By Brian Chilton A cabin was nestled near the top of a mountaintop in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. This cabin served as a vacation home for my family and me. The evening was humid and muggy. Thus, we decided to take in a show in Pigeon Forge rather than exploring the beautiful hills […]
By Alisa Childers When my daughter was little, I made her quinoa, oat, and flax seed waffles, and she loved them. It wasn’t until we were visiting family in California that she experienced the hotel breakfast bar and exclaimed out loud, “Mom, these waffles are SO MUCH BETTER THAN YOURS!” The charade was over. Dry, […]
By Levi Dade A few months ago, I sat with a close friend in one of the booths of our university’s coffee shop. My friend, whom I will call Tom, is an atheist. Tom is a genuine truth-seeker, and he would be a Christian if he thought Christianity was “actually true.” During our conversation, we […]
Por Alisa Childers Permítanme empezar diciendo que me gusta Rob Bell. (No pensaste que iba a decir eso, ¿verdad?) Como parte de una investigación que estoy haciendo sobre el Cristianismo Progresista, he pasado bastante tiempo con él últimamente, —escuchando conferencias, entrevistas y leyendo sus libros. De todos los autores progresistas que estoy leyendo actualmente (Rachel […]
By Ryan Leasure This article is part four in a nine-part series on how we got the Bible. Part 1 looked at biblical inspiration and inerrancy. Part 2 considered the development of the Old Testament. And Part 3 investigated the Old Testament canon and the Apocrypha. In this article, we transition to the New Testament canon. Specifically, I want […]
Por Richard Howe En nuestra reciente transmisión en directo sobre la verdad, demostramos cómo la comprensión adecuada de la naturaleza de la verdad y el reconocimiento de que la verdad sobre la realidad es objetiva y conocible son cruciales para llevar a cabo adecuadamente tanto la apologética como el estudio de la Biblia. También hablamos […]
By Al Serrato Challenges to Christianity don’t always come from the outside, from atheists committed to removing every vestige of religious faith from society. Challenges can also come from committed Christians, whose beliefs are influenced, and often shaken, by philosophical ideas that are intended to make people stumble. Recently I was asked this question: “There […]
Por Andrew Cowley Cuando tenía 14 años, negaba públicamente (y con sinceridad) la existencia de Dios. Estaba totalmente convencido de que Dios no existía y que los que creían en Dios eran ilusos, poco inteligentes, ingenuos y emocionalmente débiles. Creer en Dios era cosa de cuentos de hadas, —no algo intelectual o racional. Como ateo, […]
By Jason Jiménez This article is adapted from Jason’s book Abandoned Faith. “Inevitably we carry some amount of parental regrets. Freedom from regret comes when we admit our weaknesses before Jesus. No one is perfect. Our imperfections, though, shouldn’t become a wall between God and us or our children and God. At the cross we can […]
Por Alisa Childers Cuando decidí tomar más en serio el aspecto intelectual de mis creencias espirituales, algunos de mis amigos cristianos se quedaron rascándose la cabeza. Mi recién adquirido amor por el aprendizaje me llevó a recibir comentarios como: “No dejes que tu cabeza se interponga en el camino de tu corazón”, y “No necesito […]