Can God Balance Mercy and Justice?
By Al Serrato
In a recent post, I addressed the issue of whether Christ’s death constituted a sacrifice. For many skeptics, Christ’s death, resurrection, and atonement for our sins constitute a ...
Historic Heresies Related to the Nature of Jesus
Over the centuries, believers have sometimes struggled to understand the nature of God and the great mystery of Jesus. The Bible describes Jesus as having the nature and power of God, and the ...
Resentment Tests Worldviews
By Luke Nix
Introduction
A few months ago, an article on Lifehacker with some financial advice caught my attention. In today's materialistic (financially speaking, not philosophically ...
Objections to the Existence of the Soul
By Jacobus Erasmus
In a recent blog post, Professor Keith Parsons offers three reasons for why (he thinks) the soul does not exist. (You might recall that Parsons debated William Lane Craig ...
Is Christianity at War with Science?
The claim that Christianity is at war with science is one of the most common claims I hear from young people today. In fact, the belief that Christianity is opposed to modern science is one of ...
What Is The Cup That Jesus Asked The Father To Take Away?
By Evan Minton
"Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him. On reaching the place, he said to them, 'Pray that you will not fall into temptation.' He ...
Does an Objective Moral Compass Point to God?
By Tim Stratton
Question
Hey Tim,
A question from your fellow Nebraska Reasonable Faith chapter director! When discussing the Moral Argument with my Reasonable Faith chapter in Omaha, I ...
Was Christ’s Death A Sacrifice?
By Al Serrato
The blood-curdling scream signaled that she had not yet given up. Hours of pushing and the baby had still not descended. The OB was weighing her options, while dad wiped mom’s ...
Can There Be One Right Religion?
Recently I was in a conversation with a friend, and he asked how I could say that Jesus is the only way. I simply responded, “I’m not saying it. Jesus said it. Take it up with him.”
He ...
Who Wrote the Book of Revelation?
By Brian Chilton
As a teenager, I remember being a bit frightened of the book of Revelation. The smell of acne face cleanser filled the room as I dove into mysterious depictions of four-faced ...
Can Reason Lead Us To A Relationship With God?
By Al Serrato
Most atheists feel confident that they have “reason” on their side. As a result, many are surprised when a Christian apologist takes an evidentialist, or reason-based, approach to ...
Finding Purpose in Faith
By Al Serrato
Many skeptics maintain unquestioned faith that science will solve the world’s problems. Seeing the evidence of chaos throughout the world, often the product of ...
7 Insights from Traveling to Israel
Last week I had the chance of visiting the beautiful land of Israel. My wife and I went with Israel Collective, an organization dedicated to peace-making in Israel. We saw remarkable sites, met ...
Should We Let Science Influence Our Doctrine Of Creation?
By Evan Minton
Science is an amazing thing! It's enabled us to transcend so many of our previously existing barriers, from being able to walk on the moon to being able to carry on a live ...
Why Shouldn’t We Trust the Non-Canonical “Gospel of Nicodemus” or “The Acts of Pilate”?
The Gospel of Nicodemus is an ancient text purportedly written by the man who visited Jesus in the Gospel of John. But is this non-biblical text reliable? Was it really written by Nicodemus? ...
Is Jesus Simply a Retelling of the Horus Mythology?
What if I told you there was once an ancient religion whose God was conceived by a virgin named Meri and had a stepfather named Seb (Joseph)? What if I told you this God was born in a cave and ...
Can Religion Be Tested for Truth?
By Luke Nix
Most of the time, I'm not too fond of using the term "religion". I normally prefer to use "worldview" because it is more clear about what all a belief-system entails. However, for ...
Is An Evidence Based Belief On Shaky Grounds?
By Evan Minton
"If you were talked into your belief, you can be talked out of it". This is what I read from one theologian in a book a while back. I cannot remember who said it, but that was a ...
Why We Should Get To Know the Bible
By Al Serrato
Is there a way to use the Bible to get someone interested in knowing more about the Bible? I’ve thought about this question for many years. As I learned more about the Word, and ...
Are You Thinking Like an Atheist?
By Adam Tucker
As anyone who attends the Southern Evangelical Seminary National Conference on Christian Apologetics knows, SES does its best to offer well-rounded apologetics training that ...
