Christianity 101

Episode 1: What’s So Great About Christianity?

Special Guest – Dr. Craig Hazen

What’s So Great About Christianity?

• Salvation is open to all (John 3:16; Matthew 11:28)
• Salvation is free (Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans 5:8)
• Salvation is immediate (Luke 23:43; Acts 16:30-34)

What Is Unique About Christianity?

• Only Christianity is testable
• With Christianity you don’t have to live a compartmentalized life
• Christianity is consistent with the way things really are
• Only Christianity has Jesus at the center

Recommended reading

• Knowing God 101 by Bruce Bickel and Stan Jantz
• Christianity:  The Faith That Makes Sense by Dennis McCallum
• Basic Christianity by John R.W. Stott

Bruce and Craig Hazen on the set of Christianity 101

Dr. Craig Hazen is Associate Professor of Comparative Religion and Apologetics at Biola University in La Mirada, California.  Craig founded and is the director of the M.A. Program in Christian Apologetics, the largest program of its kind in the world.  A popular speaker at conferences around the world, Craig is also the editor of Philosophia Christi, the world’s most widely circulated philosophical journal.

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