Recent Blog Posts

21
May

Salvation: Why Christians Know They Have Eternal Life (Right Now)

We’re in Salt Lake City today, talking to Mormons about what they believe and the many differences between Mormonism and Christianity. For theists, the most important question we will ever ask (or answer) is simply this: “How does one attain eternal life?” As I described yesterday, Mormonism is a worked

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20
May

Mormon Beliefs, Salvation and the Nature of Perfection

Today I am with my good friend, Sean McDowell, heading out on another Utah Missions trip with two dozen high school students and several of their teachers. We’ll be spending the week talking with Mormons about what they believe related to the nature of salvation, Jesus, God and the Bible.

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18
May

Do “Jesus Mythers” Have a Good Case Against Jesus? (Podcast)

In this podcast, Jim responds to skeptics who claim that Jesus is merely a re-creation of ancient “dying and rising” mythologies. How strong are the similarities between Jesus and the mythologies of antiquity and what might explain these similarities? Jim also discusses the role of leadership in Christian Case Making.

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17
May

Reasonable Faith, Biblical Interpretation and “Tipping Point” Evidence

I’ve been reviewing a cold-case for a local agency this week, examining the evidence they’ve collected to help them determine if they’ve got enough to file the case with the District Attorney. We’re using an approach that I’ve described in my book, called “Abductive Reasoning”; a process that also has

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16
May

How Can We Be Pro-Life and Pro-Death Penalty at the Same Time?

Can a Christian Oppose Abortion Yet Support the Death Penalty? When the recent Kermit Gosnell trial came to an end, the death penalty debate once again captured the attention of the nation. Gosnell was sentenced to several life terms in prison and avoided execution; but the trial caused many Christians

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15
May

How Can We Trust the Gospels When the Genealogy of Jesus Is So Different?

Skeptics have written quite a bit about the allegedly “irreconcilable” differences between the genealogies of Jesus recorded in the gospels of Matthew (Matthew 1) and Luke (Luke 3:23-38). The genealogies appear to be quite different, especially as each author traces the lineage from King David down to Jesus. While I

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14
May

The Stuff We All Agree on When It Comes to Origins

Now that I’ve written a book, I get the chance to speak around the country and talk about how we, as Christians, assemble circumstantial evidence related to the reliability of the Gospels and the existence of God. As a result, I meet all kinds of Christians who hold a variety

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