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.
How We Got Our Bible: Old Testament Canon and Apocrypha
4. Is the NT True?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Ryan Leasure This is part three of a nine-part series on how we got our Bible. Part one addressed the inspiration and inerrancy of Scripture. Part two explained the formation and preservation of the Old Testament text. This post will address issues surrounding the Old Testament canon and the Apocrypha. Canon Before going any further, we must first establish what […]
God and Evil
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Tony Williams Evil, or some derivation of it, is one of the more popular reasons people cite when they walk away from believing in God or choose not to believe in Him in the first place. The most popular atheists who have most recently driven the conversation on why one should not believe in […]
3 Reasons Why Jesus Is The Only Way
4. Is the NT True?, Jesus ChristBy Tim Stratton Sermon Outline Riddle me this: What’s black and white and RED all over? I remember the first time my dad posed that question to me when I was a young child. Even as a little boy – untrained in philosophy – I knew something was amiss. I intuitively understood that if something […]
What is the Difference Between Miracles and Magic
3. Are Miracles Possible?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Justin Angelos Seven years ago, I was the manager at a Men’s tailored clothing store. Part of my job was, counting the money each morning that was put into the safe the night before. One of the ladies I use to work with was an expert in spotting counterfeit money. Due to her former […]
The Resurrection Is A Historical Fact
4. Is the NT True?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Bob Perry Jesus of Nazareth died on a Roman cross, then resurrected from the dead three days later. It’s not just a fairy tale. Christians believe that the Resurrection is a historical fact. It’s what sets Christianity apart from every other world religion. It is the foundation of the Christian faith. If it’s not true the […]
Part 1: Unspeakable Pain
Apologetics for Parents, Culture CrossExaminedBy Jason Jimenez This article is adapted from Jason’s book Abandoned Faith. Many millennials have said that although they were raised in a Christian home, Christianity was never at the core of everything they did. I remember one college student tell me, “I think the only reason my parents go to church is to feel better […]
Biblical Judgment in a “Don’t Judge Me” World
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Alisa Childers “YOU SHOULDN’T JUDGE.” Once upon a couple of years ago, there was a wildly popular book written by a self-professed Christian author. It was released by a Christian publishing house and marketed on Christian platforms and websites. It was a fairy tale come true. Crushing it at the top of The New York […]
Learn To Make a Maximal Case For The Resurrection
4. Is the NT True?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Erik Manning I used to love sharing the minimal facts with unbelievers. It’s easy to present in a few minutes and sounds rhetorically powerful. When I tell my friends that the facts I’m sharing are universally acknowledged by scholars, even those who are skeptical, it seems like I am not coming at them with […]
How Culture Got to the Point Where Saturday Night Live is Promoting Abortion in a Clown Outfit
Culture CrossExamined, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Natasha Crain This weekend, Saturday Night Live cast member Cecily Strong played a character called Goober the Clown who had an abortion when she was 23 and now talks to people about how normal abortion is in between clown jokes. Goober explains that it’s a “rough” subject, so she does fun clown stuff to […]
How We Got Our Bible: Old Testament Formation
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Ryan Leasure This is the second in a series of nine posts addressing the question of how we got our Bible. Last post dealt with the question of inspiration and inerrancy. This week we turn our attention to the formation of the Old Testament. Introductory Matters In the late second century, Tertullian coined the term […]
The Benefits of Active Listening and Moral Apologetics to the Chaplaincy Ministry
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Brian Chilton For the first article after having been named a Senior Contributor for MoralApologetics.com, it is only appropriate to acknowledge the tremendous benefit that moral apologetics has served in my present ministry as a clinical hospice chaplain. In September of 2020, I joined a team of nine other individuals who care for patients […]
Confronting Homosexuality in a Culture of Identity (Part 4)
Culture CrossExamined, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Josh Klein Lil Nas X Back to where we started. What if I told you that the issue with Lil Nas X was not his being gay, but with how he perceived the Church’s response to his being gay? He has somehow come away with the understanding that he should hate himself because he […]
What Does It Mean That God Is “Jealous”
2. Does God Exist?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Al Serrato The Old Testament contains passages in which God is described as “jealous.” For instance, in Exodus 20, God’s Ten Commandments to the Israelites include the admonition not to worship false idols, with God explaining that “I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God.” Similar passages can be found elsewhere in the […]
The Fast But Quiet Creeping of Everyday Cancel Culture: 3 Things Christians Need to Know
Apologetics for Parents, Culture CrossExaminedBy Natasha Crain Last month, the CEO of video game maker Tripwire Interactive was made to step down from his job just 53 hours after he tweeted support for the new Texas abortion law (which banned abortion after the baby’s heartbeat can be detected). Here’s the offensive tweet that apparently warranted the loss of his job: “Proud […]
Confronting Homosexuality in a Culture of Identity (Part 3)
Culture CrossExamined, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Josh Klein As we enter into the final section of critiquing the objections to the orthodox view of homosexual activity as a sin, it is important to note, again, why I am spending such a significant amount of time on these particular points. The rallying cry for the liberal theologian has been grace, mercy and love, […]
How We Got Our Bible
4. Is the NT True?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Ryan Leasure This article is the first in a series of nine blog posts that will unpack the story of how we got our Bible. That is to say, the Bible didn’t just fall from heaven into our laps. Rather, the Bible is the result of a long process that starts from the mind […]
Before You Hit Send by Emerson Eggerichs- Audio Book Highlight
Culture CrossExamined, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Luke Nix Introduction If you consume a large portion of your material through audio, it is hard to get past a good deal on an excellent audio book. Twice every year ChristianAudio.com runs a sale on most of their collection, and you can usually pick up these great audio resources for $7.49. The time has come […]
We Need More Sound Biblical Doctrine Taught in the American Church
Apologetics for Parents, Culture CrossExamined, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Jason Jimenez We’ve all heard and seen the numbers that show how biblically illiterate Christians are in America. For example, the reputable Barna Group cites only 6% of identified Christians possess a biblical worldview. This is (more or less) verified by Pew Research Center and LifeWay Research. No matter how many times I’ve studied […]
Resurrection Defense Series: How the Resurrection Impacts Theology
3. Are Miracles Possible?, Jesus Christ, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Brian Chilton In September of 1993, my grandmother, Eva Chilton, passed away from a long battle with congestive heart failure. She was the first of my grandparents to pass. My grandmother was a kind, loving woman who used to play board games with us grandchildren. Her smile was illuminating, and her laughter was infectious. […]
The Mind-Blowing Meaning Behind the Sign of Jonah
3. Are Miracles Possible?, Atheism, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Erik Manning Recently I stumbled across what I thought was a rather silly meme: Oof. Here’s the thing: No matter if you believe Jonah is historical or ahistorical (and some Christians, like C.S. Lewis, believed it was the latter), this meme misses the point. Science tells us what nature does when left to itself; […]
The Decline of Christianity—and Rationality—in the West
Culture CrossExamined, Jesus Christ, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy J. Brian Huffling The Issue On August 22, 2021, the Christian Post published an article that claimed greater “than 60% of born again Christians in America between the ages of 18 and 39 believe that Buddha, Muhammad and Jesus are all valid paths to salvation and over 30% say they either believe that Jesus sinned like […]