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 reliable as…
What Is The Point Of Prayer?
Christians are called the pray, adopting the model of the Lord and the apostles. When Jesus had a heavy decision to make, he would slip away in prayer. When crowds…
Is The Da Vinci Code Right About The Bible?
In his tale The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown mounted heavy charges against the biblical narratives, cutting at the core of the Christian faith. His characters, who were scholars from…
Is Justification A Process?
There are two distinct models of justification among Christians that will be examined in this essay. Their defenders may find themselves reacting to the other in frustration to the other,…
Must Christians Believe In Adam And Eve?
Several traditionalists have taken a rather hardline stance against many of the brethren. It is maintained among some that for a Christian to deny the existence of a literal Adam…
Should Christians Endorse Freedom of Speech?
The virtue of freedom of speech is valued by Americans across the country. We accept it as a blessing and an advancement of society. It is an implementation that has…
Should Heretics Be Burned At The Stake?
When the young student enrolled in Bible college begins to delve into the discipline of church history, they may be horrified in response to their discovery. The church has a…
Against Presuppositional Apologetics
When a Christian encounters a non-believer with whom they aim to share the gospel, there are a number of approaches available for them to adopt. It often just depends on…
Is Consciousness Evidence For God?
What is a person? What is the self? Who am I? People have this conception of the self. They have this idea that they exist and behave in this universe.…
Can Goodness Exist If God Does Not Exist?
The eye untainted by the contemporary western lights may gaze through the nights' sky and in the distance, at the right angle and during the right time, may see the…
Did The Islamic Jesus Fail?
In a labored attempt to appeal to Christians, Muslims will often tell us that they believe in Jesus just as we do. They will tell us that they revere and…
In Defense Of The Moral Argument: A Response To Dan Linford
Dan Linford recently published an article about the moral argument, stating that it was guilty of the is/ought fallacy. While I was interested in the topic, I did not respond…
My Visit To Saddleback Church
Having not been in Los Angeles for long, I am non-committal to the churches that I have visited. However, I have attended a few small group meetings, which are quite…
Is The Moral Argument Guilty Of The ‘Is/Ought’ Fallacy?
It is often said by Christian apologists that the atheist cannot live consistently within the framework of their worldview. They will adhere to their ethical convictions and act as though…
How Could Jesus Be Both God And Man?
One of the most primitive of the theological quagmires that have arisen in the Christian movement is: how could Jesus be both God and man? This question has come as…
Is It Okay To Reinterpret Scripture To Accommodate Modern Science?
Is it okay to reinterpret Scripture to accommodate modern science? Young earth creationists often charge it against old earth creationists that they are just compromising the Bible. They are taking…
The Easter Challenge
Dan Barker issued the Easter Challenge a few years ago as an indicator of the demerits of the Christians' Easter tradition. While we use it to commemorate that Christ had…
Is The Angel Of The Lord The Second Person Of The Trinity?
Non-trinitarians object that the doctrine of the trinity is a post-apostolic phenomenon. It was developed in the latter stages of the development of the early church, but it has no…
Do Adam And Eve Disprove Evolution?
People sometimes think that if mankind really did evolve from a single-celled organism, that there would not be room for the God of the Bible. They suggest that the story…
Where Does The Bible Say That The Earth Is 6000 Years Old?
In a stroke of irony, Christians deny the very evidence that we spent centuries arguing for. We proclaimed over and against the atheists and the Greek philosophers that the universe…