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A brief Introduction:

While studying to be a pastor in college I abandoned my faith. In fact, I abandoned everything I thought I believed and rebuilt.

To my own surprise at the time, I found that Christianity was much stronger than I had thought. As I rebuilt my belief system, I realized that there needed to be people out there responding to the questions people have. I had them myself. So, while not continuing on to be a pastor, I have focused on educating people about what Christianity is all about and responding to the various charges and accusations made against it.

There are some obvious challenges to being successful in that capacity, but a big part of it consists not in arguing with atheists and skeptics, but rather in providing Christians with accurate information in the first place to prevent them from leaving the faith in the first place.

Questioning is a very normal and natural part of growing up, and I am convinced that it is not wrong to ask questions of God at any age. God doesn't strike people down. On the other hand, if people are going to reject Christianity, it is my aim to at least make sure they reject the real Christianity and not a false view of it. Also, much heartache can be avoided by educating Christians properly to begin with. My experience has helped me... but it was unnecessary.

Paul said that some plant, some water, and others reap the increase. My job is to go out into the land and move rocks- or break them if necessary- till the land, and struggle through knee deep fertilizer... all in the effort to allow those who come later to plant, water, and reap the harvest. I look forward to the prospects of either serving you as someone who needs to haul rocks out of the field, or as someone who can look at the field, detect problems, and help farmers more effectively plant, water, and reap.

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A Disappointing Attack Article by Richard Abanes

Posted by Anthony on April 7, 2009

I came across a disappointing article by Richard Abanes yesterday called “ODMS: A Cult is Born?” I say disappointing because I like a lot of Abanes’ material. However, I am not surprised by Abanes’ perspective.

Abanes complains about the multitude of ‘online discernment ministries’ acting without oversight or credentials. He throws a bone here and there about some ministries being legit and worthwhile but it comes across as reluctant, if not forced. I presume that I am in the group of apologetics ministries he graciously descends from on high to bless, but since so many aspects of his article seem to apply to my ministry I thought it was worth addressing.

Now, I have the feeling that Abanes is writing in self-defense. I didn’t dig into it but I suspect one of the real motivators for his article is that he has been targeted by these ‘online discernment ministries’ (ODMs) and their hack ‘apologists.’ I infer this from a comment like this one: “Rooting out heresy, even where it doesn’t exist, has become the prime directive.” (underline his)

Now, I certainly agree that these sorts of people exist and that they can be a nuisance. Read the rest of the entry… »