By Wintery Knight Here is an interesting article from the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. Intro: The verdict seems unanimous. From presidential speeches to role-playing games, the crusades are...
Forgery in the Bible: Were 1 and 2 Timothy really forged?
By Erik Manning 2 Timothy 3:16 says that all Scripture is “God-breathed.” Of course for Christians, this would include 2 Timothy, as well as the rest of the pastoral epistles. Skeptics find this...
12 Reasons to Trust The New Testament
By Bob Perry If you claim to believe the Bible, you better be able to trust that what it says is true. Trusting the Bible means knowing two things. First, that the original authors recorded...
Jesus’s Understanding of Human Nature in Luke 17
By Brian Chilton Some have claimed that Jesus was not a theologian. Granted, he did not sit down and write out a systematic theology book. However, the teachings of Jesus denote a deep theology that...
There Is No Rise Unless He Is Risen
By Alex McElroy If you are creating a building, the structure is important, but the foundation is most important. If a rock goes through the window, it can be replaced. If there is a leak in the...
Why the Gospel of Thomas isn’t in the Bible
By Ryan Leasure There’s a common refrain among liberal scholars that says the church suppressed dozens of Gospels. The reason they say? It’s because those books share scandalous information about...
Respectfully Engaging with Hindus
By Mikel Del Rosario Let’s talk about respectfully engaging with Hindus. Why? More than a billion people around the world say they’re Hindus. That’s about 15 percent of the world. So if you haven’t...
Is It Biblical to Have an Evidential Faith?
By Luke Nix Introduction Is biblical faith blind or reasonable? This is one of the most hotly debated questions between believers and unbelievers. While most who say that faith is blind are...
Can We Be Good Without God?
By Ryan Leasure This past weekend, two mass-scaled shootings transpired on American soil. El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio experienced unspeakable carnage. Two men, fueled by hatred for mankind,...
How Do We Know The Truth Is Out There?
By Bob Perry There are two kinds of truth. One depends on our opinion of things. This is called subjective truth. The other depends on the way the world actually is. This is called objective truth....
An Argument From Cancer
By Robby Hall Natasha Crain wrote a great article last year on what an apologist does when they believe they have cancer. Little did I know at the time that 6 months later, I would get the news: ...
God & Evil: A Rapid-Fire Response
By Timothy Fox The problem of evil (pain or suffering) is probably the number one argument against the existence of God. While it is definitely not a problem that can be answered quickly and simply,...
Voltaire’s Prediction, Home, and the Bible Society: Truth or Myth? Further Evidence of Verification
By Daniel Merritt Editor’s Note: Previously, we ran an article that featured Dr. Merritt’s research into the story concerning Voltaire’s prediction that the Bible would not be read in a century and...
Yale computer science professor David Gelernter expresses doubts about Darwinism
By Wintery Knight How did life begin? I had to learn about David Gelernter when I was doing my Masters in computer science. We studied his book “Mirror Worlds”. A few weeks ago, I blogged about his...
Safeguarding Yours from the Modern Cult of Experts
By Terrell Clemmons [Although this essay was written at another time, Cross Examined considers its content to be current and relevant to share] Few years ago, Current Biology, a research journal...
No, The Argument from Miracles Has Not Been Debunked (Pt. 2)
By Erik Manning Is the argument from miracles hopelessly fallacious? Stephen Woodford, AKA ‘Rationality Rules,’ believes so. In his popular YouTube video 'The Argument From Miracles-Debunked'...
Responding to NY Times Article Saying the Concept of God is Incoherent
By J. Brian Huffling In a NY Times article titled “A God Problem: Perfect. All-powerful. All-knowing. The idea of the deity most Westerners accept is actually not coherent,” Peter Atterton argues,...
What Every Apologist Needs to Know About 1 Peter 3:15
By Mikel Del Rosario Rules of Engagement 1 Peter 3 is about Apologetics and Cultural Engagement What should our interactions with people look like as ambassadors of Jesus? Peter talks about both...
What Biblical Books are Included in the Earliest Canonical Lists?
By Ryan Leasure There are two opposing ways to view the history of the canon. One would be to believe that the church, in its entirety, uniformly accepted all twenty-seven books of the New Testament...
There’s No Need To Apologize
By Alex McElroy As an apologist, the most common joke I hear from Christians unfamiliar with Apologetics is, “do you go around apologizing to everyone?” In case you are wondering too, no, I don’t....