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Category: Apologetics

  • William Lane Craig — 

    Question Dear Dr. Craig, I was born Muslim and throughout my childhood, faith in God was extremely important for me especially because I lost my...

  • William Lane Craig — 

    It is a contingent matter whether or not mathematics is applied to the physical universe! The easiest way to see this is to realize that it is contingent whether there is a physical universe at all.

  • Sean McDowell — 

    Thomas is my favorite apostle. I love his inquisitive nature (John 14:5) and his demand for evidence (20:24-29). Thomas may have even been the...

  • William Lane Craig — 

    You can’t determine the probability of the conclusion of a deductive argument by computing the probability of the conjunction of its premisses. Join Charles and William Lane Craig as they consider probability and faith.

  • William Lane Craig — 

    What specifically ties the soul to the physical mind of a person? Dr. Craig addresses the "causal pairing problem."

  • Sean McDowell — 

    It’s not uncommon to hear a critic dismiss the miracle stories of Jesus by saying, “There may be miracle claims in the stories about Jesus, but...

  • Kenneth Berding — 

    What do you think of when you hear the word “comfort”? I think of a flannel shirt I bought twenty years ago (and still sometimes wear!), the world’...

  • Kenneth Berding — 

    Progressive Dispensationalism is a pattern of biblical interpretation that focuses — not entirely, but most particularly — on the question of how...

  • William Lane Craig — 

    This is a Q & A blog post by our Visiting Scholar in Philosophy, William Lane Craig. Question Suppose I accept that Jesus rose from the dead...

  • Sean McDowell — 

    When my son was 7 years old, he asked me a memorable question, “Dad, what’s the most important thing you know?” While I don’t recall what I said, I...

  • Meaninglessness and Evangelism

    Q & A with Dr. William Lane Craig

    William Lane Craig — 

    This is a Q & A blog post by our Visiting Scholar in Philosophy, William Lane Craig. Question Why do you try to persuade nonbelievers that...

  • Sean McDowell — 

    Many people believe Christianity is a white man’s religion. Others believe the Biblical God only cares about the Jews. Is this true? The truth is...

  • Confusion about the Moral Argument

    Q & A with Dr. William Lane Craig

    William Lane Craig — 

    This is a Q & A blog post by our Visiting Scholar in Philosophy, William Lane Craig. Question Hi Dr. Craig! I hope you're doing well. I...

  • Jim Wallace — 

    The vast majority of scientists affirm the Standard Cosmological Model as an accurate and reliable description of the universe’s origin. After...

  • Sean McDowell — 

    Sean McDowell interviews Miles McPherson, pastor of Rock Church San Diego, on the topic of racial reconciliation.

  • Are All Religions Created Equal?

    Just How Many Ways Are There to Make Peace with God?

    David Horner — 

    Smorgasbords are tempting to the eyes and to the taste buds. Once a person has witnessed the extensive varieties of delicacies spread out in a fine...

  • David Horner — 

    A popular analogy purporting to illustrate the truth of religious pluralism tells of four blind men who discover an elephant. Since the men have...

  • Markus Zehnder — 

    I present these thoughts from the perspective of someone who grew up in and is familiar with the academic and spiritual situation on the European continent. My observation is that many of the trends that have eroded a robust Christian influence on European culture are very much active in the Evangelical world of the US in the current situation as well ...

  • Kenneth Berding — 

    For many years I have been curious about a Roman governor known to us from history as Pliny the Younger. My interest initially arose because I resided for four years in one of the principal cities he governed—not to mention that one of my four daughters was born in that city. Moreover, since I have expended significant effort studying the writings of the earliest Christian authors after the period of the apostles (those authors known as the “Apostolic Fathers”), I continue to be intensely interested in learning anything I possibly can about the lives of Christians who lived during the first half of the second century ...

  • Kenneth Way — 

    In his forthcoming summative book, called Beyond the Texts, the Syro-Palestinian archaeologist William G. Dever summarizes what is presently known about ancient Israel and Judah based primarily on the artifacts—the material culture that includes textual sources. One example is Dever’s portrait of the historical King David. He offers the following seven propositions about David that are inferred from archaeology and also converge with what is attested in biblical texts ...

  • The Good Book Blog — 

    Kenneth Berding (Professor of New Testament at Talbot School of Theology) recently wrote and published The Apostolic Fathers: A Narrative Introduction. We wanted to learn more about this book, so we had Ken respond to some questions ...

  • Thaddeus Williams — 

    The Bible insists that everything exists for Jesus. He is the Telos, the Goal, the Final Point where all lines converge. ‘But isn’t that such a strange and invisible conclusion? Doesn’t such a view make Christianity fundamentally anti-science?’

  • Thaddeus Williams — 

    When we say “He is risen. He is risen indeed!” we are not merely stating a remarkable historical fact, not merely expressing our shared doctrine, not merely standing in line with a long tradition of hope. We are doing all of that. But we are doing more. We are joining the great protest chant against all the dehumanization, death, and decay of the present age and heralding, here and now, the subversive breaking in of the glorious age to come in the resurrected Jesus.

  • The Good Book Blog — 

    Digital courses taught by a growing number of Biola’s professors are now available through Logos Mobile Education ...

  • Kenneth Berding — 

    The title of this post is the exact title of a new little book written by Andrew David Naselli & J. D. Crowley and published by Crossway. This new book is intended for a general Christian (non-academic) audience, addressing an oft-neglected subject: the conscience. Discussions of this topic have been few in recent years, despite the fact that the Greek word for “conscience” (συνείδησις) appears 30 times in the New Testament (20 times in the writings of Paul). The book is short (142 pages without the appendices and indices). Thankfully, it is also clearly written. One can easily imagine a book dealing with the so-called grey areas being less-than-clear. The authors have done a fine job in making a complicated subject easy-to-understand.