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.
3 Practical Steps to Help Build Your Kids’ Immunity to Anti-Christian Ideas
Apologetics for ParentsBy Alisa Childers When my daughter Dyllan was a toddler, I exercised quite regularly at the YMCA. (And by “exercised,” I mean that I read a book on the stationary bike and pedaled as slowly as possible while I enjoyed an hour of free childcare. Not gonna lie.) One day when I picked her up […]
A Myth Come True
Jesus Christ, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Bob Perry If you’re anything like me, you probably associate the word “myth” with an ancient fairy tale. The Greek and Roman pantheon of gods comes to mind — magical spells, curses, and multi-headed monsters. But myths are more than just old-fashioned fantasies. They serve a purpose. They appeal to our collective imaginations. Myths […]
Healing from Institutional Abuse
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Brian Chilton A cabin was nestled near the top of a mountaintop in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. This cabin served as a vacation home for my family and me. The evening was humid and muggy. Thus, we decided to take in a show in Pigeon Forge rather than exploring the beautiful hills […]
Should Christians Have Blind Faith?
2. Does God Exist?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Levi Dade A few months ago, I sat with a close friend in one of the booths of our university’s coffee shop. My friend, whom I will call Tom, is an atheist. Tom is a genuine truth-seeker, and he would be a Christian if he thought Christianity was “actually true.” During our conversation, we […]
How We Got Our Bible: New Testament Canonical Grid
4. Is the NT True?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Ryan Leasure This article is part four in a nine-part series on how we got the Bible. Part 1 looked at biblical inspiration and inerrancy. Part 2 considered the development of the Old Testament. And Part 3 investigated the Old Testament canon and the Apocrypha. In this article, we transition to the New Testament canon. Specifically, I want […]
What Doctrinal Differences Tell Us
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Al Serrato Challenges to Christianity don’t always come from the outside, from atheists committed to removing every vestige of religious faith from society. Challenges can also come from committed Christians, whose beliefs are influenced, and often shaken, by philosophical ideas that are intended to make people stumble. Recently I was asked this question: “There […]
Part 2: Overcoming
Apologetics for ParentsBy Jason Jiménez This article is adapted from Jason’s book Abandoned Faith. “Inevitably we carry some amount of parental regrets. Freedom from regret comes when we admit our weaknesses before Jesus. No one is perfect. Our imperfections, though, shouldn’t become a wall between God and us or our children and God. At the cross we can […]
Doubting Your Faith? Look No Further Than This New Free Resource
Theology and Christian ApologeticsAre you a Christian who is struggling with doubts about your faith? A non-Christian seeker who has sincere questions about the Christian faith? Or have you recently lost your faith and want to explore whether your reasons for loss-of-faith were really rational? Have you ever wished that you could jump on a Zoom call and […]
What Would It Take To Prove That God Doesn’t Exist?
2. Does God Exist?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Al Serrato Atheists who feel certain that there is no God are staking out a rather interesting position. As a corollary of their position, they are of course also convinced that those who believe in God are engaging in a form of wishful thinking, that their desire to believe in a “cosmic judge” of […]
Artless Similarities: More Evidence for Gospel Reliability
4. Is the NT True?By Erik Manning While reading the gospels, you’ll notice similarities between the characters portrayed across the different stories. Parallels between the gospels concerning character depictions are unlikely to be the result of mere chance. And these correspondences seem so casual and subtle that it’s unlikely they were designed that way. Philosopher Tim McGrew calls these ‘artless […]
Why God May Place More on Us Than We Can Endure
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Brian Chilton Have you ever heard the phrase, “God will not place more on you than you can endure.” Another way of phrasing the statement is by saying “God will not place more on you than you can bear.” Christians are known for such platitudes. These cliches are well-intentioned as they do not come […]
How We Got Our Bible: Old Testament Canon and Apocrypha
4. Is the NT True?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Ryan Leasure This is part three of a nine-part series on how we got our Bible. Part one addressed the inspiration and inerrancy of Scripture. Part two explained the formation and preservation of the Old Testament text. This post will address issues surrounding the Old Testament canon and the Apocrypha. Canon Before going any further, we must first establish what […]
God and Evil
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Tony Williams Evil, or some derivation of it, is one of the more popular reasons people cite when they walk away from believing in God or choose not to believe in Him in the first place. The most popular atheists who have most recently driven the conversation on why one should not believe in […]
3 Reasons Why Jesus Is The Only Way
4. Is the NT True?, Jesus ChristBy Tim Stratton Sermon Outline Riddle me this: What’s black and white and RED all over? I remember the first time my dad posed that question to me when I was a young child. Even as a little boy – untrained in philosophy – I knew something was amiss. I intuitively understood that if something […]
What is the Difference Between Miracles and Magic
3. Are Miracles Possible?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Justin Angelos Seven years ago, I was the manager at a Men’s tailored clothing store. Part of my job was, counting the money each morning that was put into the safe the night before. One of the ladies I use to work with was an expert in spotting counterfeit money. Due to her former […]
The Resurrection Is A Historical Fact
4. Is the NT True?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Bob Perry Jesus of Nazareth died on a Roman cross, then resurrected from the dead three days later. It’s not just a fairy tale. Christians believe that the Resurrection is a historical fact. It’s what sets Christianity apart from every other world religion. It is the foundation of the Christian faith. If it’s not true the […]
Part 1: Unspeakable Pain
Apologetics for Parents, Culture CrossExaminedBy Jason Jimenez This article is adapted from Jason’s book Abandoned Faith. Many millennials have said that although they were raised in a Christian home, Christianity was never at the core of everything they did. I remember one college student tell me, “I think the only reason my parents go to church is to feel better […]
Biblical Judgment in a “Don’t Judge Me” World
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Alisa Childers “YOU SHOULDN’T JUDGE.” Once upon a couple of years ago, there was a wildly popular book written by a self-professed Christian author. It was released by a Christian publishing house and marketed on Christian platforms and websites. It was a fairy tale come true. Crushing it at the top of The New York […]
Learn To Make a Maximal Case For The Resurrection
4. Is the NT True?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Erik Manning I used to love sharing the minimal facts with unbelievers. It’s easy to present in a few minutes and sounds rhetorically powerful. When I tell my friends that the facts I’m sharing are universally acknowledged by scholars, even those who are skeptical, it seems like I am not coming at them with […]
How Culture Got to the Point Where Saturday Night Live is Promoting Abortion in a Clown Outfit
Culture CrossExamined, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Natasha Crain This weekend, Saturday Night Live cast member Cecily Strong played a character called Goober the Clown who had an abortion when she was 23 and now talks to people about how normal abortion is in between clown jokes. Goober explains that it’s a “rough” subject, so she does fun clown stuff to […]
How We Got Our Bible: Old Testament Formation
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Ryan Leasure This is the second in a series of nine posts addressing the question of how we got our Bible. Last post dealt with the question of inspiration and inerrancy. This week we turn our attention to the formation of the Old Testament. Introductory Matters In the late second century, Tertullian coined the term […]