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“How Would You Respond to This?”
By Timothy Fox
Once people discover that you’re a Christian thinker, they often start coming to you with all of the objections they hear:
“The Bible is hopelessly corrupt.”
“Jesus never ...
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Why the pulpit must be political
By Michael Sherrard
With all that is going on in the world, my church doesn't need to be entertained. They need to be trained. We are not in a time of peace. While we creatively plan the stage ...
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Dealing with the “Who Created God” Objection
By J. Brian Huffling
It never fails. Offer an argument for God’s existence and almost invariably you will hear, “Well, who created God?” With some arguments, this may be a legitimate objection. ...
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Does Modern Science Disprove Miracles?
By Ryan Leasure
Back in less civilized times, people believed lightning storms meant the gods were upset with them. An eclipse indicated God was about to bring judgment. Lack of rain meant the ...
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Daddy, Can I Kill It?
If your back was turned when your child asked, “Daddy (or Mommy), can I kill it?” What would be your first question?
What is it?
A spider? Sure. Your baby sister? No.
Many of the ...
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Did Jesus Appeal To Evidence When Reaching Out To Skeptics?
By Wintery Knight
Investigation in progress.
From Eric Chabot of Ratio Christi – Ohio State University.
He lists eight ways that Jesus makes his case.
Here’s one of the ways:
Jesus ...
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Respectfully Engaging with Muslims
By Mikel Del Rosario
Engaging with Muslims
Respectful engagement takes courage and compassion
Let’s talk about respectfully engaging with Muslims. Being an ambassador for Christ means more ...
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Book Review: Always Be Ready – A Call To Adventurous Faith
By Luke Nix
Introduction
Astrophysicist Dr. Hugh Ross is a well-known voice in the scientific and evangelical Christian communities for his scientific defenses of the Christian worldview. ...
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Theologies that John Chapter One Combats
By Brian Chilton
The Gospel of John has been one of my favorite Gospels since I first started studying the Bible. The Gospel of John is theologically rich as well as historically accurate. One ...
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Do Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence?
By Evan Minton
Sometimes, in conversations with atheists, they try to say that “Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence” Are they right?
One problem with this statement is that ...
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Committed Christians Are Now a Minority and Kids Need to Know It
By Natasha Crain
I grew up in a smallish town in Arizona (about 25,000 people at the time). Almost everyone I knew fit into one of four buckets: 1) committed Christians, 2) nominal Christians, ...
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Captain America & the Moral Argument
By Joel Furches
The Marvel Movie franchise is arguably the most epic enterprise in movie history. The series has a number of stand-out characters; however, two stand out more than the others. ...
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Christianity is not a sitting religion
By Michael Sherrard
Will you go? Will you do more than just learn? Will you act upon your desire to persuade others that Jesus is the messiah? You need to wrestle with this. You need to decide ...
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When Is It Time To Leave Gentleness And Respect Behind?
By Michael Sherrard
I am sickened by Planned Parenthood. They are exploiting women for profit all in the name of equality and empowerment. Selling the body parts of aborted fetus’ should ...
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Did Jesus Even Claim to Be God?
By J. Brian Huffling
I sat down with some Jehovah’s Witnesses who were visiting with me. The elder who was leading our study stated that Jesus never claimed to be God. Jehovah’s Witnesses argue ...
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Why The Apocrypha Isn’t In The Bible
By Ryan Leasure
I’ve had more than a few conversations about the Apocrypha. From my experience, this group of a dozen Jewish books written between the Old and New Testaments (400 BC-AD 50) ...
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Cdc Reports: Std Rates Hit All-Time High For The Fourth Straight Year
By Wintery Knight
I’ve been blogging about skyrocketing rates of sexually-transmitted-diseases for the last few years, and particularly how it impacts high-risk groups, e.g., men ...
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Worldviews Shaping Culture: Can You Name America’s Top 3?
By Mikel del Rosario
You’ve got a worldview. Everyone does.
What’s a worldview? It’s everything you believe about what’s real and what really matters in life. Ronald Nash defines it like ...
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Book Review: The Creator Revealed
By Luke Nix
Introduction
Today I am excited to bring you a review of a book that I have been anticipating for a little over a year and a half. In January 2017 particle physicist and University ...
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Determining the Apologetic Starting Point
By Brian Chilton
I am fully immersed in a fantastic course describing apologetic methods. I have been engaged in apologetics since 2007. But, I never realized that there were so many various ...