By Ryan Leasure Modern critics doubt that eyewitnesses stand behind the four Gospels. In fact, they argue that the first followers of Jesus told others about Jesus who told others about Jesus who told others about Jesus, and eventually someone wrote all those stories...
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Resurrection Defense Series: Early Eyewitness Testimony and the Failure of Hallucinations to Account for Them
By Brian Chilton Regardless of whether an event is recent or of antiquity, the researched event holds greater historical probability if it holds a higher number of eyewitnesses. The more eyes on the event, the greater chance the historian has in understanding what...
Missing Melanchthon
By Tim Stratton Recently I have been accused of “historical eisegesis.”[1] According to Wikipedia, “eisegesis is the process of interpreting text in such a way as to introduce one’s own presuppositions . . . It is commonly referred to as reading into the text.” This...
A Matter of Days: Interpreting the First Chapter of Genesis
I have been publishing a series of articles addressing how one might best approach interpreting the early chapters of Genesis, and how science might illuminate Biblical texts and guide our hermeneutics. In this article, I will explore the text of the first chapter of...
Finding Common Ground In A Time of Stark Division
By Luke Nix "While We All Want to Believe That We Are Committed to Truth Rather Than A Narrative, Our Actions In Conversation—How We Mistreat Evidence, Mischaracterize Opposing Views And Arguments, And Attack The Challenger Rather Than The Challenge—Often Tell A...
Is the Bible Our Highest Authority?
By David Pallmann Many Christians believe that it is wrong to offer unbelievers evidence for the truth of Christianity.[1] They argue that the traditional method of apologetics dishonors Scripture by not giving it the respect it is due. The concern is that offering...
The 5 Most Illogical People You Will Meet on the Internet
By Alisa Childers It has happened to many of us. We post an encouraging Bible verse like Psalm 145:9 on Facebook: "The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made." By noon an atheist from somewhere in social media land has found the post and leaves a...
Are There Prophets In The Church Today?
By Jason Jimenez Turn on your T.V., and you are bound to come across a religious show with someone declaring they speak for God. Go to your local bookstore, and there I’m sure you will find several books written by people who say they have received divine revelations...
Giving Atheists a Hand
By Al Serrato My seventh-grade nephew needed some help the other night on social studies. He was working on the Paleolithic Age - the Old Stone Age - a time when man first started working with stone and bone tools. That got me thinking about the greatest "tool" of all...
Christians Must Care Less about Our Cultural Reputation
By Natasha Crain Never have I written an article title that sounds less intuitive. Don’t we need to be concerned about our witness to the world? Isn’t that implied in the Great Commission? Shouldn’t people see us and want to follow Jesus because of our reputation?...
The Christian Celebrity And The Psychopath
By Bob Perry If you were looking for a completely trustworthy Christian apologist to follow, would you pick someone who had risen to the status of global celebrity because of his unparalleled ability to articulate the Gospel? Or would you gravitate toward someone who...
Resurrection Defense Series: Embarrassing Details
By Brian Chilton We began an investigation into the historicity of the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. When investigating any claim of history, whether recent or of antiquity, historians use historiographical tools to decipher the probability of the event in...
No God, No Justice
By Karsten Friske The idea of protesting in an attempt to garner support to make a moral change is not new. With each movement, there exists a side that champions a series of issues and a counter-protest that opposes the change. In recent days, some have advocated for...
Does God Treat Women like Second-Class Citizens in the Old Testament?
By Ryan Leasure Perhaps the most scathing statement ever made about the God of the Old Testament came from the pen of Richard Dawkins. He famously snarled: The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it;...
Wanda, Westview, and Free Will
By Timothy Fox A lot can be said about Marvel’s first Disney+ series, WandaVision (Spoilers ahead!), from its weird, off-putting sitcom beginning to the broader impact the series’ events will have on the MCU. But, being that we’re named FreeThinking Ministries,...
The Evidential Value of 1 Corinthians 15:3-8 to the Case for the Resurrection
A popular argument that is wielded by Christian apologists, at both the scholarly and popular level, is based on 1 Corinthians 15:3-8, taken by many contemporary scholars to represent an ancient creedal tradition that goes back to within only a couple of years of...
Resurrection Defense Series: The Testimony of Women
By Brian Chilton The month of March has been designated as Women’s History Month. It has often been erroneously suggested that the Bible is misogynistic in its portrayal of women. While this article cannot combat every claim of misogyny weighed against the Scriptures,...
The COVID-19 Vaccines and God’s Providence
By Fazale Rana At last. There is light at the end of the tunnel. The ride has been long and dark. And there is still a ways to go before we exit to the other side, but we will arrive there soon. The emergency approval and first distributions of the Pfizer-BioNTech and...
Two Kinds Of People Who Have Tried To Shame Me Away From Christianity
By Wintery Knight In my last job, I had two interesting encounters, first with a secular Jewish leftist man and second with a New Age prosperity gospel feminist Christian woman. So let’s talk about the two people. The man who thinks that conservative Christians are...
Apologetics and Imagination
By Timothy Fox Whenever I’m asked what I’m reading, my answer is always the same: TLC on repeat. At any given time, I will be reading something by J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, or G.K. Chesterton. Or, I’m reading something about them or their works. Recently, I...
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