Progressive Christianity is as Much of a Threat to Your Kids’ Faith as Atheism
By Natasha Crain
In our backyard we used to have a beautiful lime tree.
One day I noticed that a thorny vine of some kind had started growing around it. It looked enough like the rest of the ...
Who Wrote the Gospel of Mark?
By Brian Chilton
Last week, we began a series on the authorship of the New Testament documents as we discussed the Gospel of Matthew. This week, we continue our series as we consider the ...
The Price of Denying Free Will
By Timothy Fox
Every time I turn around I find someone else denying that humans have free will. From scientists to philosophers to theologians, it’s the cool new trend. We aren’t actually ...
God, Evil and the London Attack
If you’d had the knowledge and power to stop the terrorist attack in London, would you have done so? Of course. In fact, if you could have stopped it but didn’t, we would call you morally ...
Is Religion the Practice of Avoiding Truth?
By Luke Nix
Introduction
A month or so ago, I came across an interesting challenge to Christianity. A skeptic told me that religion was an exercise in avoiding truth- a willful delusion. He ...
Who Wrote the Gospel of Matthew?
By Brian Chilton
Over the course of the new few weeks, we will discuss the reasons for accepting the traditional viewpoints for New Testament authorship. We will begin with the Gospel of ...
Was Paul the Founder of Christianity?
By Brian Chilton
Skeptics, such as Gerd Ludemann, charged Paul for being the actual founder of Christianity. Such ideas come from either a belief that Jesus never addressed difficult topics, or ...
The Art of Raising Kids Who Will Not Bow to the Idol of Science
By Natasha Crain
There’s a new hero in town. He’s thought to be all-powerful, always right, and everyone’s best friend. If anyone says something that could possibly be construed as being ...
Did Long Distance Make Paul’s Witness List Unfalsifiable?
By Evan Minton
In chapter 8 of my book Inference To The One True God, in my blog post "The Minimal Facts Case For Jesus' Resurrection PART 1" and in my blog post "A Quick Case For Jesus' ...
God’s Love & the Euthyphro Dilemma
By Tim Stratton
Question
Dear Tim,In your article The Omnibenevolence of God you pointed out that on the Islamic view, Allah is quite similar to some Calvinistic views of God. ...
Skeptics Can’t Have It Both Ways
By Brent Hardaway
Former L.A. County District Attorney and agnostic Vince Bugliosi believes that the problem of evil is fatal to believing in Christianity.
“I’m an agnostic only on the ...
Does Scripture Ground Morality, Hope, and Meaning?
By Luke Nix
Introduction
I saw this meme on social media the other day. It states "Scripture abandoned in the culture leads to relative morality, hopelessness, and meaninglessness." ...
The Wisdom Chronicle
The Wisdom Chronicle is designed to bring nuggets of wisdom from the dozens of books I read every year. I endeavor to share the best of what I have gleaned. The determination of relevance lies ...
For All the Moms Overwhelmed by Raising Christian Kids in a Secular World
By Natasha Crain
I don’t normally write just to moms—my readers are both moms and dads—but in honor of Mother’s Day this one is specifically for all the moms out there.
For the past few ...
Does The Minimal Facts Approach Dishonor God’s Word?
By Evan Minton
The Minimal Facts Approach is an approach to establishing the truth of Jesus' resurrection using two criteria; (1) they must be facts that have a lot of evidence in their favor, ...
How to Become a True Student and a Better Apologist
By Michael C. Sherrard
This is a bit exaggerated, but I’m not sure that anybody is actually interested in learning anything anymore. We live in a political and religious playground filled with ...
Phobiaphobic
By Tim Stratton
It seems commonplace today for entire groups of people to be painted with a broad brushstroke and labeled as being afraid or fearful. The word “phobia” or “phobic” is often ...
So What If Hitler Was A Christian? (Would Hitler’s Christianity Hurt Historic Christianity?)
By Rajkumar Richard
The holocaust, masterminded by Adolf Hitler and his Nazi regime, devoured 11 million lives, among them were 6 million Jews, and the other 5 million comprising of people with ...
The Difference Between What A View Asserts And Implies
By Luke Nix
Introduction
In any discussion in which we are defending a particular view, we must present both a positive case and the negative case. The positive case shows the evidence for ...
A Quick Case For Jesus’ Resurrection
By Evan Minton
I've always struggled with brevity some of my apologetic presentations. The trick is to keep it a decent length while simultaneously not skimming on important facts. A handful of ...
