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.
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 […]
Science Doesn’t Say Anything– Scientists Do
2. Does God Exist?, Philosophy of ScienceYou can’t put honesty in a test tube. “Science” doesn’t say anything—scientists do. Those are a couple of the illuminating conclusions we can draw from the global warming e-mail scandal. “You mean science is not objective?” No, unless the scientists are, and too often they are not. I don’t want to impugn all scientists, but […]
Odd Man In: Profile of Conservative Professor Mike Adams
Culture CrossExaminedWorld Magazine is running a profile of my friend, and atheist turned Christian, Dr. Mike Adams (click here). Mike has successfully sued to invalidate speech codes (installed by liberals) at several American Universities. He’s an engaging speaker, writer and teacher. If you understand satire and sarcasm, you’ll enjoy his wildly-popular columns at Townhall.com. If […]
Abortion and Body Parts: A Personal Account
Culture CrossExamined, Legislating Morality, Culture & PoliticsAmy Hall of Stand to Reason wrote this post on the STR blog a few days ago. It’s a chilling and personal account of what an abortion doctor– Lisa Harris– experienced as she performed second trimester abortions, and the moral questions that she could not avoid; namely, how can I kill an unborn baby in […]
Big Apologetics Conference Coming Soon
Theology and Christian ApologeticsJoin me along with Chuck Colson, William Lane Craig, Greg Koukl, Hank Hanegraaff, Gary Habermas, Alex McFarland, as well as many others in Charlotte, NC on November 13-14 for the nation’s largest apologetics conference. Click here for details.
The American University: Lockstep Liberalism
College Events, Culture CrossExaminedSurveys show that American universities are more likely to demand lock-step conformity to liberalism and secular humanism rather than championing the free exchange of ideas. In a column posted at AmericanThinker.com, recently-retired professor Ron Lipsman offers his first-hand observations: “The overwhelmingly liberal atmosphere on campus is well known. In the one place in society at […]
Bart Ehrman’s "Misquoting Jesus"
4. Is the NT True?Some have come to doubt the reliability of the New Testament documents by reading Bart Ehrman’s Misquoting Jesus. But after reading Dr. Thomas Howe’s response to that popular book, if you’re fair minded you’re more likely to doubt the reliability of Misquoting Jesus. You can download Dr. Howe’s detailed response here.
Matthew’s "Raised Saints"
4. Is the NT True?Some question why the dead “saints” who were “raised” after Christ’s resurrection are mentioned in Matthew (Mt. 27:52) but not anywhere else. This is a fair question. After all, if this really happened, why didn’t the other gospels mention it? When addressing this question, we must keep in mind that each saint’s body was not […]
A Beautiful Mind
CrossExaminedI’m amazed by this man’s ability. How did such a mind arise: from matter or a greater mind? In fact, how did any mind arise?
Atheist vs. Theist Debates Online
2. Does God Exist?, DebatesI think that atheists and theists can agree on at least one thing– this site, assembled by atheists, is a valuable resource for those interested in atheist vs. theist debates. Over 400 debates are listed there! Many of them can be viewed or heard on line. For those who are serious about investigating atheism vs. […]
Turek vs. Hitchens II, Debate Video
2. Does God Exist?, College Events, DebatesThanks to Christopher for a second opportunity to debate. The question of this debate is “What Best Explains Reality: Atheism or Theism?” Recorded at the College of New Jersey! (Also available to view on line here. If you’d like to order a DVD of this debate, click here). Frank Turek vs. Christopher Hitchens: […]
Salvo Magazine: Leftist Indoctrination on Campus
College Events, Culture CrossExaminedAs you know, our ministry addresses the fact that 75% of Christian youth leave the church after leaving the home. One reason for this is the fact that Christians are not equipped with the arguments for Christianity before they arrive in the generally anti-Christian environment known as the college campus. Salvo magazine is one tool […]
Country a Mess? Blame the Church
Culture CrossExaminedAs our great country accelerates its slide into economic and moral Hell, be careful whom you blame. The present boldness of liberals and timidity of conservatives are only the secondary causes. Much of the blame can be placed at the foot of the church. When I say the church, I don’t mean an institution like […]
Defining Atheism: “No belief in God” or “Belief in no God?”
2. Does God Exist?, Atheism, Theology and Christian Apologetics“Atheist” is a translation of the Greek: atheos using the alpha privative “a” and the term for God “theos.” It does not merge the alpha private with the ENGLISH TERM “theist.” Rather “atheist” as a whole word is a translation of “atheos,” the whole word. Were the original meaning drawn entirely from etymology it would […]
The Ark of the Covenant Revealed?
CrossExaminedYesterday I got a call from my friend Bob Cornuke who is a Christian Indiana Jones. He had big news. Three years ago, Bob led me along with an expeditionary team into Iran to look for remnants of Noah’s Ark. In addition to Noah’s Ark, Bob has been looking for other major biblical archaeological finds […]
Why Do Christians Worship God? Part IV
CrossExamined(Author’s note: This is the fourth and last installment in a series discussing why Christians worship God. On this blog, the first installment may be found here, the second here, and the third here. On the author’s blog, the first installment can be found here, the second, here, and the third, here.) Intimate Worship: Our […]
Why Do Christians Worship God? Part III
CrossExamined(Author’s note: This is the third installment in a series discussing why Christians worship God. The first installment can be found here, and the second, here.) Battle Worship: Our Cooperation With God As Liberator There’s a fascinating scene in The Two Towers, the movie based on the second book of JRR Tolkein’s Lord of the […]
Memorial Day Tribute: Michael Monsoor, U.S. Navy SEAL
CrossExaminedThe following citation describes the heroic efforts of Petty Officer Monsoor who sacrificed himself to save his fellow Navy SEALs. Summary of Action Petty Officer Second Class (SEAL) Michael A. Monsoor For actions on Sept. 29, 2006 “Petty Officer Michael A. Monsoor, United States Navy, distinguished himself through conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk […]
What Is A Human Being? A Key to the Abortion Debate
Culture CrossExamined, Legislating Morality, Culture & PoliticsI posted the following as a comment on the thread called Politically Correct Torture, and Dr. Turek asked me to post it separately as an article. So, here goes. I also posted this as an article on my own blog, which you can reach here. In the various debates about abortion, most everybody agrees that […]
Why Do Christians Worship God? Part II
CrossExamined(Author’s note: This is the second installment in a series discussing why Christians worship God. The first installment can be found here.) Instructional Worship: Our Response to God as Parent Children, when they’re born, naturally love their parents and look to them for provision, but that gets challenged. As children grow, they begin to test […]