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.
God’s Crime Scene
2. Does God Exist?, 3. Are Miracles Possible?, Atheism, Philosophy of Science, Theology and Christian ApologeticsIt’s about 2 a.m. on an August morning in 1979. A beautiful young nurse by the name of Lynne Knight is living in a bungalow behind a larger house in Torrance, California. As two police officers approach her door, they notice a chair overturned in the entryway and bloody footsteps leading back to the rear […]
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 LISTEN “As his career at CNN was winding down, Larry King – the king of […]
Are Christian High School Seniors Really Ready for College?
Culture CrossExamined, Theology and Christian ApologeticsWe have sent this year’s graduating seniors off to college hoping that we as parents and teachers have prepared them for the challenges of college life. We gave them the best education we could, prodded them when they wanted to goof off instead of study, made college visits, wrote recommendations, and helped them write admissions […]
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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 CANDIDATES “Noah Webster (1758–1843) was known as the “Father of American Scholarship and Education” and […]
Why Doesn’t Everyone See Late-Term Abortions as Morally Wrong?
Legislating Morality, Culture & PoliticsIn the interest of trying to provide some moral clarity, I want to examine the type of abortion scenario for which it should be straightforward to morally assess. My thesis in this article is thus narrow in scope but still significant in that some pro-choice advocates take a strong stance that abortion is to never […]
On the Wrong Side of God, Evolution & Humanity
Legislating Morality, Culture & PoliticsWe’ve been told that people who want to maintain the man-woman definition of marriage are “on the wrong side of history.” Perhaps they are correct. Maybe “history,” which is determined largely by how people behave, will continue to move toward defining marriage as genderless in the 90 percent of governments that still maintain the natural definition. […]
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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 BIBLE WISDOM: POLITICS? “A wise man’s heart inclines him to the right, but a fool’s […]
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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 EAT MORE CHICKEN “If you’re a patron of these popular restaurants, you know that come […]
Love Didn’t Win– It Was Redefined
Culture CrossExamined, Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics“Love wins” is the hashtag of choice for those in support of the newest Supreme Court decision that passed that legislative body by a 5-4 vote. If you’re not content with that, you’re just an evil bigot who needs to shut up and support this new legislation. Forget the fact that you have very rational […]
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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 START YOUR DAY “The great nineteenth-century British preacher Charles Spurgeon believed that only a fool […]
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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 TEENAGERS I saw this sign in a restaurant once: “Teenagers, are you tired of being […]
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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 CHRISTIANS VOTING “Here is the king whom you have chosen and whom you have desired.” (1 SAMUEL […]
Introducing BeliefMap.org
Theology and Christian ApologeticsIf you’re an apologist in training, I want to call your attention to a really neat resource. BeliefMap.org is a pretty neat Christian apologetics website, which is building online “pocket-apologist” for believers and nonbelievers to use. Imagine an encyclopedia that allows users to interact with academic material in a point-counterpoint debate format. That is to […]
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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 BABEL SYNDROME “When civilizations strip away the knowledge of a personal God involved in the […]
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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 HAPPINESS “When Benjamin Franklin was confronted by a disgruntled American, complaining that his country had […]
“What is God Like — Tawhid or Trinity?” Jonathan McLatchie vs. Abdurraheem Green
Debates, IslamI recently did a debate on Unbelievable? on Premier Christian Radio, a show that airs every Saturday on British radio (also podcasted online), featuring debates between Christians and non-Christians. Last year on the show, I did a debate on whether Christianity is evidence-based, with British atheist Elliot George. The recording of that encounter can be found […]
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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 WEALTH CAN’T BE KEPT “At age six, Henry John Heinz (1844–1919) helped his mother tend […]
After Debate, Atheist and Christian Defend Free Speech Against Gay Activists
College Events, Culture CrossExamined, DebatesOn April 16, I, Frank Turek, debated atheist Michael Shermer at Stony Brook University on the question: “What Better Explains Morality: God or Science?” Following the debate, the Graduate Queer Alliance at Stony Brook wrote a letter to the editor of the school newspaper wanting an apology from the university for allowing me to speak […]
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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 WHOSE SIDE? “The guidelines of what we ought to do are furnished in the moral […]
Cameras of the Watchman: The Reality of the Relationship between Science and Theology (part 3/3)
Philosophy of ScienceScott Symington 3.3.4 Complex / Contextual A couple that really loves each other, may still have a history of ups and downs, especially relationships susceptible to psychological and other influences. Marriage counselors will often hear, “It’s complex”, in reference to how the relationship is going. Historians of science and religion have come to […]
Cameras of the Watchman: The Reality of the Relationship between Science and Theology (part 2/3)
CrossExamined, Philosophy of ScienceScott Symington 3.3 Third Intersection: 4 Types of Interaction Any two valid forms of knowledge (as defined previously), for example, physics and mathematics, science and philosophy, history and archeology, theology and science, theology and history, either can or do not interact. If two valid sources do interact, then there is a continuum of agreement upon […]