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 ...
Belief In God Is Not a Feeling
By Al Serrato
“Remember, a Jedi can feel the Force flowing through him.” Obi-Wan’s admonition to Luke Skywalker sums up what some skeptics probably think about Christianity. If it were real, ...
Job, Suffering, and a Game of Chess
By Luke Nix
The Ultimate Game of Chess
As a Christian, I come across many challenges to my worldview. Some challenges come from those in other worldviews; others come from other Christians. ...
Got Karma? Misses and Misuses
By Marcia Montenegro
The Hindu word “karma” is used more and more often with a Western twist in meaning. Often people say it to mean “luck” (good or bad) or even as a gleeful expression of ...
“Christians Are Opposed To Science!” What Do You Mean By That?
By Evan Minton
In any debate or argument, it's very important that you understand the terminology that your opponent is using and that your opponent understands the terminology that you're ...
Is There Life Out There? (Interview with Jeff Zweerink)
Between novels, movies and television series, some of the most popular story lines involve extra-terrestrial beings living on exotic planets somewhere in the universe. The notion of alien life ...
Dan Brown’s Origin: No God Required?
By Timothy Fox
“Where do we come from?” and “Where are we going?” These are the two big questions Dan Brown explores in his latest novel, Origin (Doubleday, 2017). (Minor spoilers ahead.) This ...
What Christian Parents Should Learn from the Normalize Atheism Movement
By Natasha Crain
I recently encountered a movement underway on social media called “Normalize Atheism.” According to the website of the same name, the movement started a couple of years ...
Four Ways to Come Alongside Your Kids to Strengthen Their Faith
If you’re paying attention to what’s happening in America today, you’re probably aware of the challenges facing young Christians in their teens and twenties. It’s a simple fact: most young ...
What Christianity Teaches About Service
By Al Serrato
I attended an awards assembly recently with my teenage son. He had written an essay on the value of military service, so the speeches and theme this night had to do with the ...
How Can Apologists Best Use Twitter? 6 Ideas
When my father first released Evidence that Demands a Verdict in 1972 there was very little popular apologetics materials available, and so it was an instant success. But now with the ...
Are Young People Really Leaving Christianity?
Much has been written about both the Biblical illiteracy of teenage believers and the flight of young people from the Church. Many have observed this trend, and I too have witnessed it ...
8 Predictions about the Future of Sex, Gender, and Marriage in America
Recently I was reading sociologist Mark Regnerus’s insightful new book Cheap Sex: The Transformation of Men, Marriage, and Monogamy. His premise is that the Pill and ubiquity of pornography have ...
Tornado Simulations, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and God’s Existence
By Luke Nix
Introduction
For nearly all my life, I've had a fascination with the physical sciences. Meteorology and astronomy were two of them that always caught and kept my attention as a ...
To COEXIST Is A Biblical Command
Along with my regular blog here at seanmcdowell.org, I am now featuring occasional guest posts from some students in the Biola M.A. in Christian Apologetics that I personally had the privilege ...
