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 Views of Morality
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Brian Chilton I recently read Gregory E. Ganssle’s book Thinking about God: First Steps in Philosophy. In his book, Ganssle provides 5 particular views pertaining to morality. As one examine these views, it becomes clear that one view of morality stands above and beyond the value of the other moral opinions. Many of these […]
The Forbidden Fruit of Atheism; What question they cannot ask?
AtheismBy Billy Dyer When God created man he gave us free-will. He did this so that He could have genuine children who loved Him. For love by its very nature has to be freely given and freely received. Therefore, He had to give mankind some kind of law so that they could choose to love […]
Stuff Atheists Say: You’re Almost an Atheist
Atheism, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Timothy Fox We at FreeThinking Ministries are dedicated to answering the biggest objections to Christianity. We respect sincere skeptics and seekers and understand that everyone has doubts. We do, too, at times. If there’s a certain obstacle that is keeping you from the faith, we want to help remove it. Responding to objections is mandatory […]
The Wisdom Chronicle
Wisdom ChronicleThe Wisdom Chronicle is designed to bring nuggets of wisdom from the dozens of books I read every year. I endeavor to share the best of what I have gleaned. The determination of relevance lies with you. Blessings, J. Whiddon TOLERANCE “Traditionally, tolerance of other viewpoints meant that even though I think those viewpoints are […]
17 Ways Your Kids Will Encounter Challenges to Their Faith
Apologetics for ParentsBy Natasha Crain In conjunction with my new book, I’ll be doing several speaking events and seminars. In those events, I’ll be explaining to parents the key faith challenges that their kids will encounter, and what they need to do to equip their kids with a faith that’s ready for those challenges. One of the […]
The Top Five Reasons Faith is Not What You Think It Is
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Richard Eng The Bible’s definition of faith is simple, easy, and straightforward. But there are influences both inside and outside the church that confuse the biblical definition. Imagine the biblical definition as the ingredients to a fruit smoothie and the bad influences are chocolate, salt and pepper, and fish. When you blend it all together […]
4 Key Points Christian Kids Need to Understand About Evolution
Apologetics for Parents, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Natasha Crain The other day, I saw a post on Facebook from a mom who was concerned because her teenage daughter was turning away from God after learning about evolution. The mom was considering pulling her out of public school because she wasn’t sure what to do about it. It breaks my heart when […]
Why Are You a Christian?
4. Is the NT True?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Tim Stratton Why are you a Christian? As a full-time church youth pastor and a part-time adjunct professor at a Christian college, I like to ask this question to all of my students. In fact, I ask this question quite often to many active churchgoers these days. The answer I typically receive in response […]
14 Ways for Christian Parents to Teach Kids about Atheism
Apologetics for Parents, Atheism, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Natasha Crain I suppose this a funny title for a post on a Christian parenting blog! But, as I often explain, we can no longer teach our kids about Christianity in a silo and expect them to automatically stand spiritually strong. The challenges today are too great. As I discussed in my last post, […]
Scalia Defended Democracy: Liberals Subvert It
Culture CrossExamined, Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics“I write separately to call attention to this Court’s threat to American democracy,” wrote Justice Scalia in his dissent from last year’s Supreme Court decision, where five unelected judges imposed same-sex marriage on all 320 million citizens. “This practice of constitutional revision by an unelected committee of nine, always accompanied (as it is today) by […]
Examining Jesus by the Historical Method (Part 8: Two Final Methods and Conclusion)
4. Is the NT True?, Jesus ChristBy Brian Chilton For the past several weeks, we have been investigating how the historical Jesus of Nazareth fares by being tested by the traditional historical method. Before wrapping up our investigation, NT scholar Michael Licona provides two additional tests that need to be considered. This article will investigate those two additional tests or methods […]
The Wisdom Chronicle
Wisdom ChronicleThe Wisdom Chronicle is designed to bring nuggets of wisdom from the dozens of books I read every year. I endeavor to share the best of what I have gleaned. The determination of relevance lies with you. Blessings, J. Whiddon THE GOOD LIFE “Another modern trend is a change in what we mean by “the […]
An OUGHT From An IS
Atheism, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Tim Stratton Does objective truth apply to morality? This question has major ramifications depending on how you answer it, because it ultimately asks, “DOES GOD EXIST?” We can see this demonstrated through the use of logic in a deductive syllogism known as “The Moral Argument.”[1] Here it is: 1- If God does not exist, […]
Why Your Kids Can Spend 600-Plus Hours in Church and Not Get Much Out of It
Apologetics for Parents, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Natasha Crain The other day I was reflecting on how much time I spent in Sunday school and youth groups growing up…and how little I understood about the Christian faith by the time I left home. For some reason, I decided to calculate roughly how much time that actually was. I scratched out the […]
Free From God
CrossExaminedBy Timothy Fox I recall an online conversation I had with a skeptic about spiritual things. To gain some clarification, I asked if he was an atheist or agnostic. His response? “I’m free!” Now, although this in no way answers the question, it does illustrate what people think about religion. It’s some form of mental […]
Examining Jesus by the Historical Method (Part 7: Eyewitness Testimony–The Gospel Witnesses)
4. Is the NT True?, Jesus Christ, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Brian Chilton Last week, we discussed the eyewitness testimony for Jesus by demonstrating the validity of the Gospel records. Such an endeavor was important to establish particular witnesses found within the Gospel accounts. We have seen that one holds good reasons for accepting that the apostle Matthew had, at least in part, a hand […]
3 Perspectives Every Child Needs for Their Spiritual Journey
Culture CrossExamined, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Natasha Crain I’m not a big TV watcher. In fact, the only guilty TV pleasure I have is watching Dateline NBC. I’m fascinated by the true crime stories and seeing how seemingly typical people get involved in crazy things. Dateline recently featured the tragic story of Ian Thorson, a young man who got tangled […]
Examining Jesus by the Historical Method (Part 6: Eyewitness Testimony–The Case for the Gospels)
Jesus Christ, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Brian Chilton As we have engaged in our evaluation of Jesus according to the historical method, my previous articles have demonstrated that the historical Jesus passes the historical method with flying colors. However, we must continue our quest in asking, “Do we have eyewitness testimony concerning Jesus of Nazareth?” That is, do we have […]
Dead Things Don’t Grow
Culture CrossExamined, Debates, Legislating Morality, Culture & PoliticsAuthor’s Note: The debate discussed in this blog post can be seen at the bottom article. Many who hold the pro-choice position subscribe to a postmodern worldview. They are not arguing that we can kill the unborn because a woman’s right to choose trumps the right to life of the unborn. They are arguing that […]
The Wisdom Chronicle
Wisdom ChronicleThe Wisdom Chronicle is designed to bring nuggets of wisdom from the dozens of books I read every year. I endeavor to share the best of what I have gleaned. The determination of relevance lies with you. Blessings, J. Whiddon KNOWLEDGE “If knowledge and reason are identical with what can be tested scientifically or with […]
50 Recommended Apologetics Resources for Christian Parents
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Natasha Crain At the end of my last post (If Your Kids Are Someday Shocked by the Claims of Skeptics, You Didn’t Do Your Job), I promised to follow up with a “master list” of my recommended resources for helping you get better equipped for Christian parenting in a secular world. It’s taken me […]