Can Acts Disprove Faith Alone?
Often when a good Protestant wants to expound upon soteriology, they will appeal to the letters of Paul. Paul explain his model of salvation within his letters, in Romans, Galatians,…
What Does Romans 9 Teach About Election?
What does Romans 9 teach about election? Well to preface this question a tad: common in evangelical churches today is the Arminian view of election. This view states God elects…
If I Were An Atheist, What Would I Believe?
Religious people are often found describing atheistic stances in ways that seem overwhelmingly uncharitable. They will summarize the atheistic position in a way that no atheist would agree with. It…
Were The Jews Saved By Works Or By Faith Alone?
Christians are sometimes found saying that in the Old Testament, we see works, while in the New Testament, we see grace. In this way, the Jews were saved by the…
How Abortion Destroys Women’s Rights
One of the signature moves of the pro-choice apologist is to align the choice to have an abortion with women's rights. So then if somebody is campaigning upon the basis…
Does Romans 2 Teach Salvation By Works?
Does Romans 2 teach salvation by works? To preface this question a little, one of the fundamental dividing lines or measuring sticks of a true Christian denomination is their stance…
Should Christians Draw Pictures Of Muhammad?
With the terrorist slayings in France in recent weeks, there has been a storm of controversy, questions about freedom of speech and respect for religion. Moderate Muslims contest that while…
Does Romans 3-5 Exclude All Works Or Just Works Of The Law?
The book of Romans is the masterpiece of the apostle Paul. He exposits Genesis 15:6 and applies it to the modern Christian, seemingly shattering the distinction between the old and…
Does Romans 6:3-5 Refer To Water Baptism?
Those who want to take water baptism as a sacrament (a line on a checklist that one must fulfill as a precondition to salvation) will equivocate between the baptism of…
What Does John 1:1 Mean?
The gospel of John is perhaps the most important biography of Jesus, with regard to our understanding of who Jesus was. John wrote his prologue (1:1-18) knowing that it was…
Can We Trust The Hadith?
A good Sunni Muslim will affirm two sources of authority for tradition and beliefs. First and primarily, there is the Qur'an. Muslims believe that the Qur'an was literally dictated, word-for-word,…
Was Jesus’ Resurrection Only Spiritual?
Some have adopted what is known as the metaphorical approach of interpreting the Bible. That is, rather than looking at certain stories with miraculous overtones as actual history, they look…
Are The Father And The Holy Spirit The Same Person?
Christians often might be confused about the distinction between God the Father and God the Holy Spirit. After all, does the Bible not refer to the Holy Spirit as the…
Is Abortion Okay If The Girl Was Raped?
Is abortion okay if the girl was raped? One of the more powerful arguments for abortion would be the reality of molestation. Pregnancy is not always of the free choice…
Is Mark Driscoll A Heretic?
Is Mark Driscoll a heretic? When my 2013 article 5 Popular Christian Teachers To Avoid went viral, there were a number of reactions. Some people wanted to know what I…
Does Free Will Solve The Problem Of Evil?
Does free will solve the problem of evil? Burdened by the issue of the evil in the world, many Christians will turn to free will. God allows men to make…
Why Does Anything At All Exist?
From the greatest scholars of the today, to the most famed philosophers of old, anybody who has ever observed the natural world has been plagued, or blessed, as it were,…
What Does Philippians 2:5-8 Mean?
I usually avoid exegetical articles for the sole reason that they do not attract a lot of attention. Most of my articles are more topical, and like my cohort Evan…
Does God Know The Future?
The traditional conception of God among monotheistic faiths is that God is utterly perfect in every way. God is all-powerful, all-knowing, all-loving, all-present, all-good, and so on. But some Christians…
Why Are Christians So Mean?
People with views that oppose Christian doctrine often mount the accusation that Christians are mean-spirited and obnoxious. It is not necessarily so much that these groups are merely disagreeing with…