Can atheists condemn slavery as immoral? Do atheists believe that slavery is...
Note: For a Christian response to the complaint that the Bible doesn’t condemn slavery, see this article and this article for slavery in the Old Testament, and this article for slavery in the New...
View ArticleNew study: intact heterosexual married home still critical for children’s...
Sometimes, when you’re discussing reality with progressives, it helps to have a study. Because although you might think that conservatism is common sense, they think that their feelings are common...
View ArticleDr. Walter Bradley lectures on scientific evidence the creation and design of...
This lecture is special to me, because I bought a VHS tape of it just after I started working full-time, and watched it a million times. A lot of people come to their convictions about God’s existence...
View ArticleThe importance of fathers for teaching children about Christian worldview
One thing I wish that Christian parents and pastors emphasized more with young, unmarried Christian women is the need to choose a man who keeps his commitments. It turns out that passing on Christian...
View ArticleThe authors of the gospels of Mark and Luke knew eyewitnesses to the life of...
Were the authors of the gospels of Mark and Luke connected to eyewitnesses to the life of Jesus? Well, it turns out that there are good reasons to think that Mark was linked to the eyewitness Peter,...
View ArticleIs the Bible’s definition of faith opposed to logic and evidence?
Probably the biggest misconception that I encounter when defending the faith is the mistaken notion of what faith is. Today we are going to get to the bottom of what the Bible says faith is, once and...
View ArticleBook review of Frank Turek’s “Stealing from God”
This book review was posted at Apologetics 315. It says: From the very onset of the book, it is clear that Turek has the so-called “new atheists” in his crosshairs and his main contention is that...
View ArticleMost Americans think cohabitation leads to a stable marriage, but what does...
Men who cohabitate are not certain that the relationship is permanent If there’s one thing that ought to lead people to Christianity, it’s the proven ability of the Christian moral rules to guide...
View ArticleBible study: the importance of truth in religion
Here’s an interesting passage of the Bible. What do you all think the practical value of this passage is? 1 In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his mind was troubled and he...
View ArticleHow do you respond to the conquests and wars in the Old Testament?
John Berea has an article about it on his web site. Here’s his overview: In the Old Testament are the military campaigns of Israel inconsistent with being led by a just and loving God, and inconsistent...
View ArticleWhat are the historical arguments for the post-mortem appearances of Jesus?
Eric Chabot of Ratio Christi Ohio State University has a great post up about the post-mortem appearances of Jesus. The post contains: a list of the post-mortem resurrection appearances quotations by...
View ArticleChristians should support natural marriage because it protects children from...
I have been following Katy Faust’s work on Twitter. She runs the organization “Them Before Us”. She fights laws and policies which allow adults to put their desires above the needs of children. And...
View ArticleAre all sins equally bad? Or are there degrees of severity for different sins?
This question came up recently so I did some digging on theology web sites to find what Bible verses applied to the question. Here’s what Ligonier said: It’s clear that we have different degrees of sin...
View ArticleShould we expect to know what God’s reason is for allowing evil and suffering?
Here is an article by Steven Cowan about the problems of evil and suffering. Intro: The problem of evil is no doubt the most serious challenge to belief in God. Even religious believers find it...
View ArticleIs the definition of atheism “a lack of belief in God”?
First, let’s see check with the Stanford University Encyclopedia of Philosophy: ‘Atheism’ means the negation of theism, the denial of the existence of God. Stanford University is one of the top 5...
View ArticleIs it easy for a woman to get pregnant after age 30?
This UK Daily Mail article is a bit old now, but I still it’s important to spread around the knowledge about when a woman’s fertility starts to decline. Somehow, in this age of feminism, there is this...
View ArticleDr. Walter Bradley lectures on scientific evidence the creation and design of...
This lecture is special to me, because I bought a VHS tape of it just after I started working full-time, and watched it a million times. A lot of people come to their convictions about God’s existence...
View ArticleWill computers and robots ever become self-aware?
There is a very famous thought experiment from UC Berkeley philosopher John Searle that all Christian apologists should know about. And now everyone who reads the Wall Street Journal knows about it,...
View ArticleWhat should Christians bring up when discussing truth with Muslims?
I have some experience dicussing Islam because my mother’s side of the family is all Muslim. My go-to argument has always been to confront them about the Qur’an’s claim that Jesus did not die of...
View ArticleIs the Bible’s definition of faith opposed to logic and evidence?
Probably the biggest misconception that I encounter when defending the faith is the mistaken notion of what faith is. Today we are going to get to the bottom of what the Bible says faith is, once and...
View ArticlePoll: few Millennials describe belief in God as “very important”
Beliefs of millennials and boomers I saw a very interesting article that compared the attitudes of young people about things like patriotism, religion, freedom, etc. The numbers are very discouraging....
View ArticleHow the presence and quality of fathers affects belief in God
Here’s an article by Paul Copan which points out how father presence/absence and father quality affects belief and disbelief in God. Excerpt: Seventh, the attempt to psychologize believers applies more...
View ArticleIs the definition of atheism “a lack of belief in God”?
First, let’s see check with the Stanford University Encyclopedia of Philosophy: ‘Atheism’ means the negation of theism, the denial of the existence of God. Stanford University is one of the top 5...
View ArticleThe authors of the gospels of Mark and Luke knew eyewitnesses to the life of...
Were the authors of the gospels of Mark and Luke connected to eyewitnesses to the life of Jesus? Well, it turns out that there are good reasons to think that Mark was linked to the eyewitness Peter,...
View ArticleShould we expect to know what God’s reason is for allowing evil and suffering?
Here is an article by Steven Cowan about the problems of evil and suffering. Intro: The problem of evil is no doubt the most serious challenge to belief in God. Even religious believers find it...
View ArticleDr. Walter Bradley lectures on scientific evidence the creation and design of...
This lecture is special to me, because I bought a VHS tape of it just after I started working full-time, and watched it a million times. A lot of people come to their convictions about God’s existence...
View ArticleTheistic evolutionists and the two-platoon strategy
What should we make of theistic evolutionists telling us that you can believe in God, while still knowing that matter, law and chance explain the full development of all of life? Consider this...
View ArticleWhat are the historical arguments for the post-mortem appearances of Jesus?
Eric Chabot of Ratio Christi Ohio State University has a great post up about the post-mortem appearances of Jesus. The post contains: a list of the post-mortem resurrection appearances quotations by...
View ArticleMark D. Linville: does Darwinian evolution make morality rational?
Have you ever heard an atheist tell you that naturalistic evolution is an answer to the moral argument? I have. And I found a good reply to this challenge in the book “Contending With Christianity’s...
View ArticleDoes the Miller-Urey experiment explain how life originated on Earth?
There are two problems related to the origin of the first living cell, on atheism: The problem of getting the building blocks needed to create life – i.e. the amino acids The problem of creating the...
View ArticleAre all sins equally bad? Or are there degrees of severity for different sins?
This question came up recently so I did some digging on theology web sites to find what Bible verses applied to the question. Here’s what Ligonier said: It’s clear that we have different degrees of sin...
View ArticleHow the presence and quality of fathers affects belief in God
Here’s an article by Paul Copan which points out how father presence/absence and father quality affects belief and disbelief in God. Excerpt: Seventh, the attempt to psychologize believers applies more...
View ArticleIs the Bible’s definition of faith opposed to logic and evidence?
Probably the biggest misconception that I encounter when defending the faith is the mistaken notion of what faith is. Today we are going to get to the bottom of what the Bible says faith is, once and...
View ArticleWhat should Christians bring up when discussing truth with Muslims?
I have some experience dicussing Islam because my mother’s side of the family is all Muslim. My go-to argument has always been to confront them about the Qur’an’s claim that Jesus did not die of...
View ArticleHow to defend the kalam cosmological argument just like William Lane Craig
Today, I decided to go back in time, and re-post something from April 2009. I started this blog in January 2009. It’s funny to see what I sounded like when I was just starting out. Dr. Craig has a...
View ArticleHow to defend the fine-tuning argument just like William Lane Craig
Today, I decided to go back in time, and re-post something from April 2009. I started this blog in January 2009. It’s funny to see what I sounded like when I was just starting out. Dr. Craig has a...
View ArticleNabeel Qureshi: the Quran inspires radical Muslims to commit Islamic terrorism
Dr. Nabeel Qureshi, a former Muslim, explains which verses of the Qu’ran are linked to Islamic terrorism in a USA Today editorial. Excerpt: As a Muslim growing up in the United States, I was taught by...
View ArticleMost Americans think cohabitation leads to a stable marriage, but what does...
Men who cohabitate are not certain that the relationship is permanent If there’s one thing that ought to lead people to Christianity, it’s the proven ability of the Christian moral rules to guide...
View ArticleShould the Gospel of Thomas be included in the New Testament?
Should the Gospel of Thomas be included with the four canonical gospels? Is it early? Is it the same historical genre as the four gospels? Does it give us eyewitness evidence of the life and teachings...
View ArticleIs the definition of atheism “a lack of belief in God”?
First, let’s see check with the Stanford University Encyclopedia of Philosophy: ‘Atheism’ means the negation of theism, the denial of the existence of God. Stanford University is one of the top 5...
View ArticleHow do you respond to the conquests and wars in the Old Testament?
John Berea has an article about it on his web site. Here’s his overview: In the Old Testament are the military campaigns of Israel inconsistent with being led by a just and loving God, and inconsistent...
View ArticleThe authors of the gospels of Mark and Luke knew eyewitnesses to the life of...
Were the authors of the gospels of Mark and Luke connected to eyewitnesses to the life of Jesus? Well, it turns out that there are good reasons to think that Mark was linked to the eyewitness Peter,...
View ArticleDr. Walter Bradley lectures on scientific evidence the creation and design of...
This lecture is special to me, because I bought a VHS tape of it just after I started working full-time, and watched it a million times. A lot of people come to their convictions about God’s existence...
View ArticleDid your science textbook tell you that embryo drawings prove evolution?
When you learned about evolution in public school, what did they show you for evidence to support the theory? Some people say finch beaks changing size, some people say a feathered dinosaur, some...
View ArticlePoll: few Millennials describe belief in God as “very important”
Beliefs of millennials and boomers I saw a very interesting article that compared the attitudes of young people about things like patriotism, religion, freedom, etc. The numbers are very discouraging....
View ArticleHow the presence and quality of fathers affects belief in God
Here’s an article by Paul Copan which points out how father presence/absence and father quality affects belief and disbelief in God. Excerpt: Seventh, the attempt to psychologize believers applies more...
View ArticleMark D. Linville: does Darwinian evolution make morality rational?
Have you ever heard an atheist tell you that naturalistic evolution is an answer to the moral argument? I have. And I found a good reply to this challenge in the book “Contending With Christianity’s...
View ArticleWhat did the earliest Christians think about Hell?
I thought it might be a good idea for us to take a look at the doctrine of Hell, and see how far back it goes. These days, people seem to have lost sight of the idea that there will be eternal...
View ArticleDoes the Miller-Urey experiment explain how life originated on Earth?
There are two problems related to the origin of the first living cell, on atheism: The problem of getting the building blocks needed to create life – i.e. the amino acids The problem of creating the...
View ArticleIs the Bible’s definition of faith opposed to logic and evidence?
Probably the biggest misconception that I encounter when defending the faith is the mistaken notion of what faith is. Today we are going to get to the bottom of what the Bible says faith is, once and...
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