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Jesus, The Bible, The Quran, and The Law of Non-Contradiction
By Derrick Stokes
In the Quran, the Gospel, or Injil, is considered to be from God and is incorruptible. The Bible says scripture is God-breathed. Yet, they contrast on what they say about ...
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My Favorite Bible Verse
By Tim Stratton
Many times I am asked the question: “Tim, what is your favorite Bible verse?” This is a hard question for me to answer because there are many verses contending for this top ...
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Convince Me There’s A God: Fine-Tuning
By Mark McGee
I was comfortable as an atheist. I could do anything I wanted to do (or could get away with) and laugh at the masses of people stuck in the merry-go-round of belief in a “higher ...
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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 ...
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Faith: ‘wishful thinking’?
By Steve Wilkinson
I often hear people talk about faith as if it is ‘wishful thinking’. This is especially true in the ‘science vs. religion’ debates. “I have my reason…. you have your faith…” ...
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Yes, You Do Have Time to Learn Apologetics
By Melissa Cain Travis
Whenever I was in graduate school studying for my M.A. in Science and Religion, I was often the recipient of wide-eyed stares and exclamations of, “How on earth do you ...
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5 Common Objections to the Moral Argument
By Paul Rezkalla
The Moral Argument for the existence of God has been graced with a long tradition of defense from theistic (and atheistic!) philosophers and thinkers throughout the history of ...
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On the Historical Accuracy of the Book of Acts
By Tim McGrew
Here are some of the details that Luke gets right in Acts that cannot be derived from Josephus. Most of these can be found in Colin Hemer’s magisterial work, The Book of Acts in ...
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What it Takes to Raise a Christian Child in a Country Ruled by Moral Confusion
By Natasha Crain
Oh, this election.
How it’s brought out the worst in everyone, including the two people running for office.
As crazy as the last few months leading up to the election have ...
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Does It Matter Whether God Exists?
By Eric Chabot
After talking to hundreds of college students for several years about spiritual beliefs, one thing that comes up from time to time is whether the existence of God is even ...
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5 Signs You’re Forcing Your Religion (or Atheism) on Your Kids… and 5 Signs You’re Not
By Natasha Crain
Since my book, Keeping Your Kids on God’s Side, came out in March, I’ve been blessed to receive 75 five-star reviews of it on Amazon. To all who have taken the time to leave ...
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Approaching the Existence of God
By Eric Chabot
How do we know God exists? In the past when I was asked this question I used to automatically jump to an argument for God. I would sit down and try to explain it in detail to ...
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Apologetics 101: Having an Argument for the Existence of God
By Melissa Cain Travis
The Scene: Monday morning, your cubicle at work. You’re enjoying the last of your Starbucks joy-in-a-cup while reading your emailed daily devotion. You’re the first one ...
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11 Objections to the Kalam Cosmological Argument
By Randy Everist
The Kalam Cosmological Argument is one of the most popular cosmological arguments around today. The argument is fairly straightforward and enjoys intuitive support. It goes ...
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Christians and Donald Trump: Our Meeting with Him
I was asked to participate in a meeting between Donald Trump and about 35 Christian leaders Friday night in Charlotte. There was no requirement for participants to endorse Mr. Trump. Instead, ...
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Tetragrammaton And Jehovah’s Witnesses
By Prayson Daniel
Unwarrantedly Watchtower Society’s Translation Committee added “Jehovah” in 237 places in New Testament. By doing so, New World Translation (NWT), Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Bible, ...
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Genocide and the God of the Old Testament
By JC Lamont
Many people take issue with the idea that God commanded the Jewish nation to initiate war against the Canaanites, ordering them to wipe them out and take their land for their ...
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An Open Question to Presuppositionalists
By Spencer Toy
I've recently been listening to a number of the Reformed critiques of Andy Stanley and the defense of him that Frank Turek posted here at Cross Examined. While I believe that ...
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Andy Stanley Responds to the “Who Needs God” Controversy
Who Needs God? Some Christians say Andy Stanley does. In fact, he gets more attacks from Christians than non-Christians. Is it his message, his method or both?
Some are upset with him ...
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Presuppositions of Science
By Philip Carlson
Often I am told that science should be the ultimate arbitrator of truth. While it would be nice if this were true it just does not hold up under scrutiny. Science would need ...