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[*] In fact, the Pew Research Center reports that the share of adults in the United States who label themselves Christian has declined since 2007 from 78.4% to 70.6%. This represents a decline of about 5 million adults and affects nearly all major Christian traditions and denominations. At the same time, the amount of those “unaffiliated” with any religion has increased nearly 7% since 2007 to number a total of 56 million people. This figure represents roughly 23% of adults. In other words, in 2015 in America, roughly 1 out of every 4 adults is either an atheist, agnostic, or “nothing in particular.”

[1] “Proslogion,” St. Anselm Institute, last modified May 6, 2015, accessed June 24, 2015, www.stanselminstitute.org/files/AnselmProslogion.pdf

[2] Mark 14:61-64; John 10:30-33, 36-39

[3] Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship (New York: Touchstone, 1959), 59.

[4] I Corinthians 1:21

[5] Romans 1:18-21

[6] Psalm 145:3

[7] Psalm 147:5

[8] Psalm 139:6

[9] I John 4:8; John 3:16, 17:24

[10] I John 1:5

[11] John 4:24

[12] Romans 3:26

[13] Jeremiah 23:24; Psalm 139:7-10

[14] Matthew 19:26; Luke 1:37; Psalm 24:8, 115:3

[15] I John 3:20; Jeremiah 1:5

[16] Psalm 90:2

[17] Romans 16:27

[18] Revelation 1:8

[19] Psalm 145:9

[20] Leviticus 19:2; Isaiah 6:3

[21] Psalm 18:30

[22] John 1:3; Revelation 4:11; I Corinthians 8:6

[23] Psalm 145:17

[24] Revelation 4:8

[25] Exodus 33:20; John 1:18, 6:46; I Tim 1:17; I John 4:12

[26] Job 37:16

[27] John 17:3

[28] I Peter 4:19; II Samuel 7:28

[29] Acts 14:17; Romans 12:2; James 1:17; Psalm 107:1

[30] II Thessalonians 3:16; Philippians 4:6; I Corinthians 14:33; Galatians 5:22

[31] Romans 2:4; Nahum 1:3; Jonah 4:2; Numbers 14:18; Colossians 3:12

[32] Genesis 1:1; I John 2:15-17

[33] Romans 3:23-24; I Corinthians 15:10

[34] Exodus 34:14

[35] Exodus 32:9-10; Romans 1:18

[36] Jeremiah 29:11; I Thessalonians 5:16-18; Psalm 40:8; Ephesians 1:11; I Peter 3:17

[37] I Timothy 1:11, 6:15

[38] Psalm 27:4

[39] II Samuel 7:28; I Chronicles 29:10-13; Genesis 50:20

[40] Psalm 102:25-27; Malachi 3:6; James 1:17

[41] Isaiah 45:21

[42] Acts 17:24-25; Job 41:11

[43] Hebrews 6:18; Titus 1:2

[44] Psalm 89:34

[45] II Timothy 2:13

[46] James 1:13

[47] Isaiah 62:4-5

[48] Isaiah 43:7

[49] Ephesians 1:11-12

[50] In other words, describing God in human terms.

[51] John 14:17; 1 John 4:6

[52] John 14:26, 15:26, 16:12-15; 1 John 2:20, 26-27

[53] Romans 5:5, 8:9; 14-16; 1 Corinthians 3:16; Ephesians 1:13-14; 1 John 4:13

[54] Titus 1:16; 1 John 1:8, 10, 2:3-6, 9-11, 3:6-11, 4:20-21

[55] Genesis 1:27

[56] Ephesians 1:3-14

[57] John 1:1

[58] John 1:14

[59] Luke 24:51

[60] Romans 6:23; I John 4:10

[61] Galatians 5:22-23

[62] John 3:16

[63] Galatians 4:4; Ephesians 1:9-10

[64] Romans 8:29; 1 Peter 1:2

[65] In Greek parakletos, a term meaning one who pleads a case before a judge, a comforter, advocate, intercessor, or legal assistant.

[66] John 14:26

[67] I Corinthians 12:11

[68] Acts 8:29

[69] Romans 8:26-27

[70] John 3:5-8

[71] Acts 1:8; 1 Corinthians 12:7-11

[72] Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994), 251.

[73] John 8:12

[74] John 8:5

[75] Genesis 2:18

[76] Philippians 2:5-8

[77] Luke 22:42

[78] Matthew 10:39

[79] Norman K. Gottwald, The Hebrew Bible: A Brief Socio-Literary Introduction (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2009), 120.

[80] Norman K. Gottwald, The Hebrew Bible: A Brief Socio-Literary Introduction (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2009), 120.

[81] Walter Brueggemann, The Bible Makes Sense (Cincinnati: St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2003), 10.

[82] Ibid, 20-21.

[83] Psalm 119:140

[84] Psalm 19:7

[85] Psalm 119:160

[86] Proverbs 6:23

[87] Jeremiah 15:16

[88] Psalm 119:150

[89] Deuteronomy 31:9-13, 24-26

[90] Joshua 24:26

[91] Isaiah 30:8

[92] Jeremiah 30:2, 36:2-4

[93] John 14:26

[94] II Timothy 3:16-17, Exodus 20:1-17, I Kings 12:22-24, I Chronicles 17:3-4, Jeremiah 35:13, Ezekiel 2:4-7, Zechariah 7:9-10, II Corinthians 5:20, II Peter 1:20-21

[95] Psalm 116:160, John 17:17, Ephesians 1:13-14, Titus 1:2, James 1:18, Hebrews 6:18

[96] I Corinthians 2:12-13, II Timothy 3:16-17, I Peter 1:10-12

[97] Psalm 19:1

[98] Isaiah 30:19-22, Hebrews 9:14

[99] Daniel 1:17

[100] John 10:35

[101] Joshua 24:26, Isaiah 30:8, Ezekiel 43:11, Daniel 7:1-2

[102] Exodus 17:14, 34:28

[103] Jeremiah 22:1

[104] II Peter 1:20-21

[105] Psalm 18:30, Proverbs 30:5

[106] Isaiah 40:8

[107] Hebrews 4:12

[108] Hebrews 1:1-2

[109] Revelation 22:18-19

[110] Revelation 22:20-21

[111] Deuteronomy 4:2, 12:32; Proverbs 30:5-6

[112] Num. 22:38; Deut. 18:18-20; Ezek. 13:1-16; I Kings 14:18; Zech. 7:7

[113] I Corinthians 2:13-14

[114] Titus 1:2

[115] Psalm 12:6

[116] John 17:17

[117] Hebrews 6:18

[118] Deuteronomy 6:6-7

[119] Psalm 119:130

[120] II Peter 3:15-16

[121] I Corinthians 2:14, Hebrews 5:14

[122] II Timothy 3:15-16

[123] Joshua 1:8, Daniel 9:2, Ezekiel 14:14, 1 Corinthians 14:37, I Thessalonians 2:13, II Peter 3:15-16, Revelation 1:3

[124] Matthew 23:25; Luke 11:51, 24:44

[125] Psalm 22:16, Luke 23:33

[126] Psalm 16:10, Isaiah 53:10-12, Acts 2:25-32.

[127] Zechariah 11:12-13, Matthew 26:14-15

[128] Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:18-23

[129] Micah 5:2, Luke 2:1-7

[130] Hosea 11:1, Matthew 2:13-15

[131] Malachi 3:1, Luke 2:25-27

[132] Craig A. Parton, Religion on Trial (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2008), 26.

[133] Craig A. Parton, Religion on Trial (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2008), 48.

[134] Ibid, 49.

[135] Ibid, 57.

[136] Ibid, 58.

[137] Eusebius, Historica ecclesiastica, Book II, section 25.

[138] Romans 5:12

[139] Hebrews 9:22

[140] Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994), 68.

[141] Norman K. Gottwald, The Hebrew Bible: A Brief Socio-Literary Introduction (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2009) 57.

[142] Deuteronomy 10:5

[143] Exodus 32:16

[144] Exodus 17:14, 24:4, 34:27; Numbers 33:2; Deuteronomy 31:22

[145] Deuteronomy 18:18-22

[146] Deuteronomy 13:1-5

[147] Hebrews 2:3-4

[148] Hebrews 4:12

[149] Daniel 9:2

[150] Roger Nicole, “New Testament Use of the Old Testament,” in Revelation and the Bible, ed. Carl F. H. Henry (London: Tyndale Press, 1959), 137-41.

[151] Norman K. Gottwald, The Hebrew Bible: A Brief Socio-Literary Introduction (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2009) 57.

[152] John 19:35, II Peter 1:16

[153] Colossians 4:16, I Timothy 5:18, I Peter 3:16

[154] II Corinthians 11:1-6, Galatians 1:8

[155] II Timothy 4:11

[156] Luke 1:1-4

[157] 16:10-17, 20:5-15, 21:1-18, 27:1-28

[158] I Peter 5:13

[159] II Samuel 7:28, Hebrews 6:18

[160] Augustine, “Reply to Faustus the Manichaean” in A Select Library of the Nicene and Anti-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1956).

[161] Psalm 12:6, Proverbs 30:5-6

[162] Isaiah 55:9

[163] Deuteronomy 29:29

[164] II Peter 3:15-16

[165] Romans 1:18-19

[166] Romans 1:18-19

[167] I Corinthians 13:9

[168] Romans 1:18

[169] Leviticus 19:28

[170] Mark Driscoll, On the New Testament (Wheaton: Crossway, 2008), 42.

[171] Hebrews 10:11-14

[172] Acts 17:28

[173] I Timothy 4:7

[174] Luke 2:46-52

[175] Psalm 119:105.

[176] Proverbs 22:17-19

[177] Hebrews 4:15

[178] Luke 19:10, John 4.

[179] Deuteronomy 31:24-26

[180] Walter Brueggemann, Genesis: Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching (Louisville: John Knox Press, 2010), 11.

[181] Deuteronomy 33:27; Psalm 90:2; Isaiah 57:15; I Timothy 1:17

[182] Nehemiah 9:6; Psalm 103:21, 148:2-5; Acts 4:24; Revelation 10:6

[183] Isaiah 43:7

[184] Psalm 19:1-2

[185] Jeremiah 10:12, 14-16

[186] Genesis 1:4, 10, 12, 18, 21, 25, 31

[187] Romans 8:28

[188] Ephesians 1:9-10

[189] Acts 17:25, 28; Colossians 1:17; Ephesians 4:6; Hebrews 1:3

[190] Genesis 1:31

[191] John 10:11

[192] Genesis 1:28

[193] Genesis 1:29

[194] Genesis 2:21-22

[195] Genesis 1:28

[196] John 14:16, 15:26, 16:7

[197] Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994), 490.

[198] I John 3:4

[199] I John 5:17

[200] Romans 2:17-29

[201] Romans 2:15

[202] James 4:17

[203] Deuteronomy 32:4

[204] Romans 6:23

[205] Walter Brueggemann, Genesis: Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching (Louisville: John Knox Press, 2010), 46.

[206] Psalm 51:1-5, 58:3; Ephesians 2:3

[207] Jeremiah 17:9; Romans 7:18; Ephesians 4:18; Titus 1:15

[208] Isaiah 64:6; John 8:34, 15:5; Romans 8:8; Ephesians 2:1-2; Hebrews 11:6

[209] I Kings 8:46

[210] Romans 3:9-18

[211] John 19:11

[212] Matthew 5:19

[213] Leviticus 18:22

[214] Isaiah 59:2

[215] James 1:15

[216] I Peter 2:11

[217] Leviticus 18:24-25

[218] Romans 6:19

[219] John 8:34; Romans 6:16

[220] Ephesians 4:30

[221] I Corinthians 6:9-11

[222] Revelation 21:8

[223] Jude 1:7

[224] I Peter 2:1-5

[225] Genesis 3:12-13

[226] John 5:8, 14

[227] Galatians 5:19-21

[228] Romans 5:12-21

[229] Revelation 12:9

[230] Walter Brueggemann, Genesis: Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching (Louisville: John Knox Press, 2010), 41-42.

[231] Romans 8:28

[232] Salvation refers to the deliverance from sin and the consequences of sin.

[233] I John 2:23; II John 9

[234] This is often referred to as a hypostatic union.

[235] From the Chalcedonian Creed, 451 A.D.

[236] John 1:14; Philippians 2:7

[237] Luke 1:26-35

[238] Luke 2:7

[239] Luke 1:35

[240] II Corinthians 5:21; I Peter 2:22; I John 3:5

[241] John 15:10

[242] John 8:29

[243] I Peter 1:19

[244] Hebrews 4:15

[245] John 4:6

[246] Matthew 4:2

[247] John 19:28

[248] Luke 2:40

[249] Luke 2:52

[250] Hebrews 5:8

[251] Matthew 26:38; John 11:35, 12:27

[252] Luke 24:39, 42; John 20:17, 20, 27

[253] Hebrews 2:18

[254] Saint Athanasius, On the Incarnation: Enhanced Version (Grand Rapids: Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 2009), 4, Kindle.

[255] Ibid, 9.

[256] Genesis 2:15-3:7

[257] I Corinthians 15:45

[258] I Corinthians 15:47

[259] Romans 5:18-19

[260] Galatians 6:7

[261] Genesis 1:26-28

[262] Matthew 28:18; Luke 19:17; Ephesians 1:22; Hebrews 2:9; Revelation 3:21

[263] Romans 6:23

[264] Romans 14:12; II Corinthians 5:10

[265] Jonah 2:9

[266] I John 2:4-6; cf. Romans 8:29; I Corinthians 3:18; I Peter 2:21

[267] I Corinthians 15:42-49; Colossians 1:18

[268] Luke 24:39-43; John 20:25-27

[269] Matthew 27:27-50

[270] John 3:16; cf. Romans 5:8

[271] Leviticus 16:10

[272] Leviticus 17:11

[273] Leviticus 16:22

[274] Leviticus 7:20-27; 17:4, 8-14; 18:29; 19:8; 20:3, 5-6, 17-18

[275] II Peter 2:4

[276] Luke 24:25-26

[277] Isaiah 53:6, 12; John 1:29; II Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 3:13

[278] Philippians 3:9

[279] Galatians 2:16-21

[280] Romans 3:21-26

[281] John 19:18

[282] Lee Strobel, The Case for Christ (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1998), 195.

[283] Isaiah 52:14

[284] Luke 22:44

[285] Matthew 26:56

[286] Matthew 27:46

[287] Isaiah 53:11

[288] John 19:30

[289] Hebrews 9:25-28

[290] Romans 8:1

[291] I Peter 1:18-19

[292] Hebrews 9:14

[293] Hebrews 10:19

[294] I John 1:7; Revelation 1:5

[295] Revelation 12:10-11

[296] Hebrews 9:26

[297] I John 4:10

[298] II Corinthians 5:18-19

[299] Mark 10:45; Hebrews 2:15; Titus 2:14

[300] Romans 8:30

[301] Romans 5:1

[302] Romans 8:33-34

[303] Romans 4:3, 5:17; I Corinthians 1:30

[304] Luke 24:1-6, 13-17

[305] Psalm 16, 22; Isaiah 53

[306] Mark 8:31, 9:30-31, 10:33-34

[307] Acts 9:1-9

[308] Matthew 28:1-20; Mark 16:1-8; Luke 24:1-53; John 20:1-29

[309] I Corinthians 15:20, 23

[310] I Kings 17:17-24

[311] II Kings 4:18-37

[312] John 11:38-44

[313] Luke 24:39

[314] I Corinthians 15:42-44

[315] Matthew 28:9

[316] Luke 24:30

[317] John 20:27

[318] John 21:12-13

[319] Acts 10:41

[320] I Corinthians 15:17

[321] For more on circumstantial proofs of Jesus and the resurrection, I highly recommend The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1998) or J. N. D. Anderson’s “The Evidence for the Resurrection” (London and Downers Grove, Ill: InterVarsity Press, 1966).

[322] I Peter 1:3

[323] Ephesians 2:5-6

[324] Romans 6:4-11

[325] Romans 6:14

[326] Acts 1:8

[327] The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1998), 250-251.

[328] Romans 4:25

[329] Romans 6:11

[330] I Corinthians 15:58

[331] I Thessalonians 4:17

[332] Luke 24:50-51; Acts 1:9-11

[333] Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship (New York: Touchstone, 1959), 45.

[334] Galatians 2:16; cf. Romans 3:20

[335] Hebrews 10:1-10

[336] Jeremiah 31:33

[337] For a complete lesson on God’s characteristics, please see Chapter II.

[338] Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994), 515.

[339] Genesis 2:24; Malachi 2:14-16; Matthew 19:3-6; Ephesians 5:33

[340] Romans 5:12-21

[341] Genesis 3:22

[342] Genesis 3:15

[343] Genesis 2:24

[344] Genesis 6:8

[345] Genesis 9:4-7

[346] Genesis 15:6

[347] Genesis 17:4

[348] Genesis 17:1

[349] Genesis 17:14

[350] Luke 1:33

[351] Walter Brueggemann, Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching: First and Second Samuel (Louisville: Westminister John Knox Press, 2012), 254.

[352] Ibid, 255.

[353] Leviticus 26:27-39; Deuteronomy 28:36-37, 45-68

[354] John 3:15, 5:24

[355] Matthew 26:17-19

[356] Hebrews 8:6, 9:15, 12:24

[357] Romans 1:17, 5:1

[358] Romans 8:2

[359] James 2:17

[360] I John 2:4-6

[361] Jeremiah 32:38-40; Ezekiel 34:30-31, 36:28; II Corinthians 6:16; I Peter 2:9-10; Revelation 21:3

[362] Acts 1:8; I Corinthians 12:13; II Corinthians 3:4-18

[363] John 1:14; Hebrews 1:1-3

[364] Luke 22:20; I Corinthians 11:25; II Corinthians 3:6; Hebrews 8:8, 13, 9:15, 12:24

[365] Luke 1:72-73; Romans 4; Galatians 3:6-18, 29; Hebrews 2:16, 6:13-20

[366] II Corinthians 3:14; Hebrews 8:6,13

[367] Galatians 3:19

[368] Hebrews 10:1-4

[369]