According to Ligonier Ministries’ State of Theology survey in 2018, fifty-seven percent of American adults agree with the statement that “Jesus is the first and greatest being created by God.” The majority of Americans believe that Jesus was a created being. They believe that He was the first and greatest creation, but He was still created by God. Is this actually true? And does it really matter whether Jesus was created or not?
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Is Christianity really the only true religion? Can the Bible really be taken literally? Hasn’t Christianity been disproven by science? Isn’t Christianity homophobic, and doesn’t it denigrate women? How could a good, loving God allow so much suffering and death?
These are questions that people bring up about the Christian faith every day in today’s modern world. And people have really been asking these questions for decades or even centuries. Maybe these questions have crossed your mind at some point. Perhaps you’ve heard someone who claimed to be a Christian make a comment that seemed hateful or mean. Or maybe a professor or a science genius has told you Christian beliefs and ideas are impossible or dangerous. Or maybe you’ve been in a situation where it seemed like God didn’t show up like you thought He would.
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