Christianity and Atheism: Choose Your Strangeness
Jon Bloom It’s true: The Christmas story is humanly strange. But to be fair, atheists also embrace wildly far-fetched, strange beliefs of their own.
Five Apologetics Questions You Need to Think Through
Amy Hall Perhaps you will be asked about these five questions or may be thinking them yourself.
The Santa Delusion
Andy Bannister A charge that some people make is that religion in general and Christianity in particular are irrational. Richard Dawkins, in his best selling book The God Delusion, makes this very claim, saying that faith in God is just like belief in Santa Claus! Is this true?
Romans 5:8-9
Matt Chandler A powerful explanation of what it means to be justified from Romans 5:8-9.
What Happens to Those Who Never Hear the Gospel?
Matt Smethurst The man on the island. Perhaps you’ve encountered him in a friend’s argument against Christianity. Maybe you’ve even voiced the objection yourself. How could a good and loving God condemn to hell someone who’s never heard of him?
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?
One Strategy to Rule Them All: How to Answer Skeptics from Romans 1
Nancy Pearcey Learning to respond to every competing worldview would take a lifetime of study. Do we have to memorize a different argument for every “ism”? The exciting answer is that the Bible itself offers a single, universal strategy we can apply to all systems of thought...
How the Non-Existence of Vampires Reveals the Existence of God
Joe Carter A fascinating paper by a pair of physicists makes me wonder if the existence—or rather the non-existence—of vampires can shed light on one of the popular arguments for the existence of God: the argument from fine-tuning.
Does Sin Cause Sickness?
Sam Allberry Connecting Sickness and Sin: It’s vital to understand the context in which this discussion of sickness and healing takes place. And, as with any “difficult” text, it helps to rule out what James 5 can’t mean.
Should I pray about the Book of Mormon?
Lyndon Unger Conversations with LDS people often close in an exhortation to simply read the book of Mormon and pray that God would convict you, one way or the other, regarding the truth of the book of Mormon. How can you respond?
Five Truths About Eternal Security
John Piper In this lab, John Piper deals with the security of every believer, and draws in lots of texts to explain how God keeps his children from falling away. He summarizes this important doctrine with five critical truths...
3 Good Reasons to be “Re-Baptized”
Jordan Standridge I believe that for the sake of obedience to Jesus and for the sake of conscience we should take the practice of baptism seriously. So, in light of the importance that Scripture places on baptism, here are three reasons which might lead a person to consider getting “re-baptized.”
The Reformation Gave Us a Seat at the Table
Kevin DeYoung Next to justification, there was no issue more fiercely debated during the Reformation than the doctrine of the Lord’s Supper. Although the Reformers did not always agree among themselves as to the meaning of the Supper, they were unified in their opposition to the Roman Catholic notion of transubstantiation...
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...