CrossExamined Blog
Tackling today’s toughest questions, these posts explore topics on God, morality, science, and culture.
Whether you’re a skeptic or believer, each article challenges your worldview and sharpens your thinking. Engaging, thought-provoking, and unapologetic, this is a place to dig deeper and follow the truth wherever it leads.
The Wisdom Chronicle
Wisdom ChronicleThe 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 with you. Blessings, J. Whiddon SLEEP “I started reading the research on the relationship between sleep deprivation and obesity about […]
How to Explain to Your Kids Why Some People Think Gorillas and Humans Are Equally Valuable
Apologetics for Parents, Culture CrossExaminedBy Natasha Crain By now, you’ve probably seen all the headlines and controversy surrounding the killing of Harambe the gorilla. In a nutshell, a 4-year-old boy somehow fell into a gorilla exhibit at the Cincinnati Zoo last weekend and authorities ended up killing the gorilla in order to ensure the boy’s life would be saved. […]
Is Spiritual Truth a Matter of Opinion? An Open Letter to a Relativist
Apologetics for Parents, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Natasha Crain I received the following blog comment this week, packed with statements that your kids are likely to hear (and possibly come to believe) about the nature of truth. I wanted to reply to the commenter right here in a blog post because I feel there is so much that is important for everyone […]
TEN Problems with the Canaanite Objection
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Tim Stratton “Then they devoted all in the city to destruction, both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys, with the edge of the sword” (Joshua 6:21). Why would God command the execution of all the Canaanites (along with the children) in the Old Testament? Many think this is one of […]
Are Humans Sophisticated Carbon-Based Machines?
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Chris Du-Pond A paramount question that humans ought to consider is what philosophers have labeled the “mind-body problem.” The key point here is this: are humans made of one substance or more? Are humans nothing more than physical matter or do they also incorporate an immaterial mind/soul? These distinct perspectives are known as physicalism […]
Robots & Rationality
Atheism, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Tim Stratton Determinists determined to defend determinism often counter the Freethinking Argument by proclaiming that computers seem to be rational and they do not possess libertarian free will. They state this is sufficient refutation of premise (3) of the Freethinking Argument, and therefore, the conclusions: free will exists, the soul exists, and naturalism is false, do not follow. This […]
The Wisdom Chronicle
Wisdom ChronicleThe 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 with you. Blessings, J. Whiddon REAGANISMS “You know why it’s called horse sense—they don’t bet on people.” “Ask an atheist […]
The Constitution Is My Speech Permit
Legislating Morality, Culture & PoliticsMy former attorneys at the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) recently filed a lawsuit they never should have had to file. In the suit, they are representing a Christian student group at North Carolina State University (NCSU). At issue is an NCSU policy requiring a permit for any kind of student speech or communication anywhere on […]
The Wisdom Chronicle
Wisdom ChronicleThe 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 with you. Blessings, J. Whiddon CONSISTENCY “A resident in a seaside hotel breakfast room called over the head waiter one morning […]
4 Pieces of Wisdom from a Street Level Apologist
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Billy Dyer One reason I believe in Christianity is because it speaks of reality closer than any other worldview. This isn’t the only or even the main reason, but it is one of the reasons. Even if Christianity is not true (I do not doubt Christianity) I am convinced that atheism is wholly false. That […]
What Exactly is a Biblical Miracle? 3 Key Things Your Kids Should Understand
3. Are Miracles Possible?, Apologetics for ParentsBy Natasha Crain A few weeks ago in our family worship time, we were studying the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000 (Matthew 14). After we finished the story, I asked what I thought was a pretty straightforward question: “So, how did Jesus feed 5,000 people with just a few loaves of bread and a couple […]
The Wisdom Chronicle
Wisdom ChronicleThe 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 with you. Blessings, J. Whiddon 951. POTENTIAL Out in West Texas there is an old place called the Yates Pool. During […]
Don’t Expect Your Kids to Care What the Bible Says Unless You’ve Given Them Reason to Believe It’s True
Apologetics for Parents, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Natasha Crain A mom left a comment on one of my older posts the other day that said, “It sounds like you are teaching your kids to question the Bible. We should never teach our kids to question the Bible!” To that I say…Of course we should. Let’s not get confused, however, by what […]
7 Questions from “Who is God”
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Brian Chilton This past Sunday, the third episode of Morgan Freeman’s show The Story of God as aired on the National Geographic Channel. The third episode dealt with how God is understood to be in various cultures and religions. Again, I am profoundly surprised at how well this show has been made. The show has not […]
The Law of Identity & the Human Soul
CrossExaminedBy Tim Stratton Do humans survive the death of their bodies? As a pastor, I have officiated several funerals over the past few years and I have attended many recently. This topic is always sure to come up while talking to the surviving relatives. Questions such as these are regularly asked: Will we see our loved one again? […]
Why 99 out of 10 Millennials Leave The Church?
Apologetics for Parents, Culture CrossExaminedBy Michael Sherrard As the scintillating Richard G. Howe says, “three out of two people are bad at fractions.” Fewer, I imagine, are good at statistics. Statistics are useful and powerful in telling a story but are often misleading. In fact, statistics can be used to tell any story you want depending on how the […]
4 Informal Logical Fallacies & Biblical Examples
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Billy Dyer Is logic foreign to the New Testament? Is it a field of study we should reserve for the philosophers and let the theologians be by themselves? Of course not! Logic is logic and works in every field of reality. If God is the God of Truth, then we should expect to see […]
The Wisdom Chronicle
Wisdom ChronicleThe 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 with you. Blessings, J. Whiddon CHRISTIAN REASON “The God of the Bible requires teachers who diligently study His Word and […]
Stuff Atheists Say: Believing in God Is Like Believing in Santa
AtheismBy Timothy Fox Welcome to the second installment in my series, Stuff Atheists Say! (Read part 1 here.) This series is dedicated to bad arguments and statements that some atheists (the internet troll type) make to derail a conversation and avoid having to put forth any arguments or evidence of their own. My intention is not to smear every nonbeliever as […]
What Christian Parents Can Learn from Atheist Churches
Apologetics for Parents, AtheismBy Natasha Crain There’s a new church movement you may not have heard about, but it’s growing by leaps and bounds. It’s called the Sunday Assembly. It started less than two years ago in England and now has more than 60 congregations around the world. Twenty-five more congregations are expected to launch by early 2015. […]
Militant Atheist Lacks an Argument
Atheism, Philosophy of ScienceBy Steve Lee Lawrence Krauss, theoretical physicist and cosmologist at Arizona State University, penned an article with The New Yorker. It is provocatively titled “All Scientists Should Be Militant Atheists.” Not just an atheist, but a militant atheist. Krauss, has risen in fame in the past few years, penning such books at The Physics of Star Trek […]