By Aaron Brake In Luke 13:1-5 we have Jesus’ clearest teaching on the problem of evil:[1] Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed...
Who Wrote the Book of Jude?
By Brian Chilton Over the past few months, we have been examining the authors and background information for the books of the New Testament. For this article, we will examine a little book towards...
Does God Just Want Me to Be Happy?
Along with my regular blog here at seanmcdowell.org, I am now featuring occasional guest posts from some students in the Biola M.A. in Christian Apologetics that I personally had the privilege of...
5 Arguments for The Existence of Free Will
By Evan Minton Free Will is a topic debated among Christians and even some non-Christians. The Christians who affirm that men have free will in the libertarian sense are Arminians, Molinists, and...
Modern Thinkers Increasingly Confirm a Designed Universe
By Joel Furches The idea that the universe might bear some marks of design has traditionally been denied in academic circles. Evolutionary Biologist Richard Dawkins has famously stated that: “The...
Why Didn’t God Heal Nabeel Qureshi?
How does a man facing his own premature death exude an uplifting combination of grace, love and truth? My friend Nabeel Qureshi, who has done that for more than a year, died at age 34 on Saturday....
Remembering Nabeel Qureshi
By Brian Chilton The Christian community lost a wonderful man of God this past Saturday, September 16, 2017. Nabeel Qureshi entered his eternal home after a year-long battle with stomach cancer at...
Who Wrote the Letters of John?
By Brian Chilton The website has devoted substantial time in exploring the identity of the authors of the New Testament texts. This journey continues as we explore the three letters attributed to...
Humorous Bible Translation Errors…and What They Mean for Biblical Reliability
Jewish and Christian scribes took inordinate care in copying the Bible from one generation to the next. For a variety of reasons, we can have great confidence that our present Bibles have...
Mathematical Apologetics: Discovering Divine Attributes in Math
By Brian Chilton On today’s podcast, Brian discusses how one discovers the mark of the divine in math. In the book Faith and Learning: A Handbook for Christian Higher Education, edited by David S....
Who Wrote the Book of Hebrews?
By Brian Chilton Throughout the past several weeks, we have been exploring who the authors of the books of the New Testament were. Already we have seen that there are good reasons for supporting the...
Who Wrote the Gospel of John?
By Brian Chilton For the past few weeks, we have investigated the authors of the Gospels and the book of Acts. In this article, we examine the evidence for the Gospel of John. Who wrote the Fourth...
Right Behavior. Does It Exist?
By Michael C. Sherrard How do you know if your idea of right behavior is truer than mine? I ask, of course, because nearly every day I’m confronted, as are you I'm sure, by someone who insists that...
Who Wrote the Letters of Peter?
By Brian Chilton Over the past few months, we have been investigating the authors and backgrounds of the New Testament books. In this article, we will look into the letters attributed to Peter....
College Is Not A Day Care: The Devastating Consequences of Abandoning Truth
In 2015, Oklahoma Wesleyan University president Everett Piper wrote a provocative article entitled, “This is Not A Day Care. It’s A University!” The article was quoted in the Washington Post,...
How Does Christianity Fulfill our Deepest Aspiration? Author Interview
My friend and Biola colleague Greg Ganssle has written a fascinating new book called Our Deepest Desires: How the Christian Story Fulfills Human Aspirations. Professor Ganssle takes a unique...
Debating Atheists: Arrival of the Universe (Part 2/5)
By Dan Grossenbach In the previous post of this short blog series found here, I explained how four facts agreed upon by the majority of non-Christian experts can be used to build a strong case for...
7 Reasons Why I Came Back to the Christian Faith
By Brian Chilton On today’s podcast, host Brian Chilton discusses his personal journey back to the Christian faith. Brian was saved at the age of 7 and was called into the gospel ministry at 16...
The Incompatibility of Christianity and Racism
By Brian Chilton This past Saturday, I returned home from our church’s annual Vacation Bible School. The topic for this year’s VBS was on putting on the full armor of God. When I sat down in my...
Debating Atheists: Introduction (part 1/5)
By Dan Grossenbach On November 27, 2016, I debated a local atheist leader, retired podiatrist Dr. Gil Shapiro, the spokesperson of Freethought Arizona (video here). I’ve blogged on general...