THE APOLOGETICS NEWSLETTER | AUGUST 2017
From Rob Phillips of the Missouri Baptist Convention
UPCOMING EVENTS:

August 13-14
Apologetics Conference
First Baptist Church
Urbana, Mo.

August 20
First Baptist Church
Gainesville, Mo.

September 10
The Call to Christian Apologetics
Annual Meeting,
Thousand Hills Baptist Association
First Baptist Church
Kirksville, Mo.

Sept. 20 - Nov. 1
(Wed. evenings)
A Study of Jude
Concord Baptist Church
Jefferson City, Mo.

September 24
A Study of Jude
First Baptist Church, St. Charles, Mo.

October 6-8
Apologetics Conference
First Baptist Church, Gainesville, Mo.

October 17-19
Life, Death, and the Afterlife
(Venue tbd)
Lewistown, Mo.


What Every Christian Should Know About Islam



SCHEDULE AN EVENT WITH ROB PHILLIPS, MBC APOLOGETICS SPECIALIST:
Call 573.636.0400 
ext. 304

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Can apostates be Christians?
Of all the terms Jude uses in his epistle to describe false teachers -- dangerous reefs, waterless clouds, and wild waves of the sea, to name a few -- he stops short of calling them apostates. But that's what they are. So, are apostates backslidden Christians? Shameless pretenders? Or people who once knew Christ but now have willfully rejected Him, thus losing their salvation?
 

I am the Alpha and the Omega
In Rev. 22:13, Jesus identifies Himself with three names that confirm His eternality and deity: "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End." Unlike the mighty angel in Rev. 22:9, who urges John not to bow before him, Jesus truly is worthy of worship.


"Think as a debater" apologetics workshop
First Baptist Church of Buffalo, Mo., is hosting a workshop Oct. 13-14 to help Christians learn to interact more effectively with people of other faiths, or no faith at all. Led by nationally acclaimed debaters, the workshop features classroom and application modules.


The prophecy of Enoch
Near the end of Jude's epistle, he quotes a prophecy from Enoch, which appears nowhere else in Scripture. Because of this, some critics dispute the inspiration of Jude. However, there is good reason to accept this prophecy as the very words of God.
Outside are the dogs
In Rev. 22:14-15, Jesus speaks directly to readers with a blessing and a curse: "Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by the gates. Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral ..." What does this mean?


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