Who Is Yahweh?
John Piper (audio/article)
The world doesn’t need any more tinkering with religion. It needs God. It needs to see God. It needs to be stunned that there is a God.
Who Is the God of Mormonism?
Amy K. Hall
(article) One thing you’ll discover as you’re talking with your Mormon (LDS) friends is that though we use the same terms, we often mean very different things. The term “God” is no exception to this.
Religion vs. the Gospel
Kevin Halloran
(Article) Tim Keller contrasts living a merely religious life over the performance of Christ for us, and grace-filled, gospel-motivated life.
Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God?
Alan Shlemon
(Article) Some people argue that since Allah is simply the Arabic word for God, Muslims worship the same God as Christians. Is this true?
Has Rome Really Changed Its Tune? The Catholic Church — 500 Years Later
Gregg Allison What issues sparked the Reformation? What were the key protests against the Catholic Church at that time? Do those same conditions exist now, such that the Reformation remains unfinished?
Take a Quiz on Explaining Your Faith to a Muslim
Nabeel Qureshi, Tim Challies The differences between Christianity and Islam make all the difference in explaining the Christian faith in a relevant and persuasive way to Muslim believers. How well do you know Islamic beliefs about Jesus and the countering evidence for Christianity? Could you explain your faith effectively to a Muslim?
Three Ways "The Elephant and the Bilnd Men Story" Backfires
Trevin Wax How does this well-known story, that resonates in a culture where diversity is valued and multiple perspectives are promoted, actually teach exclusivity?
Is Religion the Cause of Most Wars?
Brett Kunkle This cultural mantra has been uttered so often and with so much force, it has come to be accepted as an undeniable declaration. But a simple question exposes such claims: “How did you come to that conclusion?”
Christianity and Atheism: Choose Your Strangeness
Jon Bloom Christmas gives some materialist atheists occasion to ridicule the silly gullibility of Christians to believe such things. It’s true: The Christmas story is humanly strange. But to be fair, atheists also embrace wildly far-fetched, strange beliefs of their own...
Understanding Insider Movements
Ayman S. Ibrahim Nevertheless, thoughtful Christian leaders and missiologists should diligently work to engage at least five major erroneous theses upon which IM arguments are based. I call these fundamental errors the “Five Pillars of Insider Movements.” They are theologically dangerous and missiologically incorrect.
A Crash Course on the Muslim Worldview and Islamic Theology
Justin Taylor As one online bio notes, “Francisco has a unique ability to see and understand both the difficulties facing Christians who wish to evangelize their Muslim friends and the Muslims who are being asked to come to Christ. Many of his unique insights come from personal experiences sharing his faith with Muslims.”
China's Christian Future
Yu Jie At the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949, when the Communist party defeated the Nationalists and founded the People’s Republic of China, Christians in China numbered half a million. Yet almost seventy years later, under the Chinese government’s harsh suppression, that population has reached more than sixty million...
How to Use the Back of a Napkin to Prove to a Jehovah's Witness that Jesus is God
Justin Taylor, Greg Koukl The definition of the Trinity is straightforward: there is only one God and He subsists as three distinct persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. One God in three persons. Simple. If you want to prove it, then, all you need to do is show that three specific truths are taught in Scripture...
Evaluating Seventh-day Adventism
Dr. Nathan Busenitz What are the historical origins and basic tenets of Seventh-Day Adventism, and how should evangelicals view this movement? There are major deficiencies within Seventh-Day Adventist Theology that ought to give evangelical Christians serious pause. Here are three:
Loving Muslims Begins with Honesty
David Mathis Do Christians and Muslims worship the same deity? It has become one of the most pressing and controversial questions in the world in the last fifteen years...
Why Evangelicals and Catholics Cannot be “Together”
Jordan Standridge In 1995 the unthinkable happened. Well known evangelical pastors signed a document in which they joined themselves with Catholic priests and Philosophers, in an ecumenical fashion in order to promote the agreements over the disagreements that have plagued Protestants and Catholics for centuries dating back...