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.
Bible study: Esther as an example of bravery and God’s providence
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Wintery Knight I’ve been listening to this FREE two-volume series on the book of Esther featuring pastor Alistair Begg. A whole bunch of interesting things stuck out to me, so I’ll write about one of them today. First, Esther is a Jewish woman whose father or mother died when she was young. She was […]
Apologetic Methods and A Case for Classical Apologetics
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy J. Brian Huffling In 2004 I began to pursue an MA in Christian Apologetics at Southern Evangelical Seminary. I didn’t really know much about the topic, I just really wanted to know how to defend the Christian faith and have a better justification for my own beliefs. I realized that Christians and non-Christians had […]
Three Signs of the Church’s Spiritual Disorientation
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Bob Perry It is a scary thing to be disoriented. At best, it means you’re headed in the wrong direction. But if you’re flying airplanes, it means you have no reference to the ground. You can’t navigate. You may not even know which way is up. In other words, being disoriented is not just […]
Is Apologetics “Anti-Faith”?
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Robby Hall Often, I see other Christians objecting to the use of apologetics altogether. They will usually say that faith doesn’t require evidence, or it’s not faith. But is that the case? If we look at the word “faith” itself, we can get a clearer picture of what the Bible is actually talking about. […]
Every Christian Should Begin to Master the Moral Argument Today
Atheism, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Erik Manning There’s a dizzying array of arguments for the existence of God. For a newbie looking to get into apologetics, it can be intimidating trying to figure out where to start. You have the cosmological argument, but it helps if you know something about cosmology, physics, and even math. There’s the argument from […]
Did Jesus Have a Wife? – A Simple Response to The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife
Jesus Christ, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Mikel Del Rosario The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife So your skeptical friend just heard about something called, “The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife.” But unlike the fiction Dan Brown created in the Da Vinci Code, this wasn’t in a movie or a novel. She just caught another sensational segment on the evening news talking about how controversial this […]
How a Cold-Case Atheist Detective Became a Case-Making Christian
Atheism, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Terrell Clemmons I think it may be true,” Jim Wallace said to his wife, Susie. He was lying in bed, staring at the ceiling. “What may be true?” “Christianity.” Why did she need to ask? He’d been obsessed with the subject for several weeks now, talking her ears off on multiple occasions. It had all started […]
How Naturalism Defeats Science As A Knowledge Discipline
Philosophy of Science, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Luke Nix Introduction One of the core necessities of science is the constancy of the laws that govern this universe. The fact that the laws of physics have the same since the beginning of the universe and will continue until the universe is destroyed allows scientists to not only observe and know what is […]
The Education of Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus Christ, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Brian Chilton Often, critical scholars make Jesus of Nazareth out to be a country bumpkin, one who was uneducated and unsophisticated. However, when one evaluates his life and teaching style, it appears that Jesus of Nazareth was a well-polished individual who spoke and taught with great authority and wisdom. The Jewish leaders marveled at […]
You Can’t Make Your Kid a Christian
Apologetics for ParentsBy Natasha Crain I thrive on control. I love projects that can be broken into goals, tasks, and success or failure criteria. Nothing motivates me more than the opportunity to strive toward the successful completion of something. I actually have spreadsheets that outline every hour of my life with a color code for the activity, […]
When C.S. Lewis Warned Us About Alfie Evans and Charlie Gard
Legislating Morality, Culture & PoliticsBy Bob Perry Unfortunately, everybody has heard about Charlie Gard and Alfie Evans. They were both born with eerily similar and rare genetic disorders. They both died before they reached age two. Sadly, those kinds of things happen too often. But neither of them are the reason you’ve heard of Charlie Gard and Alfie Evans. […]
The Kalam Cosmological Argument NOT Debunked
2. Does God Exist?, Atheism, Legislating Morality, Culture & PoliticsBy Evan Minton I discovered a YouTuber called “Rationality Rules” very recently. One of his many videos is “The Kalam Cosmological Argument Debunked – (First Cause Argument Refuted)” which you can watch here. One of my patrons brought this video to my attention and requested that I respond to it, so here we go. For the […]
How Can God be Sovereign over Evil and not Morally Culpable for It?
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Ryan Leasure It’s not uncommon to hear those in the non-Reformed tradition make the claim that Reformed belief necessarily makes God blameworthy for evil. After all, if God has sovereignly decreed everything whatsoever to come to pass — including evil — how is he not morally culpable for it? It’s certainly a good question, […]
Who Made God? A Cosmological Argument for Kids
Apologetics for Parents, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Mikel Del Rosario Who Made God? Here’s a Simple Answer Watching Phil Vischer’s Jelly Telly show with my little boy reminded me that accessible apologetics training is for kids, too! One day after church, we sat down to watch a little clip online. There was a puppet newscaster hosting a segment called “Buck Denver’s Mail Bag.” At […]
Desire and God: Should I Always Do What I Feel?
Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Robby Hall The debate over homosexual behavior has taken many surprising turns. The national debate has involved a Fast Food franchise and a maker of Duck Calls. It has involved extremes from Fred Phelps and his clan to groups like GLAAD comparing the whole thing to the civil rights movement of the mid-20th century. […]
Transcending Spiritual Gymnastics
Atheism, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Nathan Howe “Spiritual” people, specifically non-believers, can have some pretty comical explanations of the supernatural as they come out of Atheism. Coming from a perspective that attributes no part of existence by any Spiritual guidance or conscious force, is a horrible building block to start learning about spirituality. Truly, the case consists of individuals […]
19 Essential Bible Verses and Passages on Apologetics
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Erik Manning Sometimes you gotta make an apologetic for apologetics. Often well-meaning Christians spout off pious-sounding platitudes like “faith isn’t based on reason, that’s why it’s called faith,” or “God doesn’t need us to defend him, just preach the gospel.” That sounds spiritual, but it isn’t biblical. That’s not the way Jesus operated, and that’s […]
A Clarifying Journey of Intervention, Detox & Recovery
Legislating Morality, Culture & PoliticsBy Terrell Clemmons Oh, joy, somebody selling something, I thought when my doorbell rang. It was getting dark, so I switched on the porch light before stepping out to a tall, spunky, clipboard-clutching brunette waiting ever so patiently for the homeowner to come to the door. Katie represented an organization that protected consumers from unreasonable […]
25 Quotes On Tolerance
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Luke Nix “Most of what passes for tolerance today is not tolerance at all but actually intellectual cowardice. Those who hide behind that word are often afraid of intelligent engagement and don’t engage or even consider contrary opinions. It’s easier to hurl an insult than to confront the idea and either refute it or […]
Book Review: So the Next Generation Will Know by Sean McDowell and J. Warner Wallace
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Timothy Fox You’ve probably seen the statistics and heard the concerns. Young people are leaving the church in greater numbers than ever. While the youth of every generation share many common characteristics, this generation – dubbed Generation Z – faces new and unique challenges thanks to the ubiquity of smartphones and easy access to […]
Did The Historical Jesus Rise from The Dead?
Jesus Christ, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Luke Nix Introduction – Why Is Jesus’ Resurrection So Important? Those who have followed this blog know that I focus a lot of my writing on defending the compatibility of science with the Christian worldview and that I spend much energy addressing philosophical and logical challenges to some of the finer details of Christian […]