Concordia Lutheran Church
How Can Christianity be the Only True Religion?
Aren’t Christians being exclusive when they claim that only Christ is the way to salvation? Claiming that all paths lead to the same God is itself an exclusive claim because it excludes those faiths that claim differently. Every claim is, in some sense, exclusive. So, we must discern which claims are true.
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Concordia Lutheran Church
16801 Huebner Rd, San Antonio, TX 78258, USA
Sunday 8:00 AM
Sunday 9:30 AM
Sunday 11:00 AM
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https://concordia.cc/givingHow can Christians claim to have the one, true faith?
Pastor Zach McIntosh
5/15/2022
4,2000 recognized religions
- Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism
- Raelism / Claude Vorilhon
- Jediism
ILL: Elephant
ILL: Mountain
“The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.” - Mahatma Gandhi
Pastor Zach McIntosh
5/15/2022
4,2000 recognized religions
- Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism
- Raelism / Claude Vorilhon
- Jediism
ILL: Elephant
ILL: Mountain
“The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.” - Mahatma Gandhi
2 ways
- Religion superhighway
- Another way
- Religion superhighway
- Another way
We’re all exclusive
- “It’s light out” excludes “It’s dark out”
- “I love you” excludes “I hate you”
- “We shouldn’t be exclusive” excludes “We should be exclusive”
Is my exclusivity helpful?
- Doctor
- Professional athlete
- Spiritual life
Synagogue on Saturday / Church on Sunday / Mosque on Monday / Pray to Buddha on Tuesday / Get reincarnated on Wednesday / Not have beef on Thursday because that would offend my Hinduism
Is my exclusivity credible?
Principle of Falsifiability
- The law of gravity
- Reincarnation
- Christ is risen
Is my exclusivity loving?
Exclusive Club vs. Exclusive Offer
⁃ Country club / Costco, Sam’s Club
⁃ H-E-B / “Take up your cross and follow Me.” (Matthew 16:24)
- “It’s light out” excludes “It’s dark out”
- “I love you” excludes “I hate you”
- “We shouldn’t be exclusive” excludes “We should be exclusive”
Is my exclusivity helpful?
- Doctor
- Professional athlete
- Spiritual life
Synagogue on Saturday / Church on Sunday / Mosque on Monday / Pray to Buddha on Tuesday / Get reincarnated on Wednesday / Not have beef on Thursday because that would offend my Hinduism
Is my exclusivity credible?
Principle of Falsifiability
- The law of gravity
- Reincarnation
- Christ is risen
Is my exclusivity loving?
Exclusive Club vs. Exclusive Offer
⁃ Country club / Costco, Sam’s Club
⁃ H-E-B / “Take up your cross and follow Me.” (Matthew 16:24)
Matthew 7:13-14
13 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.”
“but” - ti - “why?”
13 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.”
“but” - ti - “why?”
ILL: Real de Catorce