing powers not be held in check by the people, or to let them discourage free worship of God. It’s not just that I am an American, we have many examples of the faith