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.
A Case for the Empty Tomb (Part 2: Historical Evidence)
CrossExaminedBy Brian Chilton The previous section examined the arguments posed against the empty tomb hypothesis. The blog demonstrated in the first article that the arguments against the empty tomb hypothesis fail greatly. This article will provide a historical argument for the empty tomb hypothesis. If the Gospels are correct in that the tomb was truly […]
How The Church’s Anti-Intellectualism Will Be Her Jailor
Culture CrossExamined, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Michael Sherrard Religious freedom is on the decline. There is no doubt about this. Social sexual issues will slam the prison’s door on religious freedom. And the lack of desire for wisdom and knowledge within the church is the jailor. Solomon pleaded with his son to not scorn wisdom. Wisdom ought to be sought, […]
4 Quotes on Natural Selection by Naturalists that Support Theism
CrossExaminedBy Billy Dyer Familiar claims to the contrary notwithstanding, Darwin didn’t manage to get mental causes out of his account of how evolution works. He just hid them in the unexamined analogy between selection by breeding and natural selection…we can claim something Darwinists cannot. There is no ghost in our machine; neither God, nor Mother […]
A Case for the Empty Tomb (Part 1: Arguments Against the Empty Tomb)
CrossExaminedBy Brian Chilton Surprising as it may seem, several aspects of the life, death, and apparent resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth are agreed upon by the majority of New Testament scholars, both evangelical and secular alike. In his book The Historical Jesus, Gary Habermas provides twelve minimal facts about Jesus that nearly all scholars agree, […]
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 EVOLUTION IN SCHOOLS “This is the State of California’s guidelines for teaching evolution in the […]
What Are Some Of The Problems With “Philosophy-Free” Theology?
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Jonathan Thompson “I only need the Bible, not man’s philosophy!”, “We don’t need to use philosophy since we have the Holy Spirit!”, “My beliefs are exegetically driven, yours are philosophical!” Many statements like the ones just mentioned sound reverential and benign to the religious ear, but these statements need to be refined. Often when […]
Book Review: Answering Jihad by Nabeel Qureshi
IslamBy Timothy Fox “There is a better way forward, a way that upholds both truth and compassion.” Compassion is probably the last word you would expect to find in a book about jihad. But that’s exactly what Nabeel Qureshi desires for us to show Muslims in Answering Jihad. In this book, he does just what the title states: […]
Do Your Kids Know Why They Need God?
2. Does God Exist?, Apologetics for ParentsBy Natasha Crain A few months ago, my 6-year-old daughter asked a question that has had me thinking ever since: Mommy, why does God matter so much? It was the most fundamental of questions, really. Yet I was embarrassingly uncertain of how to answer it in a way that meaningfully encapsulates the full answer for […]
The 5 Views of Morality
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Brian Chilton I recently read Gregory E. Ganssle’s book Thinking about God: First Steps in Philosophy. In his book, Ganssle provides 5 particular views pertaining to morality. As one examine these views, it becomes clear that one view of morality stands above and beyond the value of the other moral opinions. Many of these […]
The Forbidden Fruit of Atheism; What question they cannot ask?
AtheismBy Billy Dyer When God created man he gave us free-will. He did this so that He could have genuine children who loved Him. For love by its very nature has to be freely given and freely received. Therefore, He had to give mankind some kind of law so that they could choose to love […]
Stuff Atheists Say: You’re Almost an Atheist
Atheism, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Timothy Fox We at FreeThinking Ministries are dedicated to answering the biggest objections to Christianity. We respect sincere skeptics and seekers and understand that everyone has doubts. We do, too, at times. If there’s a certain obstacle that is keeping you from the faith, we want to help remove it. Responding to objections is mandatory […]
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 TOLERANCE “Traditionally, tolerance of other viewpoints meant that even though I think those viewpoints are […]
17 Ways Your Kids Will Encounter Challenges to Their Faith
Apologetics for ParentsBy Natasha Crain In conjunction with my new book, I’ll be doing several speaking events and seminars. In those events, I’ll be explaining to parents the key faith challenges that their kids will encounter, and what they need to do to equip their kids with a faith that’s ready for those challenges. One of the […]
The Top Five Reasons Faith is Not What You Think It Is
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Richard Eng The Bible’s definition of faith is simple, easy, and straightforward. But there are influences both inside and outside the church that confuse the biblical definition. Imagine the biblical definition as the ingredients to a fruit smoothie and the bad influences are chocolate, salt and pepper, and fish. When you blend it all together […]
4 Key Points Christian Kids Need to Understand About Evolution
Apologetics for Parents, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Natasha Crain The other day, I saw a post on Facebook from a mom who was concerned because her teenage daughter was turning away from God after learning about evolution. The mom was considering pulling her out of public school because she wasn’t sure what to do about it. It breaks my heart when […]
Why Are You a Christian?
4. Is the NT True?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Tim Stratton Why are you a Christian? As a full-time church youth pastor and a part-time adjunct professor at a Christian college, I like to ask this question to all of my students. In fact, I ask this question quite often to many active churchgoers these days. The answer I typically receive in response […]
14 Ways for Christian Parents to Teach Kids about Atheism
Apologetics for Parents, Atheism, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy Natasha Crain I suppose this a funny title for a post on a Christian parenting blog! But, as I often explain, we can no longer teach our kids about Christianity in a silo and expect them to automatically stand spiritually strong. The challenges today are too great. As I discussed in my last post, […]
Scalia Defended Democracy: Liberals Subvert It
Culture CrossExamined, Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics“I write separately to call attention to this Court’s threat to American democracy,” wrote Justice Scalia in his dissent from last year’s Supreme Court decision, where five unelected judges imposed same-sex marriage on all 320 million citizens. “This practice of constitutional revision by an unelected committee of nine, always accompanied (as it is today) by […]
Examining Jesus by the Historical Method (Part 8: Two Final Methods and Conclusion)
4. Is the NT True?, Jesus ChristBy 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 investigation, NT scholar Michael Licona provides two additional tests that need to be considered. This article will investigate those two additional tests or methods […]
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 THE GOOD LIFE “Another modern trend is a change in what we mean by “the […]
An OUGHT From An IS
Atheism, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy 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 demonstrated through the use of logic in a deductive syllogism known as “The Moral Argument.”[1] Here it is: 1- If God does not exist, […]