By Tim Stratton Why are you a Christian? As a full-time church youth pastor and a part-time adjunct professor at a Christian college, I like to ask this question to all of my students. In fact, I...
Why Are You a Christian?
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14 Ways for Christian Parents to Teach Kids about Atheism
By Natasha Crain I suppose this a funny title for a post on a Christian parenting blog! But, as I often explain, we can no longer teach our kids about Christianity in a silo and expect them to...
An OUGHT From An IS
By Tim Stratton Does objective truth apply to morality? This question has major ramifications depending on how you answer it, because it ultimately asks, “DOES GOD EXIST?” We can see this...
Why Your Kids Can Spend 600-Plus Hours in Church and Not Get Much Out of It
By Natasha Crain The other day I was reflecting on how much time I spent in Sunday school and youth groups growing up…and how little I understood about the Christian faith by the time I left home....
Examining Jesus by the Historical Method (Part 7: Eyewitness Testimony–The Gospel Witnesses)
By Brian Chilton Last week, we discussed the eyewitness testimony for Jesus by demonstrating the validity of the Gospel records. Such an endeavor was important to establish particular witnesses...
3 Perspectives Every Child Needs for Their Spiritual Journey
By Natasha Crain I’m not a big TV watcher. In fact, the only guilty TV pleasure I have is watching Dateline NBC. I’m fascinated by the true crime stories and seeing how seemingly typical people get...
Examining Jesus by the Historical Method (Part 6: Eyewitness Testimony–The Case for the Gospels)
By Brian Chilton As we have engaged in our evaluation of Jesus according to the historical method, my previous articles have demonstrated that the historical Jesus passes the historical method with...
50 Recommended Apologetics Resources for Christian Parents
By Natasha Crain At the end of my last post (If Your Kids Are Someday Shocked by the Claims of Skeptics, You Didn’t Do Your Job), I promised to follow up with a “master list” of my recommended...
Don’t judge me. Why Not? Because Jesus said so!
By Timothy Fox When you study to be an educator, you have to spend a certain number of hours as a student teacher, under the guidance of a veteran teacher. I remember my cooperating teacher telling...
Examining Jesus by the Historical Method (Part 5-Early Testimony: Early New Testament Texts)
By Brian Chilton This article picks up where the last article left off. We continue our glimpse at the early testimony for Jesus of Nazareth. The Argument for the Early Dating of the Synoptic...
8 Ways that Anti-Intellectualism is Harming the Church
By Brian Chilton When asked to identify the greatest commandment in all of the Law, Jesus answered the inquiry by saying, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with...
Euthyphro Is Dead!
By Timothy Fox It’s the zombie argument. The objection that won’t stay down: the Euthyphro dilemma. Skeptics just can’t accept the fact that Euthyphro has been dead for centuries and keep dragging...
Examining Jesus by the Historical Method (Part 3–Embarrassing Admonitions)
By Brian Chilton Last week, I discussed the second way that historians examine the legitimacy of a historical event by researching enemy attestation. The article demonstrated that Jesus of Nazareth...
Is Belief In God A Rational Position?
By Ryan Pauly Is it a rational position to believe that there is an all-powerful God who created the world and gives us purpose? This question has become the topic of many debates over the years....
Examining Jesus by the Historical Method (Part 2–Enemy Attestation)
By Brian Chilton In our last installment of “Examining Jesus by the Historical Method,” we discussed the first aspect of the historical method. We examined how Jesus of Nazareth enjoys documentation...
What Can We Historically Know about Jesus of Nazareth?
By Brian Chilton As we come close to a Christian holiday, people often begin to ask, “Can we know that these events actually took place?” When it comes to Christmas, greater ambiguity exists as to...
Do Objective Moral Truths Exist in Reality?
The moral argument for God’s existence is often presented as follows: Premise 1: If God does not exist, objective moral values and duties do not exist. Premise 2: Objective moral values and duties...
God’s Crime Scene
It’s about 2 a.m. on an August morning in 1979. A beautiful young nurse by the name of Lynne Knight is living in a bungalow behind a larger house in Torrance, California. As two police officers...
Are Christian High School Seniors Really Ready for College?
We have sent this year’s graduating seniors off to college hoping that we as parents and teachers have prepared them for the challenges of college life. We gave them the best education we could,...
Introducing BeliefMap.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbYZ4a1fH-0 If you’re an apologist in training, I want to call your attention to a really neat resource. BeliefMap.org is a pretty neat Christian apologetics website,...
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