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.
Is God Good? (A Short Film)
CrossExaminedHere is animated short film called, “Is God Good?” In less than two minutes, it succinctly addresses how human freedom relates to the problem of evil (with some brilliant animated imagery). This 2-minute video is a kind of animation known as kinetic type. This genre allows the artist to get a little crazy – words […]
Dennis Prager on American Exceptionalism
Culture CrossExaminedWith wit, passion and clarity, radio talk show host Dennis Prager unearths one of the root problems in America today– the failure of our schools and parents to teach why America is exceptional. American exceptionalism is not elitism but the admission that certain moral values are better than others. Note: those who say that certain […]
The Bible: Embarrassing and True (Part 2)
4. Is the NT True?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsDo the New Testament documents tell the truth about what really happened in the first century? As I wrote in my last column, authors claiming to write history are unlikely to invent embarrassing details about themselves or their heroes. Since the New Testament documents are filled with embarrassing details, we can be reasonably certain that […]
The Bible: Embarrassing and True (Part 1)
4. Is the NT True?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsWhat are your most embarrassing moments? You don’t want to admit them. And if you do admit them, you certainly won’t add to your shame by inventing embarrassing moments about yourself to make you look even worse. Who’s going to lie to make himself look bad? People will lie to make themselves look good (especially […]
God and Birth Defects
CrossExaminedAs recorded in John Chapter 9, Jesus saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life.” Australian […]
TV Show Moving to Wednesday Night
TV ShowOur I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist TV show is moving to Wednesday night at 9 pm ET and 1 am ET (which is 6 pm and 10 pm Pacific), DirecTV channel 378. May 10th is our first showing (it will no longer be on Monday nights). Thanks to our friends at […]
Christians and Atheists Seeking the Same Thing?
Atheism, Theology and Christian ApologeticsEvangelical author Skye Jethani makes the insightful observation that some so-called Christians and some atheists have quite a bit in common when it comes to control. While some atheists (like Hitchens and Dawkins) want control without God, some evangelicals want control over God. He writes: “The great irony is that while claiming submission to God, […]
Ethics, a fad?
CrossExaminedRecently I posted a book review on “O God” which talks about Oprah’s spirituality. Like most of my apologetics conversations lately, the discussion quickly turned to morality. I find this phenomenon interesting and revealing. Sure, I’m still operating largely on anecdotes and personal experience, but others have attested to my theory. No, my theory is […]
"O God"-Effectively Critiques Oprah-ology.
CrossExaminedIn the new book “O” God: A Dialogue on Truth and Oprah’s Spirituality. (CA: WND, 2009; 128pg) renowned Christian apologist Josh McDowell and up-and-comer Dave Sterrett offer a brief popular level critique of Oprah Winfrey’s growing and influential religion.To keep the reading light the authors present their apologetic in a story-form dialogue between a young […]
The Birch Tree Challenge
Culture CrossExaminedI’ve issued a challenge at Plumb Bob Blog, my political/social blog, to progressives and atheists to see which of them can answer cogently. I’m giving away the secret up front: this is about the semantic contortion that leads them to call long-term cohabiting between gays “marriage,” and insist on marital rights and appurtenances that apply […]
It’s the Culture Stupid
Culture CrossExaminedJack Cashill makes an interesting case at the American Thinker today that the mortgage crisis and much of the faltering economy can be traced back to the breakdown of the family. Minority families broke down (or really, never formed) at rates much greater than white families. Since more minorities came from broken homes and thus […]
In ancient wall, scholar sees proof for Bible
4. Is the NT True?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsBack in 1993, archaeologists found an inscription in the Israeli town of Dan bearing the name of the Hebrew King David. This put to rest the theory that the David of the Bible was just a myth. Now at least one archaeologist is claiming that Jerusalem was fortified at the time of David lending further […]
The Three Faces of ID
Philosophy of ScienceAt a conference on Intelligent Design (ID) last semester I was sitting in the audience listening to some lively panel discussion when it occurred to me that many of the insights people were offering were confused about their target. They did not seem clear about what they were aiming at. And while I could filter […]
Gay Rights: Don’t Ask, Don’t Think
Culture CrossExamined, Legislating Morality, Culture & PoliticsThe following column created quite a long discussion when it was posed on Townhall.com last week. I’m sure it will here too (though I won’t be part of the discussion for at least a week). Please let me know if you are benefiting from the comment portion of this blog. We are considering shutting the […]
Richard Dawkins on the Wonder of the World
2. Does God Exist?, Philosophy of ScienceIn this well produced and narrated video, atheist Richard Dawkins marvels at the fine-tuned wonder of the world. What does it all point to? Raw data cannot tell us because all data must be interpreted. In other words, one cannot do science without philosophy. So how one interprets the fine-tuned beginning and existence of this […]
"Church Dropout" Trailer for January 19th
Radio ShowThis Tuesday, January 19th I’ll be hosting a live radio and internet simulcast event called Church Dropout: Overcoming the Youth Exodus. The producers at the American Family Association tell me that this program will draw an audience of over 200,000 to hear and see evidence for Christianity. The program is intended to help reverse the […]
Church Dropouts: Overcoming the Youth Exodus
Radio ShowWhy are 75% of youth leaving the church after high school? What can you do about it? Get answers January 19th from Dr. Frank Turek, co-author of “I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist” and founder of CrossExamined.org. Frank will be joined by Josh McDowell, Dr. William Lane Craig, Dr. Bill Dembski, Dr. […]
Should Tiger Woods Become a Christian?
2. Does God Exist?, 3. Are Miracles Possible?, Philosophy of ScienceBrit Hume boldly suggests Tiger Woods, who considers himself more of a Buddhist, become a Christian because Christianity offers forgiveness. Some Buddhists object. Here’s what Stephen Prothero, a Boston University professor on Buddhism, said: “You have the law of karma, so no matter what Woods says or does, he is going to have to pay […]
Everyone Believes Something Unbelievable
2. Does God Exist?, 3. Are Miracles Possible?, Philosophy of ScienceVirgin birth. Abiogenesis. Resurrection from the dead. Random mutations producing the raw material for new organs. Intelligent creation ex nihilo. Eternal matter. Eternal mind. Heaven. Multiverses. Speciation by unguided, natural selection. Hell. Natural DNA information generation. Adam. Panspermia. Angels. No immaterial soul. Miracles. Space aliens. God. No God. That is the introduction Roddy Bullock used […]
Caroline Lois’ Story: A response to suffering.
1. Does Truth Exist?, 2. Does God Exist?, Theology and Christian Apologeticsby Caroline’s Dad, Neil Mammen My sweet daughter Caroline Lois died in my arms last week. She was nine days old. We will bury her this week. This is Caroline’s story, starting with the reflections my wife and I gave at the funeral. Afterwards I’ve included some of the emails sent to our friends and relatives to […]
Who "Peer Reviews" the Peer Reviewers?
Culture CrossExamined, Philosophy of ScienceApparently only e-mail hackers. Here’s an excerpt from Mark Steyn’s recent article “Cooking the Books on Climate.” The trouble with outsourcing your marbles to the peer-reviewed set is that, if you take away one single thing from the leaked documents, it’s that the global warm-mongers have wholly corrupted the “peer-review” process. . . .Here’s what […]