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Is All Reasoning Circular Reasoning?

By David Pallman Circular reasoning is generally understood to be fallacious. The reason for this is that circular arguments assume what they purport to prove. At least one premise in a circular argument depends upon the truth of the conclusion, making the argument lose any justifying force. For in order to accept the relevant premise, […]

¿Puede la historia de Jesús seguir sorprendiéndote?

By Bob Perry History shows that prudence and wisdom are rarely on the side of new ways of looking at Scripture. This is especially true of the “progressive” trend to remake Jesus in the image of postmodernism. So when I first heard about Tom Gilson’s new book, Too Good To Be False , I have […]

Contradictions In The Life of a Christian

By Luke Nix Introduction The Christian Church is no stranger to hypocrisy. The Church is comprised of sinners who do not always practice what they preach, and sometimes such practice is in stark contradiction to what we preach. Some of the most heinous acts have been committed by Christians while they speak truth. It seems […]

Five Tips for Teaching Christian Apologetics

By Doug Potter I have taught Christian apologetics to seventh graders through seminary students. I have done this in a Christian school, church, home, and graduate school; in-person and online. I even helped put it in print. I still find teaching apologetics challenging. Sometimes I feel I have forgotten more apologetics than my students will ever […]

¿Es la Biblia nuestra principal autoridad?

By David Pallmann Many Christians feel that it is wrong to show unbelievers evidence of the truth of Christianity. [1] These Christians consider the traditional method of apologetics to be an affront to the Scriptures by not giving them the respect and place they deserve. The concern is that by displaying evidence of the truth […]

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Resurrection Defense Series: Transformation of Eyewitnesses

By Brian Chilton One of the most fascinating historical aspects of Jesus’s resurrection is the transformation it brought to individuals who claimed to have experienced the risen Jesus. Interestingly, these experiences occurred so early that Richard Bauckham contends that the “earliest Christology was already in nuce the highest Christology. All that remained was to work through consistently […]

¿Hay profetas en la Iglesia hoy en día?

By Jason Jimenez Turn on your television and you will surely come across religious programs with someone claiming to speak for God. Go to your local bookstore, and there, I am sure you will find several books written by people who claim to have received divine revelations from God. Go on YouTube, and you will […]

3 Apologetics Strategies from the Book of Acts

By Alisa Childers ​”Do you understand what you’re reading?“ This simple question is credited with carrying Christianity into Ethiopia. (1) Acts chapter 8 tells of Philip being led to the desert by an angel to meet an officer from the court of the Queen of Ethiopia. Philip finds him reading an Isaiah scroll containing prophecies about the Messiah. At this […]