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I’ve been writing extensively this season about the virgin conception of Jesus. Why does it matter in the first place? Is it reasonable? Was...
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What Role Does the Power to Draw and the Role of Justice Play in the “Problem of Evil”? (Podcast)
What Role Does Love and Character Development Play in the “Problem of Evil”? (Podcast)
What Role Does Eternity and Free Will Play in the “Problem of Evil”? (Podcast)
What Is the Essential Nature of the Christian Church? (Podcast)
What Do Other Religions Have to Say About Jesus? (Podcast)
God / Theism
The just so appearance of “fine-tuning” in our universe is rather uncontroversial amongst scientists and cosmologists. Even Paul Davies (who is agnostic when it...
Biblical Reliability
The case for the reliability of the New Testament Gospel eyewitness accounts is dependent on the trustworthiness of its authors. In cold-case criminal trials, eyewitness accounts are...
Christian Living
Everyone, at some point, faces hopelessness. Sometimes it creeps in over a personal struggle—a relationship that seems beyond repair, a job that feels like...
Christian Living
Humans have always been haunted by the shadow of mortality. Psychologists have a name for this persistent awareness: “mortality salience.” It’s the knowledge that...
Jesus
Many critics, in an attempt to discredit the “virgin conception”, have argued that the birth narratives in Matthew and Luke are simply late additions...
Belief / Faith
Last weekend as I taught the first Cold-Case Christianity class at Biola University as part of their Master’s Degree program in Christian Apologetics, the...
Biblical Reliability
I’ve been examining the New Testament accounts of Jesus’ birth and responding to a number of skeptical objections related to the virgin conception. If...
Belief / Faith
As a detective, I’m a distrustful person. I learned to be skeptical the hard way; I was fooled several times in my early career...
God / Theism
In my book, God’s Crime Scene, I explain how free agency presents a problem for atheistic naturalists who try to explain it from “inside...
Christian Case Making
Last Friday I posted a list of resources to help you make the case for Christianity. That list was borrowed from Cold-Case Christianity. Today...
Christian Case Making
After speaking at a recent Christian leadership camp, the coordinator asked me to suggest some follow-up resources for the attendees. I sent the following...
God / Theism
Even atheistic scientists stipulate to the appearance of design in biological organisms. Richard Dawkins would be the first to agree: “Biology is the study...
God / Theism
As I’ve written previously, free agency presents a problem for atheistic naturalists who try to explain it from “inside the room” of the natural...
God's Existence
God's Existence
God's Existence