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.
Worldviews Shaping Culture: Can You Name America’s Top 3?
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy 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 this in his book, Worldviews In Conflict: A worldview is a set of presuppositions (or assumptions) which we hold (either consciously or subconsciously) about the […]
Book Review: The Creator Revealed
2. Does God Exist?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy 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 of Oklahoma professor, Dr. Michael G. Strauss (check out his blog and YouTube channel) and I were talking, and he informed […]
Determining the Apologetic Starting Point
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy 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 methodologies employed. One of the most off-putting of the methodologies that I have encountered has been one version of a method called presuppositional apologetics. Presuppositional […]
Did Jesus Exist?
Jesus Christ, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Evan Minton I don’t know why, but 99% of the atheists I talk to on the internet hold the ludicrous position that Jesus never existed. Now, they’re atheists. I expect them not to believe in the divinity of Jesus. How could they? If they did, they wouldn’t be atheists. They’d be Christians. No. I’m not […]
What is the Difference Between Absolute and Relative Truth?
1. Does Truth Exist?, Apologetics for Parents, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Natasha Crain (This is one of 40 key questions I address in my new book, Keeping Your Kids on God’s Side: 40 Conversations to Help Them Build a Lasting Faith. If you’re a parent, grandparent, church educator, or other special person in the spiritual life of a child, please check out my book for guidance on having […]
Can Empathy Ground Morality?
2. Does God Exist?, Atheism, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Timothy Fox One of the most powerful arguments for the existence of God is the moral argument. Basically, an objective moral law requires a Moral Lawgiver. But many skeptics still aren’t convinced. They claim that they don’t need God or some holy book to tell them how to live; they have empathy. Dictionary.com defines empathy as “the […]
From a Sonnet to a Savior: Finding ways to present a reason for Christian faith
2. Does God Exist?, 3. Are Miracles Possible?, Jesus Christ, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Michael Sherrard A little while ago I was discussing a sonnet by Jon Donne with several high school students. (I know you discuss sonnets all the time.) The sonnet by Donne was one that mocked death, comparing it to a sleeping pill. Actually, it compared it to opium but said that opium was better. Anyway, the […]
Why did God create Satan knowing that Satan would cause evil?
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Rajkumar Richard No one is spared of evil. We either reel under the effects of evil or feel the impact of evil upon our relatives, friends, and society at large. Some question God’s goodness on account of evil and a few others dispute God’s presence. Evil is real. Evil is not an illusion. Any sane […]
When Debating Atheists: Those Who Lack A Belief Lack An Argument
2. Does God Exist?, DebatesI just had a two hour plus debate with Dr. Michael Shermer, the publisher of Skeptic Magazine, on the question: “What better explains reality: Theism or Atheism?” Given the title of the debate, both of us had the burden of proof to detect the cause (or causes) for certain effects we all see. That’s what […]
Why God Is Not In Time
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy J. Brian Huffling Is God in time? This is a popular question. Does it matter? What does it mean for God to be in time or not? In this article, I will argue that the answer to this question is terribly important in maintaining a biblical and orthodox view of God. In order to […]
Did We Really Not Have A New Testament Canon Till The Fourth Century?
4. Is the NT True?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Ryan Leasure Is it true the New Testament documents weren’t Scripture until the fourth century? That is, the books weren’t authoritative until church councils conferred authority upon them? Liberal scholars make this suggestion since it removes any supernatural explanation for the New Testament canon. To them, a scriptural authority can be explained merely on human […]
William Lane Craig’s Secret Weapon Is His Amazing Wife Jan
CrossExamined, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Wintery Knight I want to draw your attention to a talk on “Vision in Life” given by Dr. William Lane Craig. Dr. Craig is the ablest defender of the Christian faith operating today. He has done formal academic debates with all of the best-known atheists on major university campuses in front of thousands of university students. It […]
Science And Imperialism
2. Does God Exist?, Atheism, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Terrell Clemmons The Wall Street Journal commissioned Richard Dawkins and Karen Armstrong to respond independently to the question, “Where does evolution leave God?” Their answers became an article in the Life & Style section called Man vs. God. Richard Dawkins said of Darwinian evolution, “We know, as certainly as we know anything in science, that this is the […]
Is Naturalism a Good Reason to Rally?
1. Does Truth Exist?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Mikel Del Rosario Today, I’m featuring a special guest post from one of my former mentors, R. Scott Smith, Associate Professor of Ethics and Christian Apologetics at Biola University. Dr. Smith was my adviser while I was doing my graduate studies in the Christian Apologetics Program at Biola University. I studied under him in the areas of ethics, […]
Are Nature and Scripture Compatible?
4. Is the NT True?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Luke Nix The debate about the proper interaction of science and theology is raging as much as it has ever been. Hot tempers fly that result in ice-cold relationships. For as much discussion and debate that takes place, it seems that nothing is being accomplished. For those caught in the middle, questions still remain […]
Q&A: Answering Questions Of An Agnostic Brother
1. Does Truth Exist?, 2. Does God Exist?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Evan Minton Hi Evan, I really like your work, really helped me. But I have a brother, he is agnostic, and he has a few objections I can’t answer (it’s so uncomfortable), so I decided to ask you. The first is on skepticism in general. Shouldn’t we be skeptical about anything? Since everything is subjectively […]
8 Things Kids Should Know About Hell
Apologetics for Parents, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Natasha Crain Hell is probably not at the top of your list of things to talk about with your kids. On the surface, it seems to contradict all the messages about God’s love that we share with them. We worry about confusing them or having them follow Jesus out of fear. We want them to […]
Does Suicide Condemn Someone to Hell?
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Brian Chilton NOTE: We recently received a question related to this topic so we decided to reblog this entry. We believe this is an extremely important issue we need to deal with as a Christian community. Pastor Rick Warren and his family suffered a great loss as his son died from suicide. Suicide is […]
The MAVEN Experience
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Tim Stratton The primary goal of FreeThinking Ministries is to equip the church to engage the culture. In my opinion, no one is doing that better than Brett Kunkle. Kunkle became well-known in the apologetics community through his time at Greg Koukl’s organization, Stand To Reason. Recently, however, Kunkle has branched out and started MAVEN, an organization focused […]
How Do I Explain Abortion To My Children?
Apologetics for Parents, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Michael Sherrard These kinds of questions keep you awake at night. Knowing how and when to talk to your children about sensitive issues isn’t an exact science. But we better figure it out quick. While we contemplate the best way to do it, our little ones are being taught by someone else. The internet, social media, […]
Would A World Without Satan Lack Evil?
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Rajkumar Richard The question, “Would there be less evil in a world without Satan?” could be relevant, for if the answer to this question is a yes, then we could plausibly ask, “Why did God create angels, i.e., Satan if evil in this world would be lesser without Satan?” Within this context, if God had […]