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.
A Deeper Understanding Of Christ’s Love Through Suffering
2. Does God Exist?, Atheism, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Luke Nix Introduction How can you helplessly watch as a child dies from agonizing cancer? Doesn’t the love you feel tell you that that suffering is evil and a God who is all loving and all powerful would rescue that child? How can God be all loving and all powerful if He allows such […]
Emotional Doubt and How to Combat It
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Brian Chilton In a recent class at Liberty University, it was noted how 80% of a person’s doubts do not stem from intellectual problems with Christianity, but rather from emotional doubt. Emotional doubt is a problem for every person, but it seems to be a tougher concept for men to combat. The reason is […]
Colossians 2:8 Does Not Condemn Philosophy
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Evan Minton Some well-meaning but very misinformed Christians discourage the study of philosophy on the basis of a verse in Colossians chapter 2. In Colossians 2:8, the apostle Paul wrote: “See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits[a] of the world, […]
What I Learned About Faith While Thinking I Had Cancer This Week
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Natasha Crain A few days ago I felt a rather large, firm lump on my body. My first reaction was, “What on Earth is that?”… followed closely by, “Oh my gosh. This could be it.” Honestly, I started to panic. I know I’m at a higher risk for certain types of cancer and I imagined the worst. […]
“How Would You Respond to This?”
2. Does God Exist?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy 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 existed.” “Science disproves God.” Your friends will offer you the objections and ask, “How would you respond to this?” And here is what I […]
Why the pulpit must be political
Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy 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 design for our next sermon series, another group is setting the stage for our removal from society. […]
Dealing with the “Who Created God” Objection
2. Does God Exist?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy 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. I have argued elsewhere that philosophical proofs for God’s existence are more powerful than scientific ones. This objection is one instance where I think one […]
Does Modern Science Disprove Miracles?
3. Are Miracles Possible?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy 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 people needed to get right with their god. But we’ve moved on from all that right? After all, science explains everything we need […]
Daddy, Can I Kill It?
Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics, Theology and Christian ApologeticsIf 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 problems in our culture stem from the fact that many people fail to correctly answer the question, “What is it?” […]
Did Jesus Appeal To Evidence When Reaching Out To Skeptics?
Jesus Christ, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy 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 Appealed to Evidence Jesus knew He could not show up on the scene and not offer any evidence for His Messiahship. In his book On Jesus, […]
Respectfully Engaging with Muslims
Islam, Jesus Christ, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy 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 than just defending what’s true. It also means loving people well. The more we engage with our neighbors, the more we see that religion is a core part of […]
Book Review: Always Be Ready – A Call To Adventurous Faith
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy 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. Over the last few decades, he has written incredible books powerfully defending the arguments for God’s existence from the beginning and design of the universe. A few of my favorites […]
Theologies that John Chapter One Combats
Jesus Christ, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy 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 of the important sections of John’s Gospel is found in its opening chapter. John says, “In the beginning was the Word, […]
Do Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence?
2. Does God Exist?, Atheism, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy 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 it could possibly be self-defeating. Think about it, the claim itself, to say that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence is to make an extraordinary assertion. How does the […]
Committed Christians Are Now a Minority and Kids Need to Know It
Apologetics for Parents, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy 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, 3) those who didn’t call themselves Christians but accepted “Judeo-Christian” values, and 4) Mormons. In my view of the world at the […]
Captain America & the Moral Argument
2. Does God Exist?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy 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. In fact, their differences stand in such firm relief so as to culminate in a film where they were driven toe-to-toe whilst still harboring […]
Christianity is not a sitting religion
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy 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 if you are going to be one that takes our Lord’s mercy and grace to others or be […]
When Is It Time To Leave Gentleness And Respect Behind?
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy 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 disgust all and bring to mind horrific images of some futuristic dystopia. If you’ve not seen the undercover footage, stop what you are doing […]
Did Jesus Even Claim to Be God?
Jesus Christ, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy 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 that Jesus is a created being. Liberal “Christians” argue that Jesus never claimed to be God. Many other groups say the […]
Why The Apocrypha Isn’t In The Bible
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy 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) perplexes most Christians. A couple of reasons exist for this confusion. First, most have never read these books. That is, nobody knows what […]
Cdc Reports: Std Rates Hit All-Time High For The Fourth Straight Year
Legislating Morality, Culture & PoliticsBy 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 who have sex with men. The attitude that the culture is taking towards this is to not make any moral judgments, but someone is going to have to […]