When we look back at history, we see plenty of religions and cults that rose up quickly, only to be overthrown or fade away. And that makes people wonder, if all those other religions were false, how can we know that Christianity is different? That's a question we have to answer if we want to be effective evangelists.
A lot of people dismiss Christianity as a religion of con artists and hypocrites. Sometimes these objections are the result of a bad experience with religion in the past. But often, it's actually an excuse to distract from their real objection: They don’t want to submit to God's authority.
Every believer occasionally struggles with doubt over their salvation. This is born out of guilt and discouragement of their sin they believe is too big or egregious for God to forgive.
This can lead Christians to underestimate or disbelieve the complete sacrifice for sin accomplished on the cross. Want to understand God's complete forgiveness and wiping away of sin?
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