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.
Lowder’s Comments to My Assessment of His Debate with Turek
2. Does God Exist?, Atheism, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Jacobus Erasmus In 2016, Jeffery Jay Lowder[1] debated Frank Turek on the topic Naturalism vs theism. See here: In early 2017, I wrote two articles in which I assess Lowder’s opening statement (see here and here). It was brought to my attention that Lowder recently made some comments to my assessment (see the comment section here). I do not usually respond to […]
How Not Letting Your Children Ask a Question Leads Them to Atheism
Apologetics for Parents, AtheismBy Michael Sherrard Time and time again, I hear the story of one who has left their belief in God in the bin of their childhood memories alongside Santa Clause and the Easter Bunny. And more often than not, I’m given one reason that is quite strange. Well, it’s not strange to me anymore because […]
How Should Christians Relate to Gay Friends, Neighbors, and Family?
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Mikel Del Rosario Understanding Acceptance, Approval, and Convicted Civility When I speak at student events, Christian kids ask me, “How should I relate to my gay friends?” Many believers struggle to relate to their LGBT neighbors, friends, and family because they worry about being misunderstood. How do we stick to biblical convictions while loving […]
Phelim McAleer & Ann McElhinney: Journalists Worthy of the Name
Legislating Morality, Culture & PoliticsBy Terrell Clemmons Phelim McAleer was in Pennsylvania in early 2013 doing a series of screenings of his film FrackNation. As he often did when travelling, he checked the local paper for interesting court cases underway, and a case concerning a doctor in Philadelphia caught his attention. And so it happened that on one of his days […]
Book Review: God’s Crime Scene for Kids
Apologetics for Parents, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Luke Nix Introduction Several years ago, cold-case homicide detective J. Warner Wallace wrote the book “God’s Crime Scene” where he details his investigation, as an atheist, into the evidence for God’s existence. In the book, he explains that investigating the universe for an outside cause is quite similar to the investigation of a death scene. If […]
How To Become a Self-Taught Apologist
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Evan Minton You’ve just been introduced to Christian Apologetics and have discovered that there are many good arguments and evidence that demonstrate that Christianity is true. However, you’re not sure that you’re smart enough, have enough free time, or have the financial means to learn this material yourself so that you can be a better […]
If it Feels Right it must Be Right… Right?
Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Jeremy Linn How could something that feels so right be called immoral? That is basically the question Imagine Dragons singer Dan Reynolds proposed on a recent interview on the Ellen Show. In the interview, Dan talked about his upbringing as a Mormon and his tendency to rebel against the moral cues of his culture. When […]
A Quick History Lesson
Atheism, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Nick Peters Objection: The Bible is a compendium of fireside tales and fables recounted orally for generations by goat herders and primitive tribes from the stone age until writing was invented, and then again many different sources, transliterations, and versions were written down. There were no grand central universities to organize the many various […]
Is missionary work full of “cultural imperialism and insane arrogance?”
Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Erik Manning John Allen Chau’s death has sparked questions about the morality of Christian missions. Is missionary work full of “cultural imperialism and insane arrogance?” Unless you’ve been living under a rock, by now you’ve heard about the death of John Allen Chau. The 26-year old missionary traveled to a remote Indian island in hopes […]
Why You, Yes You, Need to Defend What Is True
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Michael Sherrard What is going on? Can you imagine if you fell into a coma and woke up in 2015? Or if you had a Delorean and traveled from 1985 to 2015? So there’s no hoverboards, but there are computers that fit in your pocket and boys that think they are girls and are allowed to […]
Is Isaiah 7:14 a Messianic Prophecy?
Jesus Christ, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Brian Chilton More and more scholars are becoming skeptical of Messianic prophecy in the Hebrew Bible—that is, the Old Testament. Michael Rydelniknotes that “Although evangelical scholarship still recognizes that there is something messianic about the Hebrew Bible, for the most part, it sees it as a story that finds its climax in Jesus, not […]
Were Jesus’ Temptations Real If He Couldn’t Sin?
Jesus Christ, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Ryan Leasure Historic Christianity affirms that Jesus Christ, though fully human, is also fully divine. He is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end (Rev. 22:13) — the eternal creator of all things (Jn. 1:3). The Nicene Creed (AD 325) declares of Jesus that he is: God from God, Light from Light, true God from […]
Is Apologetics A Discipline? A Conversation with Robert Bowman
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy J. Brian Huffling A few months ago I wrote a post titled “Why Christian Apologetics Is Not A Discipline.” Dr. Robert Bowman has graciously responded with a blog post titled “Is Apologetics a Discipline?” I appreciate Bowman’s article as it highlights the importance and nature of apologetics. I have been a fan of his for well over decade since […]
The Top Ten Ways to Advance the Gospel at Holiday Dinners
Jesus Christ, Theology and Christian ApologeticsDreading those awkward family dinners this Christmas season? Unsure about how to tactfully bring up the real reason for Christmas? Here are the Top Ten ways to advance the Gospel at Holiday Dinners: Pray: Start praying now for opportunities and for hearts to be open. Then volunteer to pray before the meal (No one will […]
60 Christmas Gift Ideas for Christian Kids and Adults
Apologetics for Parents, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Natasha Crain I’ve recently had a lot of people asking for recommendations for Christmas gift ideas, for both kids and adults, so I’ve put together this detailed list of my top picks! They are almost all books, but there are a few other ideas as well. Gift ideas for kids come first (mostly for the […]
J. Warner Wallace: Different Answers to The Question “Why Are You a Christian?”
Atheism, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Wintery Knight I sometimes think about the horrible experiences I had encountering “normal” Christians in American churches after having become a Christian on my own through reading the New Testament, reading apologetics, and watching William Lane Craig debates. I heard a lot of different reasons to be a Christian from the church Christians, and […]
My Conversation About Morality with an Atheist Millennial Man
Atheism, Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Wintery Knight I spent some time talking to an atheist millennial recently. He considers himself a moral person, and he is very helpful to others. I asked him to define morality, and he said that morality was feeling good, and helping other people to feel good. I was trying to think of a way […]
Apologetics for Children
Apologetics for Parents, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Mikel Del Rosario How can we help our children understand evidence for the Christian faith? When people ask me about apologetics for children, I think back to the time when my son was in kindergarten. A classmate would tease him at school by sarcastically asking, “Why do you still believe in the God thing?” […]
Whirled Views
Atheism, Philosophy of Science, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Terrell Clemmons A Framework for Mapping Reality & Engaging Ideological Confusion. “Science is more than a body of knowledge. It’s a way of thinking,” said Carl Sagan in the last interview he gave before his death in 1996 at age 62. Sagan and Charlie Rose were discussing Sagan’s last book, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a […]
Is Genesis History?
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Luke Nix Introduction A couple of years ago the documentary “Is Genesis History?” was released. This documentary aims to defend the truth of the Christian worldview by defending the historicity of the early chapters of the Bible from a scientific perspective. The documentary attempts to accomplish this by demonstrating evidence in support of intelligent […]
The Christian’s Response to Cultural Change
Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy V. T. Clark Daniel was a young man when his world changed. The world Daniel knew and grew up in changed to a world contrary to his culture and his faith. Christians today find themselves not immune to the shifting cultural changes of society. With this brings personal and communal challenges of what is […]