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.
Resurrection Defense Series: Transformation of Eyewitnesses
Jesus Christ, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy 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 […]
3 Apologetics Strategies from the Book of Acts
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy 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 […]
What Does the Common Practice Of Withholding Sex Reveal About Women?
Legislating Morality, Culture & PoliticsBy Wintery Knight Dennis Prager features a lot of discussions about male-female relationships on his show, particularly during the male-female hour. I think this is one of the parts of his show that I really like best because he knows what he is talking about. He did a two-part series a while back on 1) male […]
Why It Is A Mistake To Say That All Religions Are The Same
Jesus Christ, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Al Serrato Every year in America, thousands of crimes occur in which there are no witnesses and very little evidence. Sometimes, the perpetrator leaves behind a fingerprint impression – a latent print -somewhere at the crime scene. In the past, these prints possessed little value in identifying the offender; before a comparison could be […]
An Evaluation of “Why the case against abortion is weak, ethically speaking”
Legislating Morality, Culture & PoliticsBy Elliott Crozat Introduction Why the case against abortion is weak, ethically speaking is an engaging article on an issue often confined to academic journals.[1] I am grateful for the report, mainly because of Nobis’ and Dudley’s emphasis on personhood and because I agree with them on two significant points. First, our society needs a careful […]
A Reply to Bart Ehrman’s Defense of Jesus, Interrupted on the MythVision Podcast
Jesus Christ, Theology and Christian ApologeticsNearly a year ago, I published a series of three articles in which I reviewed sections of Bart Ehrman’s book Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (And Why We Don’t Know About Them). If you have not read those articles already, you can find them at the links below: Why You Should Not […]
Improbable Planet by Hugh Ross ― Audio Book Highlight
2. Does God Exist?, 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 audiobook. 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 […]
Resurrection Defense Series: Multiple Source Attestation for the Resurrection of Jesus
CrossExaminedBy Brian Chilton Historians use various methodologies to determine the credibility of a historical story. One criterion is called the “criterion of multiple attestation.”[1] Reginald Fuller calls the criterion the “cross-section method.”[2] The criterion states that a story is authenticated if it is repeated in more than one source. As noted in a previous article, historian Paul […]
Did John Really Write John?
4. Is the NT True?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Ryan Leasure The Gospel according to John has received more scrutiny than the other Gospels put together. Case in point, dating back to the 1920s, critical scholars have argued that the apostle John could not have written the Gospel. Rather, they’ve suggested a whole slew of other possibilities (anonymous, John the Elder, Lazarus, John Mark, […]
The Key To Less Stressful Decision Making
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Bob Perry “What is God’s will for my life?” This is a common question to hear from someone who is pondering a difficult life decision. Making big decisions can be confusing. But using “God’s will” as the benchmark for success adds a whole new element of agony to it all. The key to less […]
Why Do Some Christians Say “All Sins Are Equally Bad” And “Everyone Is Equally Guilty”?
Legislating Morality, Culture & PoliticsBy Wintery Knight We were having a discussion about whether the Bible teaches that sex before marriage is morally wrong, and someone said “impure thoughts counts as adultery… there isn’t a virgin among us.” Regarding her point that lust is equal to adultery, and so no one is really a virgin, here’s Ligonier Ministries: In demonstrating that […]
Book Review: Another Gospel? by Alisa Childers
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Timothy Fox In my last blog post, I shared some of the most important books regarding cultural issues that I read in the year since the COVID lockdowns began in March 2020. While those books dealt with the culture at large, my next two reads focused on cultural and theological issues impacting the church: Confronting […]
Why Does the Church Need Apologetics?
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Mia Langford Apologetics is having an overdue moment in the spotlight, thanks in part to challenges from media influence on the culture. Dr. Ray Ciervo, apologist, pastor, and SES Alum, joins us this week to discuss how someone can help get apologetics training started at their local church, what issues should be prioritized in […]
Why Does the Media Give A Pass To Biden’s Faith?
Legislating Morality, Culture & PoliticsBy Jason Jimenez Biden, the 46th president, is America’s second Catholic President. The first was John F. Kennedy—when he became President in 1961. From the start of his campaign, Biden wanted everything to be about his faith. A favored campaign slogan for the Biden camp was the “battle for the soul of the nation.” It […]
Why Don’t the Synoptic Gospels Mention Lazarus?
4. Is the NT True?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Ryan Leasure Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead is one of the most well-known stories in the Gospels. Yet, for some reason, Matthew, Mark, and Luke don’t mention it. This head-scratching absence has raised a lot of doubts about its historicity. After all, this story seems too significant to leave out. As you can imagine, […]
3 Reasons Why Christians Should Be Evidential Investigators Instead of Experience Junkies
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Alisa Childers Two men. Both grew up in Christian homes in suburban America. Both have famous Evangelical fathers. Both made personal decisions for Christ and became actively involved and well-known in ministry. One walked away from his faith and became a secular humanist. The other has become one of the top apologists and defenders […]
Resurrection Defense Series: Reasons to Accept the Empty Tomb
Jesus Christ, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Brian Chilton Gary Habermas is no stranger to those who study the historicity of Jesus’s resurrection. He is a world-renowned scholar on the resurrection who serves as a Research Scholar teaching in the Ph.D. program in Theology and Apologetics at Liberty University’s School of Divinity. Habermas’s claim to fame is his six minimal facts […]
“Sanctification” and “Justification”… What’s the Difference and Why Does It Matter
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Andrew Cowley Defining and explaining the meaning of “sanctification” and “justification” can be a daunting task—yet a task that every believer should thoroughly dedicate themselves to. It is imperative that we understand what these two terms mean, how they apply to our faith, and how that affects our Christian theology. Make no mistake, each […]
5 Important Books I Read During 1 Year of COVID (That You Should Read Too)
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Timothy Fox I’ve always enjoyed reading. And when the COVID lockdowns began in March 2020, there wasn’t much else to do for a long time. I took full advantage of this, though, and over the next year, I read a lot of books over a wide range of topics. For instance, I read the entire Chronicles of Narnia series by […]
UK Police Arrest 71-Year-Old Pastor For Defining Marriage The Way Jesus Defined Marriage
Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Wintery Knight I think it’s important for American Christians to learn lessons about what happens to religious liberty by looking at what happens to Christians in other times and places when Democrats (secular leftists) take power. This time, let’s look at a story from the UK, which has been on a 30-year-run into far-left […]