Why does God hide? If God loves us and truly desires that none should perish, why doesn’t He make His existence more obvious? Wouldn’t a loving God want us all to be saved? Divine hiddenness is a problem that puzzles many believers and non-believers, and in this midweek podcast episode, Christian philosophers + apologists Michael Jones and Eric […]
Is God a vindictive bully? Is the God of the Old Testament different than the God of the New Testament? Critics outside the church often accuse the Old Testament God of genocide, racism, ethnic cleansing, and violence. But a rising tide of critics within the church claim that Moses and other “primitive,” violence-prone prophets were […]
People are hungry for hope. They want to understand our human condition–its origin, nature, purpose, and destiny. The Christian faith offers hope for individuals and the entire universe, grounded in absolute truth. But how can we effectively communicate to others that Christianity is true, especially the “deep thinkers” who believe becoming a Christian will lead […]
It’s that time of year again! You’re sitting around with family at the Christmas dinner table, and Uncle Joe insists on picking apart your Christian faith. What’s the best way to respond? Ignore him while you play with your mashed potatoes? Or do you try to refute his objections? You know you need to give […]
In this midweek podcast episode, Frank continues his conversation with high-risk humanitarian Victor Marx and takes listeners on a raw and unscripted journey through several of his latest missions to save women and children from the real-life horrors of sex trafficking. From a tiny village in Cambodia to a church parking lot in Colorado Springs, the manifestation […]
Is it really possible for a person to break the cycle of anger, abuse, addiction, divorce, and unforgiveness? Victor Marx is here to tell us that with the hope of Jesus Christ, you can! At the tender age of 5, Victor was molested and left in a commercial cooler to die. He endured a childhood marked with […]
Do Christians have good historical reasons to put our faith in the resurrection of Jesus? Can we really know what happened 2,000 years ago? No one doubts the works of Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar or the history written about them, so what makes the historicity of Jesus so special? And what do non-Christian scholars […]
Is it wrong to have doubts about your Christian faith? Many people assume that doubt is the opposite of faith and that wandering among the hard questions of faith will lead us further away from God. True believers, the assumption goes, never waver in their confidence in the fundamental truths of Christianity. Professor and philosopher Travis […]
After four years of speaking to rooms overflowing with young people at Reality conferences across the country, Jon Noyes from Stand to Reason has some powerful insights to share on the topic of suicide. Incredibly, over half of all suicides occur among people who have no diagnosed mental health issues. This indicates a couple of things: […]
Atheists and skeptics such as Bart Ehrman have enflamed fear and doubt regarding the reliability of the Bible for years by mentioning staggering numbers such as the roughly 500,000 variants found in the Old and New Testament manuscripts. The goal behind these statistics (usually provided without any context) is to undermine our confidence in the […]