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.
The 5 Most Illogical People You Will Meet on the Internet
Atheism, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Alisa Childers It has happened to many of us. We post an encouraging Bible verse like Psalm 145:9 on Facebook: “The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made.” By noon an atheist from somewhere in social media land has found the post and leaves a lovely comment: Really? Your god is good? […]
Are There Prophets In The Church Today?
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Jason Jimenez Turn on your T.V., and you are bound to come across a religious show with someone declaring they speak for God. Go to your local bookstore, and there I’m sure you will find several books written by people who say they have received divine revelations from God. Jump on YouTube, and you […]
Giving Atheists a Hand
Atheism, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Al Serrato My seventh-grade nephew needed some help the other night on social studies. He was working on the Paleolithic Age – the Old Stone Age – a time when man first started working with stone and bone tools. That got me thinking about the greatest “tool” of all – the human hand. It’s […]
Christians Must Care Less about Our Cultural Reputation
Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Natasha Crain Never have I written an article title that sounds less intuitive. Don’t we need to be concerned about our witness to the world? Isn’t that implied in the Great Commission? Shouldn’t people see us and want to follow Jesus because of our reputation? Stick with me here, because this requires some nuance and it’s really important. The […]
The Christian Celebrity And The Psychopath
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Bob Perry If you were looking for a completely trustworthy Christian apologist to follow, would you pick someone who had risen to the status of global celebrity because of his unparalleled ability to articulate the Gospel? Or would you gravitate toward someone who is a well-documented and self-confessed psychopath? The best choice is not […]
How Religion Is Being Twisted to Support Political Agendas—Interview with Dr Frank Turek
Legislating Morality, Culture & PoliticsJoshua Philipp of the Epoch Times recently interviewed me on how religion, particularly Christianity, is being twisted to support political agendas. Josh asks excellent questions in this wide-ranging interview that touches on abortion, transgenderism, same-sex marriage, the separation of church and state, legislating morality, socialism, LGBTQ goals and the equality act, Woke Christianity, the cancel […]
Resurrection Defense Series: Embarrassing Details
Jesus Christ, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Brian Chilton We began an investigation into the historicity of the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. When investigating any claim of history, whether recent or of antiquity, historians use historiographical tools to decipher the probability of the event in question. The criterion of embarrassment is one of the tools used by historians to determine […]
No God, No Justice
Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Karsten Friske The idea of protesting in an attempt to garner support to make a moral change is not new. With each movement, there exists a side that champions a series of issues and a counter-protest that opposes the change. In recent days, some have advocated for racial justice by marching to affirm the value […]
Does God Treat Women like Second-Class Citizens in the Old Testament?
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Ryan Leasure Perhaps the most scathing statement ever made about the God of the Old Testament came from the pen of Richard Dawkins. He famously snarled: The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic […]
Wanda, Westview, and Free Will
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Timothy Fox A lot can be said about Marvel’s first Disney+ series, WandaVision (Spoilers ahead!), from its weird, off-putting sitcom beginning to the broader impact the series’ events will have on the MCU. But, being that we’re named FreeThinking Ministries, obviously, we have to talk about what WandaVision confirms to us about free will. This show isn’t the […]
The Evidential Value of 1 Corinthians 15:3-8 to the Case for the Resurrection
Jesus Christ, Theology and Christian ApologeticsA popular argument that is wielded by Christian apologists, at both the scholarly and popular level, is based on 1 Corinthians 15:3-8, taken by many contemporary scholars to represent an ancient creedal tradition that goes back to within only a couple of years of Jesus’ death. Indeed, Michael Licona states that “In nearly every historical […]
Resurrection Defense Series: The Testimony of Women
3. Are Miracles Possible?, Jesus Christ, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Brian Chilton The month of March has been designated as Women’s History Month. It has often been erroneously suggested that the Bible is misogynistic in its portrayal of women. While this article cannot combat every claim of misogyny weighed against the Scriptures, it is ironic that it was the early testimony of women, those […]
The COVID-19 Vaccines and God’s Providence
Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Fazale Rana At last. There is light at the end of the tunnel. The ride has been long and dark. And there is still a ways to go before we exit to the other side, but we will arrive there soon. The emergency approval and first distributions of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines give us […]
Two Kinds Of People Who Have Tried To Shame Me Away From Christianity
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Wintery Knight In my last job, I had two interesting encounters, first with a secular Jewish leftist man and second with a New Age prosperity gospel feminist Christian woman. So let’s talk about the two people. The man who thinks that conservative Christians are stupid The first kind of person who tried to shame me for being a […]
Apologetics and Imagination
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Timothy Fox Whenever I’m asked what I’m reading, my answer is always the same: TLC on repeat. At any given time, I will be reading something by J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, or G.K. Chesterton. Or, I’m reading something about them or their works. Recently, I completed The Good News of the Return of the […]
Problems with Evolutionary Biology
2. Does God Exist?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Al Serrato “Let me see if I understand,” I said to my daughter’s high school biology teacher. “The human eye is the evolutionary product of a light-sensitive spot on the skin. Is that right?” “Right,” she said. “And by evolution, you mean a mindless, random process that didn’t really have an end in mind. […]
5 Ways Progressive Christianity and New Age Spirituality Are Kind of the Same Thing
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Alisa Childers Think about the phrase “New Age.” What comes to mind? Old documentaries of hippies at Woodstock experimenting with LSD and yoga? Shirley MacLaine holding a cluster of crystals on the cover of Time Magazine back in the ‘80s? Deepak Chopra teaching Oprah how to move things with her mind in the ‘90s? As old or out […]
From Laws of Physics to Reasonable Faith
2. Does God Exist?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Luke Nix Many may be surprised to find that knowledge is actually the foundation for faith in God. A Blind Faith And God’s Hiddenness Two common challenges to the truth of the Christian worldview are the seeming hiddenness of God and the accusation that Christianity requires a blind faith. Many people see the great […]
The Christian Left: The New Referee of Morality?
Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Frank Turek & Lucas Miles Only in the twisted ethos of today’s Christian Left is a maskless man considered a cold-hearted murderer, while an abortionist is celebrated as a heroic social justice warrior. With seemingly no regard for the scales of justice, the spiritually ‘woke’ Democratic Party is willfully bending the rules of right and wrong […]
Progressive Ideology and the Hijacking of the Christian Faith
Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Frank Turek & Lucas Miles As only the second Catholic to hold the office, President Joe Biden continued a nearly 70-year-old tradition by addressing America during the National Prayer Breakfast earlier this month. While Biden is far from the first Democrat to address the crowd, in the new era of the ascendant Christian left, […]
How To Be Friendly To People Who Oppose You Politically
Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Jason Jiménez Christians can get so worked up over politics that they can sometimes blow their witness. Sadly, this is something we see more frequently on social media. It seems like no matter what your political views are, someone will be offended or will publicly attack you over your support of a candidate they feel is […]