Examining Jesus by the Historical Method (Part 8: Two Final Methods and Conclusion)
By Brian Chilton
For the past several weeks, we have been investigating how the historical Jesus of Nazareth fares by being tested by the traditional historical method. Before wrapping up our ...
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 ...
An OUGHT From An IS
By Tim Stratton
Does objective truth apply to morality? This question has major ramifications depending on how you answer it, because it ultimately asks, “DOES GOD EXIST?” We can see this ...
Why Your Kids Can Spend 600-Plus Hours in Church and Not Get Much Out of It
By Natasha Crain
The other day I was reflecting on how much time I spent in Sunday school and youth groups growing up…and how little I understood about the Christian faith by the time I left ...
Free From God
By Timothy Fox
I recall an online conversation I had with a skeptic about spiritual things. To gain some clarification, I asked if he was an atheist or agnostic. His response? “I’m free!” ...
Examining Jesus by the Historical Method (Part 7: Eyewitness Testimony–The Gospel Witnesses)
By Brian Chilton
Last week, we discussed the eyewitness testimony for Jesus by demonstrating the validity of the Gospel records. Such an endeavor was important to establish particular ...
3 Perspectives Every Child Needs for Their Spiritual Journey
By Natasha Crain
I’m not a big TV watcher. In fact, the only guilty TV pleasure I have is watching Dateline NBC. I’m fascinated by the true crime stories and seeing how seemingly typical ...
Examining Jesus by the Historical Method (Part 6: Eyewitness Testimony–The Case for the Gospels)
By Brian Chilton
As we have engaged in our evaluation of Jesus according to the historical method, my previous articles have demonstrated that the historical Jesus passes the historical method ...
Dead Things Don’t Grow
Author’s Note: The debate discussed in this blog post can be seen at the bottom article.
Many who hold the pro-choice position subscribe to a postmodern worldview. They are not arguing that ...
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 ...
50 Recommended Apologetics Resources for Christian Parents
By Natasha Crain
At the end of my last post (If Your Kids Are Someday Shocked by the Claims of Skeptics, You Didn’t Do Your Job), I promised to follow up with a “master list” of my ...
Don’t judge me. Why Not? Because Jesus said so!
By Timothy Fox
When you study to be an educator, you have to spend a certain number of hours as a student teacher, under the guidance of a veteran teacher. I remember my cooperating teacher ...
Examining Jesus by the Historical Method (Part 5-Early Testimony: Early New Testament Texts)
By Brian Chilton
This article picks up where the last article left off. We continue our glimpse at the early testimony for Jesus of Nazareth.
The Argument for the Early Dating of the ...
If Your Kids Are Someday Shocked by the Claims of Skeptics, You Didn’t Do Your Job
By Natasha Crain
Popular Christian rapper Jahaziel made the news when he released a statement renouncing his faith (you can read the full message here). As I read his statement, I was really ...
8 Ways that Anti-Intellectualism is Harming the Church
By Brian Chilton
When asked to identify the greatest commandment in all of the Law, Jesus answered the inquiry by saying, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and ...
Euthyphro Is Dead!
By Timothy Fox
It’s the zombie argument. The objection that won’t stay down: the Euthyphro dilemma. Skeptics just can’t accept the fact that Euthyphro has been dead for centuries and keep ...
Logic Is Bedrock
By Tim Stratton
All philosophical conversation, scientific hypotheses, mathematics, and conclusions based on the historical method entail the reality of logical laws. It would be impossible to ...
65 Apologetics Questions Every Christian Parent Needs to Learn to Answer
By Natasha Crain
In prior posts, I’ve talked about why parents have to care about apologetics (the reasoned defense of Christianity), and I’ve shared resources for getting started with ...
Examining Jesus by the Historical Method (Part 4–Early Testimony: Pre-NT Traditions)
By Brian Chilton
In our first three articles which have examined Jesus by the historical method, we have seen that, thus far, Jesus of Nazareth stands up to historical scrutiny. However, this ...
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 ...
