New poll: 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 ArticleBible study: the importance of truth in religion
Bible study that hits the spot 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;...
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 ArticleDoes the Miller-Urey experiment tell us anything about how life originated on...
The Miller-Urey experiments 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...
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 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 ArticleStudy: non-STEM college programs make students less religious
Lets take a closer look at a puzzle Why do students turn away from Christianity in college? It might have something to do with what they choose to study. Rice University reports on a new study...
View ArticleWhat are the historical arguments for the empty tomb narrative?
I wanted to go over this article by William Lane Craig which includes a discussion of the empty tomb, along with the other minimal facts that support the resurrection. The word resurrection means...
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 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 ArticleDo people who sing songs about Christianity know whether these things are true?
I sometimes hang out on the William Meme Craig discord channel, chatting with the Christian philosophers I find there. One of them likes to suggest interesting posts that I can write about. Her latest...
View ArticleOne man trusts his feelings, the other trusts facts: who remained a Christian?
Alisa Childers posted a review of a recent dialog between Dr. Sean McDowell and former-Christian Bart Campolo, son of far-left progressive fake Christian Tony Campolo. The dialog occurred on 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...
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 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 ArticleReview of apologetics book by pastor shows where church needs to improve
Whenever I talk to Christians, I find that they hold one of two views about what faith is. The first view of faith is the Biblical view of faith as active trust in propositions we know to be true,...
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 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 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 ArticleOlder career woman calls Dennis Prager show to warn young women about marriage
I used to listen to the Dennis Prager show all the time, and my favorite hour was the male-female hour, which is the second hour every Wednesday. In that hour, you will hear some of the most frank...
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