Trinity Journal of Apologetics and Theology

Is God Vain? (by Gregory Koukl)

Have you ever been asked "Isn’t it arrogant of God to demand that we praise Him?" Find out what Greg has to say about God’s worthiness, and our own vanity.

I was confronted about a week and a half ago at a conference up at Mount Herman in Northern California with a very interesting question. It’s a question you might be confronted with as well. The question was simply, Isn’t God vain in wanting us to praise Him? And if vanity is bad for us, then it’s bad for God. This young man didn’t know how to respond. So he asked me about it. I’ll give you my response.

The Strength of God & the Problem of Evil (by Greg Koukl)

I was thinking about this issue of the problem of evil. I’ve read a number of books on it. I’ve done a whole teaching on suffering, evil and the goodness of God. I wrote an article called Sophie’s Dilemma which we’ll have in our journal coming out in July called Clear Thinking . We had Doug Geivett on four weeks ago, who has written a whole book on the problem of evil and we talked about the ins and outs of the issue.

Is it OK for Christians to Cuss? (by Daryl Wingerd)

Why any Christian would fight for the liberty to use foul language is beyond me, but there is a growing debate as to whether cussing is appropriate for the believer. Let’s start with two basic facts:

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Miracles or Myths
(by Gregory Koukl)

Does it really matter whether the biblical miracles actually happened? If you say it doesn’t, you lose something very important.

Can we still believe in miracles? That’s the question asked in an article in Time magazine, from April 10, 1995. I was very happy when I read this article because it finally gives a balanced treatment. They interviewed people from a number of different perspectives that not only gave their point of view, particularly the conservative point of view, but gave their reasons.

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What Does the Bible Teach about Anger?
(By William J. Peters, Ph.D. (c), M.A.C.E., B.A.)

Anger, along with hostility, has been called “the chief saboteur of the mind,” “a significant factor in the formation of many serious diseases,” and “the leading casue of misery, depression, inefficiency, sickness, accidents, loss of work time and financial loss in industry…No matter what the problem…elimination of hostility is a key factor in its solution” (Layden, 1977).

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The New Testament
Canon Fire
On the Formation of the NT Canon – by J. P. Holding

One man saw another sitting at the table with a Bible, pen in hand. He was using the pen to make a series of horizontal lines in the Bible’s text.

“Underlining your favorite verses?” the first man asked cheerfully.

“Nope,” the man with the pen replied. “I’m crossing out the parts that don’t apply to me!”

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Augustine on Evil (by Gregory Koukl)

Is God the author of evil or its helpless victim? St. Augustine’s answer has been the most intellectually credible and emotionally satisfying solution to this vexing problem.

Book Review By Dr. Johnson C. Philip
Why Good Arguments Often Fail, James W. Sire, Illinois: Inter Varsity Press, 2006, 206pp

Most readers of Trinity Journal are interested in evangelism, and I am confident that a good number of them try to share the gospel with others. What discourages many is the way people respond these days. Even if a Christian brings together the best possible reasons and explanations, the other sides seems to reject it all with a handwave. Worse is the situation when there is also a discussion of proof and evidence.

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A Word of Warning: Resist the Lure of Pornography By Gerald W. Tritle
Pornography – the written and/or graphically portrayed uncovering of nakedness, especially in acts of fornication – grips the hearts and lives of many Christian men and, according to recent surveys, twenty percent of ministers. It tempts potential patrons from its store shelves and by mail, and it champions over three million websites, enticing over twenty percent of online viewers.

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Is Feminism a Hate Movement By Michael Wagner
A common epithet hurled at politically-active, Bible-believing Christians these days is “hate.” Anyone who is opposed to the currently fashionable Left-wing causes (sexual immorality, abortion, etc.) must be filled with “hate,” we are repeatedly told. This is particularly true in the case of opposition to the homosexual rights movement. Both Canada and the United States have experienced attempts to implement anti-hate laws motivated, at least in part, by a desire to squelch opposition to homosexuality.

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