By Rajkumar Richard INTRODUCTION This is a short introductory essay to defend objective moral values. In philosophy, the term ‘objective,’ is defined as the existence of an object independent of...
The Price of Denying Free Will
By Timothy Fox Every time I turn around I find someone else denying that humans have free will. From scientists to philosophers to theologians, it’s the cool new trend. We aren’t actually making...
Is Religion the Practice of Avoiding Truth?
By Luke Nix Introduction A month or so ago, I came across an interesting challenge to Christianity. A skeptic told me that religion was an exercise in avoiding truth- a willful delusion. He observed...
Was Paul the Founder of Christianity?
By Brian Chilton Skeptics, such as Gerd Ludemann, charged Paul for being the actual founder of Christianity. Such ideas come from either a belief that Jesus never addressed difficult topics, or a...
Did Long Distance Make Paul’s Witness List Unfalsifiable?
By Evan Minton In chapter 8 of my book Inference To The One True God, in my blog post "The Minimal Facts Case For Jesus' Resurrection PART 1" and in my blog post "A Quick Case For Jesus'...
God’s Love & the Euthyphro Dilemma
By Tim Stratton Question Dear Tim,In your article The Omnibenevolence of God you pointed out that on the Islamic view, Allah is quite similar to some Calvinistic views of God. Regarding this view,...
Skeptics Can’t Have It Both Ways
By Brent Hardaway Former L.A. County District Attorney and agnostic Vince Bugliosi believes that the problem of evil is fatal to believing in Christianity. “I’m an agnostic only on the issue of...
Does Scripture Ground Morality, Hope, and Meaning?
By Luke Nix Introduction I saw this meme on social media the other day. It states "Scripture abandoned in the culture leads to relative morality, hopelessness, and meaninglessness." It caught my...
How to Become a True Student and a Better Apologist
By Michael C. Sherrard This is a bit exaggerated, but I’m not sure that anybody is actually interested in learning anything anymore. We live in a political and religious playground filled with...
The Difference Between What A View Asserts And Implies
By Luke Nix Introduction In any discussion in which we are defending a particular view, we must present both a positive case and the negative case. The positive case shows the evidence for the view...
How Facebook Can Make You a Better Christian Parent
By Natasha Crain I’ve finally wrapped up my next book, taken a couple of weeks to recover, and am ready to get back to blogging! I have a lot to tell you about my new book, but it doesn’t come out...
What About God of the Gaps?
By Brent Hardaway If you present the cosmological or design arguments to skeptics at least a few times, it’s extremely likely that you’ll hear the words “That’s a ‘God of the gaps’ argument.” This...
Why Is The Image of God So Important?
By Luke Nix Introduction Those who follow this blog are aware that I not only defend "mere" Christianity, but I also defend specifics in the Christian worldview. As I have written before, I believe...
When Does Personhood Begin? Part II
By Clinton Wilcox Previously we looked at some of the arguments and assumptions made to assert that the unborn either are not humans or are not “persons”. But now we’ll look at another kind of...
Is How We Live More Important Than What We Believe? (Bad Secular Wisdom Series #1)
By Natasha Crain Today I’m starting a blog series called, “Bad Secular Wisdom.” If you’re not familiar with the term, a blog series is where an author writes multiple posts on a related subject. I’m...
The Omnibenevolence of God
By Tim Stratton God is Omnibenevolent! Simply put, God is perfectly good and all-loving. Not only does the Bible make this clear (Psalm 100:5; Psalm 145:17; John 3:16), but logicians have also...
3 Startling Truths about the Early Church from the Pre-New Testament Texts
By Brian Chilton Throughout the New Testament, one will find early creeds, formulations, and hymns that predate the New Testament itself. These texts are often called “proto-New Testament texts.”...
Unholy Benefits of Atheism
By Rajkumar Richard Examining atheism from the vantage point of Christianity motivates a Christian to ask two questions. First, “what would I gain if I convert to atheism?” Second, “is there any...
Are Deathbed Conversions Fair?
By Brian Chilton A church member approached me recently and asked a difficult question. He told me of the story of a family member who had accepted Christ as Savior moments before he died. While...
God, The Shack, and the Christian Mind
By Adam Tucker Unless you live under a rock, you’re no doubt familiar with the New York Times bestselling book The Shack by William P. Young that has also recently been released as a big-budget...