![Did Paul really change his tactics after Athens and begin to take a dim view of apologetics?](https://crossexamined.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Blog-2-cover-2.jpg)
![Did Paul really change his tactics after Athens and begin to take a dim view of apologetics?](https://crossexamined.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Blog-2-cover-2.jpg)
By Erik Manning Some Christians have argued that apologetics is a waste of time. We aren’t supposed to be arguing with unbelievers; we’re just called to preach the simple gospel. If we’re faithful to do that, the Holy Spirit will supernaturally come to our aid —...
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![No, it’s not wrong to argue for God’s existence.](https://crossexamined.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Blog-1-cover-4.jpg)
No, it’s not wrong to argue for God’s existence.
By Erik Manning There are dozens of arguments for the existence of God. To rattle off just a few: there’s the moral argument, ontological, religious experience, miracles, consciousness, reason, desire, and the families of cosmological arguments and design arguments....
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![Forgery in the Bible: Were 1 and 2 Timothy really forged? Part II](https://crossexamined.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Blog-1-cover-1.jpg)
Forgery in the Bible: Were 1 and 2 Timothy really forged? Part II
By Erik Manning In his letter to the Romans, we learn that Paul was accused of lying in order to bring more glory to God. Some slanderously claimed that Paul would say, “let us do evil that good may result.” Paul, not known to mince words, responded...
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![The two kinds of skeptics and how to deal with both](https://crossexamined.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Blog-2-cover.jpg)
The two kinds of skeptics and how to deal with both
By Erik Manning We can gain knowledge about the subject of Christian apologetics until our eyes bug out of our heads. But knowing how to apply that information in our everyday lives is another animal. And a big part of learning effective communication is knowing our...
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![Forgery in the Bible: Were 1 and 2 Timothy really forged?](https://crossexamined.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Blog-1-cover-2.jpg)
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 verse to be ironic because many biblical critics think that the pastoral...
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