The Incompatibility of Christianity and Racism
By Brian Chilton
This past Saturday, I returned home from our church’s annual Vacation Bible School. The topic for this year’s VBS was on putting on the full armor of God. When I sat down in ...
Debating Atheists: Introduction (part 1/5)
By Dan Grossenbach
On November 27, 2016, I debated a local atheist leader, retired podiatrist Dr. Gil Shapiro, the spokesperson of Freethought Arizona (video here). I’ve blogged on general ...
Who Wrote the Letter of James?
By Bryan Chilton
As you know, we have been examining the authorship of the New Testament letters over the past few weeks. Thus far, we have learned that good reasons exist to accept the ...
Did God Use Evolution? Is the Earth Old? New Book Review
Questions related to origins are some of the most divisive in the church today: How old is the earth? Is there good evidence for intelligent design? Did God use evolution?Sadly, rather than ...
A Simple Case for Religious Liberty
As John Stonestreet and I argue in our book Same-Sex Marriage, we are currently undergoing one of the most sweeping social revolutions in world history. Until theObergefell v. Hodges SCOTUS ...
Why Apologetics Won’t Work
By Dan Grossenbach
If apologetics is so great and its arguments compelling, why isn’t everyone convinced of Christianity? This is where the doctrine of election debate between Calvinists and ...
Freedom Through Obedience: A Lesson from Star Wars
Personal autonomy has become the reigning virtue of our day. If it feels true to you, then it must be true for you. As SCOTUS Justice Anthony Kennedy famously said, "At the heart of liberty is ...
Making Apologetics Personal: A Quick Lesson from John 4
It’s no secret that I love apologetics. I love to read apologetics blogs, study apologetics books, and have apologetics conversations. But there is a constant temptation I have to battle that I ...
How Living Counter-Culturally Can Lead to Your Kids’ Resentment of Christianity
By Natasha Crain
Our family just returned from a wonderful vacation to the mountains of British Columbia. It was stunningly beautiful! We spent our first day there relaxing at this ...
Objections to Objective Morality
By Cole James
I took a philosophy class while I was in college. The topic of this class was on contemporary moral issues, so you know we got into some heated topics. I heard every objection ...
Did Paul Write All Thirteen Letters Attributed to Him?
By Brian Chilton
In the New Testament, thirteen letters are attributed to the apostle Paul. Paul is, of course, the individual who had persecuted the church, but became a Christian missionary ...
Miracles Are Useless, If…
By Rajkumar Richard
The Bible is replete with miracles[1]. Sincere Christians who worship the Triune God will objectively believe every recorded miracle in the Bible. Miracles are intended to ...
God, Patience, and Creation
By Luke Nix
Introduction
One of the challenges skeptics raise against God as the Creator is the idea that He took entirely too long to create: God is inefficient and wasteful with time, if ...
Do Your Kids Know Why They Should WANT God to Exist?
By Natasha Crain
I’ve written over 250 blog posts here since 2011. People still come across my old posts by searching for something on Google, so nearly every day I receive new comments on a ...
So you say you want a Revolution, what about Romans 13?
By Steve Williams
Many Christians believe that the first section of Romans 13 – verses 1-7 — forbids any form of resistance to government… even when it clearly goes tyrannical. If one analyzes ...
Objective Morality: Much Ado About Nothing?
Earlier this year, an early-morning storm passed through our area, causing schools to open late. Some counties announced they would open schools one hour late. Others announced that school would ...
The Contingency Argument For God’s Existence
By Evan Minton
Why does anything at all exist? Why isn't there just nothing? This is the first philosophical question I ever remember asking myself. I remember lying in bed at night when I ...
Who Wrote the Gospel of Luke and Acts?
By Brian Chilton
We have been engaged in a series of articles discussing the authorship of the books of the New Testament. In this article, we consider the Third Gospel, the Gospel of Luke. Who ...
Should We Be Moral Relativists?
By Rajkumar Richard
INTRODUCTION
This is a short introductory essay to defend objective moral values. In philosophy, the term ‘objective,’ is defined as the existence of an object ...
Why Does God Love Satan?
By Rajkumar Richard
The question, “Does God love Satan?” seemingly yields diametrically conflicting answers from conservative Christian theologians. Some assert that God cannot love Satan. In ...
