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 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, […]
Why Your Kids Can Spend 600-Plus Hours in Church and Not Get Much Out of It
Apologetics for Parents, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy 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 home. For some reason, I decided to calculate roughly how much time that actually was. I scratched out the […]
Free From God
CrossExaminedBy 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!” Now, although this in no way answers the question, it does illustrate what people think about religion. It’s some form of mental […]
Examining Jesus by the Historical Method (Part 7: Eyewitness Testimony–The Gospel Witnesses)
4. Is the NT True?, Jesus Christ, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy 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 witnesses found within the Gospel accounts. We have seen that one holds good reasons for accepting that the apostle Matthew had, at least in part, a hand […]
3 Perspectives Every Child Needs for Their Spiritual Journey
Culture CrossExamined, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy 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 people get involved in crazy things. Dateline recently featured the tragic story of Ian Thorson, a young man who got tangled […]
Examining Jesus by the Historical Method (Part 6: Eyewitness Testimony–The Case for the Gospels)
Jesus Christ, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy 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 with flying colors. However, we must continue our quest in asking, “Do we have eyewitness testimony concerning Jesus of Nazareth?” That is, do we have […]
Dead Things Don’t Grow
Culture CrossExamined, Debates, Legislating Morality, Culture & PoliticsAuthor’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 we can kill the unborn because a woman’s right to choose trumps the right to life of the unborn. They are arguing that […]
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 KNOWLEDGE “If knowledge and reason are identical with what can be tested scientifically or with […]
50 Recommended Apologetics Resources for Christian Parents
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy 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 recommended resources for helping you get better equipped for Christian parenting in a secular world. It’s taken me […]
Don’t judge me. Why Not? Because Jesus said so!
CrossExamined, Culture CrossExamined, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy 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 telling me one of my strengths was that I took criticism well and was very open to it. I was […]
Examining Jesus by the Historical Method (Part 5-Early Testimony: Early New Testament Texts)
4. Is the NT True?, Jesus Christ, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy 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 Synoptic Gospels The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke are all said to be the “Synoptic Gospels.” “Synoptic” means that they are […]
If Your Kids Are Someday Shocked by the Claims of Skeptics, You Didn’t Do Your Job
2. Does God Exist?, Apologetics for Parents, AtheismBy 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 struck by something…the utter predictability of every claim he made against Christianity. His deconversion statement reads like a play-by-play from the “2015 […]
8 Ways that Anti-Intellectualism is Harming the Church
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy 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 with all your mind. This is the greatest and most important command” (Matthew 22:37-38).[1] It seems that one aspect of […]
Euthyphro Is Dead!
Theology and Christian ApologeticsBy 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 dragging him out of his grave. In case you don’t know who Euthyphro is, let me introduce you to him. Euthyphro is a character […]
Logic Is Bedrock
1. Does Truth Exist?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 engage in any of these disciplines if there were not logical absolutes providing parameters to help us reach conclusions that follow from given premises. Here are three fundamental […]
65 Apologetics Questions Every Christian Parent Needs to Learn to Answer
Apologetics for ParentsBy 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 apologetics. I realize, however, that it can seem pretty ambiguous to have a goal of “learning apologetics.” We need to know the specific questions we most […]
Examining Jesus by the Historical Method (Part 4–Early Testimony: Pre-NT Traditions)
4. Is the NT True?, Jesus ChristBy 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 fourth article confronts an issue that many skeptics present concerning one’s knowledge of the historical Jesus: early testimony. Early testimony is important because […]
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 LIFE’S SPAN “The [young person] hopes to live a long time, the [older person] has […]
How The Discovery Of The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation Falsified Atheism
CrossExaminedBy Wintery Knight Prior to certain scientific discoveries, most people thought that the universe had always been here, and no need to ask who or what may have caused it. But today, that’s all changed. Today, the standard model of the origin of the universe is that all the matter and energy in the universe […]
The Self-Refuting Nature of Naturalism
AtheismBy Tim Stratton J.P. Moreland, in his book, “Scaling the Secular City: A Defense of Christianity,” claims that physicalism (often referred to as “naturalism”) is self-refuting for many reasons, but mainly because physicalism seems to deny the possibility of rationality. In making his rational case for rationality, he demonstrates that at least five factors must be […]