Five Signs of Spiritual Maturity
By Melissa Dougherty
We all want to be wise in our spiritual walk. We want to grow and make good choices that are right in the long run. We want to exhibit wisdom in all areas of life and be ...
The Historical Paul Vs. The Legendary Paul?
by Erik Manning
Skeptical critics argue that Luke wasn’t a traveling companion of Paul’s. Why do they say this? Let’s discuss one reason. NT scholar Uta Ranke-Heinemann asserts that in: “Acts ...
The Balance of Law and Love
by Tony Williams
Perhaps you, like me, have had the experience of being stopped by a police officer for a traffic offense such as speeding. I recall well the feeling of burning anger that the ...
My Heavens – Not in the Stars
By Josh Klein
The Four Horsemen of atheism stormed the cultural, philosophical, and spiritual scene in the early 21st Century. Their dogmatic atheistic positions (or even anti-theist depending ...
How We Got Our Bible: Modern Translations
By Ryan Leasure
This article will consider the differences among the modern translations.
Translation Theory
Have you ever wondered why Bible translations differ from one another? For example, ...
How Mainstream Media Gaslights Christians (and Everyone Else Who Disagrees with Them)
By Natasha Crain
I had a revelation last week that, in retrospect, was many years overdue. So overdue that it borders on embarrassing to admit this was a revelation in 2022. Here it ...
Are We All Born Children of God?
by Melissa Dougherty
Many believe that all humans are born children of God. Is this true? I want to examine the Bible's words about this beautiful theological truth.
Spoiler alert- It’s true. ...
Why The Bible Depicts God As Jealous
By Al Serrato
In my last post, I tried to make the case that God neither “needs” nor “demands” our praise. I acknowledged that he does, however, expect it, because praise naturally flows to a ...
Movie Review – What is a Woman?
By Josh Klein
What is a Woman?
Seems like an easy enough question to answer, but these days, apparently, it’s a stumper! Conservative commentator, author, and part-time Virginian, Matt ...
Does Isaiah 9:6 Affirm the Deity of Israel’s Messiah?
By Jonathan McLatchie
This past weekend, I had the privilege of participating in a moderated panel debate with my friends Dr. Shabir Ally, Yusuf Ismail, and Samuel Green. The topic was focused ...
Fertility Matters
By Bob Perry
Nicholas Eberstadt, the Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute, is a demographic expert. He has identified some sobering trends that are cause ...
What You Might’ve Missed About the Mount of Transfiguration
by Erik Manning
Does John’s Gospel give us a much higher view of Jesus than what we find in Matthew, Mark and Luke? Bart Ehrman certainly thinks so. He says:
If Jesus went around Galilee ...
How We Got Our Bible: History of the English Bible
By Ryan Leasure
In this post, we will consider the history of the English Bible. The Bible, after all, wasn’t written in English but in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. In fact, English didn’t even ...
Salvation in Christianity Vs. Salvation in Buddhism
By Melissa Dougherty
“Buddhism has much more to offer than Christianity does!”
“How do you figure? What you’re suggesting is impossible. It’s unattainable. Isn’t that the point?”
I was listening ...
Truth, Perception, and Reality
By Brian G. Chilton
Is truth found in personal perceptions or is it grounded in an independent transcendent reality? Multiple businesses and even churches have used the phrase “perception is ...
Why God Does Not Need Praise
By Al Serrato
Christians claim that God is a perfect Being. By perfect, of course, we mean that God has every possible attribute in an infinite and complete way. In other words, God possesses ...
How To ‘Stay Alert’ Until Christ Returns
By Jason Jimenez
According to the Olivet Discourse (Matt. 24-25; Mk.13; Lk. 21), Jesus prophesied that the world would grow darker before returning for his Bride, the church.
We see the ...
Undesigned Coincidences in the Scriptures: An Argument for Their Veracity (Part 1) — Old Testament Examples
By Jonathan McLatchie
The principle of undesignedness was first identified by the famed Christian philosopher William Paley (1743-1805), in his book Horae Paulinae. Therein, he highlighted ...
Reality Rules: The Transgender War on Women
By Bob Perry
Back in the good ‘ole days of 2015, the fight over allowing transgender women to use the women’s bathroom in Charlotte, North Carolina, took center stage in the national political ...
The Pendulum Problem: A Warning of Extreme Beliefs
By Melissa Dougherty
I have a dog and a cat.
Max is my dog whose personality is likened to a lovable, furry, hyperactive toddler. As an anxious dog, nobody is safe from his “watchful” eye. When ...
