Apologists argue that in a secular world, their method is essential; they need to help people overcome intellectual obstacles so that the gospel can be heard fairly. People […]
Something Greater Than The Crucifixion Is Here: How Jesus Shocked The Pharisees
As we 21st century readers digest the narrative of the New Testament, it might leave us with more questions than we anticipated. It would not be surprising if […]
God On Trial: Reviewing Some of The Best Objections To Apologetics
Those of us who dabble in philosophy of religion will encounter a range of objections. We might hear Christians using a clearly circular argument against atheism. We might […]
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Things Just Happen – Why I Developed A Cynical Interpretation of The Leftovers
Things just happen. Loved ones die. Spouses have affairs. People lose their homes. Millions of people suddenly disappear into thin air, leaving the rest of the world confused […]
Finding The Historical Jesus Amidst Divisive Scholarship
The identity of Jesus of Nazareth is integral to the Christian message. As Christians, we claim that one’s answer to that question will seal their fate in eternity. […]
Ehrman/Price: Did Jesus Exist? Debate Review
Jesus mythicists are those who deny that there ever was a historical figure, Jesus of Nazareth. In this debate, Dr. Bart Ehrman pointed out that mythicists are often […]
How To Practice Religion Without Being Superstitious
As children of Descartes, westerners tend to think of the world in scientific terms. That may account for the increasing secularization of the culture. People are less likely […]
How To Avoid Being A Hack As A Christian Apologist
Christian apologetics is the practice of providing a defense of the Christian faith. This will be both positive and negative; providing evidence for God and interacting with the […]
How Presuppositionalism Is Theistic Fizz; It Makes God A Programmed, Arational Belief
If I were to ask somebody why they believe in God, she might tell me that God is the most plausible explanation for the existence of the universe. […]
Assessing Graham Oppy’s Book, The Best Argument Against God
As Graham Oppy pointed out somewhere in The Best Argument Against God, there are thoughtful, reflective people on both sides of every argument. Unfortunately, most people (atheists and […]
The Shortcoming of Christian Apologetics From An Apologist
Men such as Dr. Frank Turek and Dr. William Lane Craig were integral to my coming to believe in Christ. Like many others, I can say that my […]
Did Josephus Write About Jesus, Or Was It Entirely A Forgery?
Are there any early accounts or testimonies of the life of Jesus that are independent of the biblical data? Well, before beginning to discuss the data in Josephus, […]
Can A Historian Use God As An Explanation?
People often think that Christian theology is just something that one has to accept by blind faith, or not. We must either accept a certain number of propositions […]
Bart Ehrman Vs Justin Bass Debate Review
Doctor Bart Ehrman is something like a rock in the shoe of evangelical Christians that is impossible to get out. I take off my shoe and violently labor […]
Did Paul Think That Jesus Was An Actual Human Being?
There is a gap of a couple of decades between the death of Jesus and the earliest biography of his life that we have. This might raise a […]
Is The Gospel of John Reliable?
Christians who indulge in liberal scholarship will hear the testimony that the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) are somewhat reliable, while the Gospel of John is not […]
What Were The Disciples Doing Between Good Friday And Easter?
Yesterday was Good Friday, which is the day that Jesus was murdered for the sins of the world and all of the wrath of God that we deserve […]
Several Reasons That Jesus Existed
Many atheists attempt to lodge the radical assertion that Jesus of Nazareth never even existed. They want to reduce everything about Christian theology to pure mythology, so to […]
Several Reasons The Disciples Did Not Hallucinate Jesus
The overwhelming majority of secular scholars hold to the conclusion that the disciples, enemies and skeptics had visions of Jesus of Nazareth, in which he appeared to them […]
Is Jesus A Copy Of Pagan Myths?
Many atheist non-historians have made a point to attack the historicity of the gospels, and the historicity of the life of Jesus of Nazareth. The point that this […]