CrossExamined Blog
Tackling today’s toughest questions, these posts explore topics on God, morality, science, and culture.
Whether you’re a skeptic or believer, each article challenges your worldview and sharpens your thinking. Engaging, thought-provoking, and unapologetic, this is a place to dig deeper and follow the truth wherever it leads.
Is it Hateful to Say Jesus is the Only Way?
Culture CrossExamined, Jesus Christ, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Ryan Leasure Is it hateful or arrogant to claim that Jesus is the only way of salvation? Charles Templeton thought so. He argued: “Christians are a small minority in the world. Approximately four out of every five people on the face of the earth believe in gods other than the Christian God. The more […]
Is Hell An Eternal Restraining Order?
Atheism, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Al Serrato Making sense of the existence of a place like Hell is a common struggle for the Christian apologist. Almost immediately, we are placed on the defensive, being asked to justify how a “loving” God could condemn any of his creation to a place of constant, and eternal, torment. I’ve often heard the […]
What is Divine Omnipresence?
2. Does God Exist?, Philosophy of Science, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Brian Chilton The term omnipresence describes the all-presence of God. Omnipresence is a compound word comprised of the word “omni”, meaning “all,” and “presence” which defines a person or being’s location. Thus, “omnipresence” speaks of God’s all-present nature. This means that spatial locations do not limit God. Existing as a transcendent being, God is present in […]
Can Moral Guilt Feelings Ever Be Objective?
Atheism, Culture CrossExamined, Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Bobby Conway The feeling of moral guilt is a universal experience – that inward gnaw or inner ouch that we have done something wrong. It is that feeling a line has been crossed, a law has been broken, which leaves one wondering if we are genuinely guilty. But are these feelings just that—feelings? A […]
Five Reasons Why 30% of Students Aren’t Dropping Out of Church
Apologetics for Parents, Culture CrossExamined, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Jason Jimenez As American culture grows increasingly more secular, churches are no longer carrying the kind of authority and influence they once had. Church is no longer a top priority for the bulk of young Americans, and a growing number of Christians don’t see the need to put down roots in a church. However, […]
What Does it Mean to be Unequally Yoked?
Apologetics for Parents, Culture CrossExamined, Theology and Christian ApologeticsMany people see “unequally yoked” in a Bible verse or hear it in conversation and seem to have one of two thoughts come into their mind: (1) Make sure I’m equally yoked with my spouse, or (2) Why does Paul care about anyone’s egg yolks, much less them being equal? As important as getting good […]
A Wolf in the Sheep Pen
4. Is the NT True?, Culture CrossExamined, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Bob Perry The church service at our suburban Cincinnati non-denominational church had barely ended when I started receiving text messages from friends. All of them shared some version of the same question my wife and I were asking each other about the sermon we had just heard from a visiting preacher: “What in the […]
Would It Have Been Better If God Had Not Created Us?
2. Does God Exist?, Atheism, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Al Serrato There has always been evil and suffering in the world, and how to make sense of it is a principal object of Christian apologetics. Often, the argument is made that God gave us free will, and as a result, people have the liberty to choose to do evil. But this answer does […]
Scientism And Secularism
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Luke Nix All scientific research, discussion, and education is affected by a series of underlying beliefs that include what one grants as sources of knowledge. It is quite common in today’s culture for people to accept “scientism,” which limits sources of knowledge entirely to the sciences to the exclusion of any other claimed knowledge […]
Are There Colossal Contradictions in the Gospels? A Reply to Rabbi Tovia Singer
4. Is the NT True?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Jonathan McLatchie Rabbi Tovia Singer is an orthodox Jewish rabbi and the founder and director of Outreach Judaism. He is widely known for his counter-missionary polemics and his criticism of the New Testament presentation of Jesus as the Hebrew Messiah (see his two volume set, Let’s Get Biblical: Why doesn’t Judaism accept the Christian Messiah? [i]). In a […]
He Gets Us, But Do We Get Him? The Case for Criticizing False Teachers
Theology and Christian ApologeticsI once got an angry email from a lady who didn’t like the fact that I criticized a false teacher on our I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist podcast. “You shouldn’t criticize other Christians!” she scolded me. Do you see the problem with this? There she was criticizing me, another Christian, while […]
Trying to Make Sense of Evil and Suffering
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy: Justin Angelos Have you ever been in the situation where you are trying to make sense of evil and suffering? At some point in a person’s life, there will be some sort of pain, or suffering, and some form of evil, either natural or moral evil. And then the question naturally arises, why? Why […]
A Christian Apologist Responds to Sam Smith and Kim Petras’s Satanic Grammy Performance
Legislating Morality, Culture & PoliticsIf you watched the 2023 Grammys, then you probably saw Sam Smith and Kim Petras’s blasphemous pop hypnotic hit “Unholy.” This song has been buzzing. It has more than a hundred million views and earned a Grammy for “Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.” Musically, it feels a bit like R&B meets belly dancing. Its Middle Eastern […]
Are you having a hard time dealing with your doubts?
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Jason Jimenez Have you ever doubted what you believe as a Christian? The truth is, we all have. Every Christian (including your pastor) has had doubts. Even legends like John the Baptist, John Calvin, C. S. Lewis, Charles Spurgeon, and Martin Luther all struggled with their own set of doubts. Perhaps you doubt because […]
Satan at the Grammy’s?
Legislating Morality, Culture & PoliticsJ.R. Klein (Josh Klein) The Grammy’s have long been a cultural symbol of transgression. The goal of the Grammy’s used to be to celebrate the best music artists in the world. It was an awards night. Or, at least, it used to be. They have always been edgy and culturally progressive. For instance, in 1973 […]
When Science Becomes a Religion
2. Does God Exist?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Bob Perry Science, and the technology it breeds, is a dominating force in our culture. Understandably so. Science has extended our lives and made them more comfortable. It promises to do more of the same in the future. But the successes of science also tempt us to place more value in it than it deserves. […]
Thoughts on Musician Plumb’s Deconstruction
4. Is the NT True?, Theology and Christian Apologetics[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”] How many times have you heard me cry out “God please take this”? How many times have you given me strength to Just keep breathing? Oh I need you, God I need you […]
Book Review: The Magna Carta Of Humanity
Legislating Morality, Culture & PoliticsBy Luke Nix The Magna Carta of Humanity: Sinai’s Revolutionary Faith and The Future of Freedom In today’s world it is difficult to be online, at parties, with family, at work, or even just in public without hearing about the current cultural and political climate in the United States. Even if the Christian case-maker tries […]
Can A Perfect Being Create the Imperfect?
2. Does God Exist?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Al Serrato A common challenge raised by atheists is to point out the brokenness of the world and to use it as evidence that there cannot be a God. Your God is perfect, they reason, so why did he create such an imperfect place as this? They point to the natural suffering in the […]
The Case for an Eternal Cosmic Observer
2. Does God Exist?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Brian Chilton Modern understanding of quantum mechanics suggests that an eternal Cosmic Observer may in fact exist. If true, this holds numerous positive ramifications for arguments concerning the existence of God. Before we investigate the data, we must first ask what is meant by an eternal Cosmic Observer. A conscious observer is a living […]
Part 2 “When Your Opponent Cheats, What Should You do?”
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy John D. Ferrer In part one[i] we raised a question from one of our viewers in Nigeria at the contentious Islamic/Christian border there. He asked what should Christians do when the other guy is cheating? In this case, Muslims from the north are rigging elections to win political influence over the Christian south. Our […]