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More on the place of Jesus birth, plus addressing the dating of the census, and why Jesus had to be born of a virgin.
Read MoreA follow-up in the discussing that started with “Who Arrested Jesus?” My interlocutor asserts that it’s far more likely that Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Galilee (ancient Zebulun), than Bethlehem of Judea.
Read MoreA skeptic asks “Who arrested Jesus? Was it Roman soldiers, temple guards or temple guards, elders and Roman soldiers?” Do you know why he asked that?
Read MoreHow can we have 24-hour days before the sun was created on Day 4?
Read MoreMore often than not, debates that happen on “social” media are anything but—they typically generate more heat than light and more closely resemble a barroom brawl than a respectful exchange of ideas. With this post, I’d like to take you into the midst of an exchange I recently had on Facebook so you how to disagree without being disagreeable.
Read MoreA few quick, practical tips on how to structure your time with a Jehovah’s Witness.
Read MoreA quick reference for answering the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ claim that Jesus is Michael the Archangel.
Read MoreChristians often argue for God’s existence by suggesting that the universe needs an initial cause. But what caused God?
Read MoreA story of God’s perfect provision: how the purchase of a new washer and dryer, coupled with an energetic five year-old, and the generosity of a brother in Christ all worked together to deliver us from certain water damage.
Read MoreAnother tale of how God precisely answered a specific prayer request.
Read MoreIs it okay to eat bacon-wrapped rat fillets? What about lobster-ham casserole? In this article, I interact with the arguments of someone who uses Scripture to argue against all foods being clean and see if his arguments hold any bacon grease.
Read MoreIs tithing an Old Testament concept, or is it something that we’re expected to do today?
Read MoreAt the 2010 annuual Worldview Apologetics Conference, sponsored by Antioch Bible Church of Redmond, Washington, I had the chance to ask the late Norman Geisler a question during the open Q&A session. I had read somewhere that he believes in an old earth and I was curious why. So with several hundred conference attendees looking on, I took the microphone and nervously asked this giant of Christian thinking…
Read MoreThough I view the idea of an “old earth” as completely incompatible with Scripture, my intent with the present work is not to dive deeply into the reasons why, but rather to take a step back and examine how to handle those often difficult situations when “science” and the Bible appear to be at odds with one another.
Read MoreWhen you pray specifically, it's easy to tell when God answers. This is the story of how I got my first car—the very specific answer to a very specific prayer by a teenager.
Read MoreWhen defending sin, the two most oft-quoted Bible passages are “Judge not lest ye be judged,” and “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.” Both phrases were uttered by Jesus, but are these rebukes valid the way they are typically used?
Read MoreWhen attempting to answer the question about whether modern Bible translations are reliable or trustworthy, I think it's helpful to break "reliability" down into two subquestions:
"Has the Bible been transmitted faithfully in the past?", and
"Are modern Bibles translated correctly?"
This is one of the clearest, most concise, biblical defenses for the doctrine of the Trinity that I have ever read.
Read MoreThis is an article I wrote many years ago in response to a student’s question about why some Bibles say “everlasting life” while others say “eternal life.”
Read MoreWell, that all depends upon whom you ask...and when.
Today, if you stop and ask a pair of bicycle-riding Mormon missionaries, “Are you Christians?” You are likely to receive the same answer I have received in the past, “Of course we are! Jesus Christ is in the name of our church!”
But this has not always been the case.
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