In our Rapid Response series, we tackle common concerns about (and objections to) the Christian worldview by providing short, conversational responses. These posts are designed to model what our answers might look like in a one-on-one setting, while talking to a friend or family member. What would you say if …
Read More »Why Would A Good God Allow Evil? – Part 2 (Cold Case Christianity Broadcast #73)
In this episode of the Cold-Case Christianity Broadcast, J. Warner Wallace completes his talk on the problem of evil. Are there good reasons why an all-powerful, all-loving God would allow his creation to suffer, or does evil demonstrate that God doesn’t exist? This presentation was excerpted from a talk given …
Read More »Rapid Response: “Did Jesus Think Jesus Was God?”
In our Rapid Response series, we tackle common concerns about (and objections to) the Christian worldview by providing short, conversational responses. These posts are designed to model what our answers might look like in a one-on-one setting, while talking to a friend or family member. What would you say if …
Read More »Why Would A Good God Allow Evil? – Part 1 (Cold Case Christianity Broadcast #72)
In this episode of the Cold-Case Christianity Broadcast, J. Warner Wallace begins to tackle the problem of evil. Why would an all-powerful, all-loving God allow evil to occur in His creation? Does the existence of evil eliminate God as a reasonable explanation for other evidence in the universe? This presentation …
Read More »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 …
Read More »The Stuff We All Agree on When It Comes to Origins
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 of views related to the Genesis …
Read More »The Reasonable Expectations That Cause Mythologies to Resemble Jesus
While the similarities between Jesus and the “divine” mythological characters that preceded him are grossly overstated, we ought to expect some parallels between Jesus and the imaginative creations of those who lived prior to Christ’s appearance on earth. As ancient people began to consider the possibility of God’s existence, a …
Read More »How Does the Gospel Change Our World? (Podcast)
In this blast from the past, J. Warner answers listener email and addresses the nature of the Gospel Message. Is the purpose of the Gospel to transform and restore the planet, or is the purpose of the Gospel to rescues fallen individuals? Are these two goals and consequences of the …
Read More »Those Pre-Christian Deities Aren’t Much Like Jesus After All
I’ve written about how we, as Christians, ought to respond to the claim that Jesus is simply a fictional re-creation of prior “dying-and-rising” god mythologies. The first step in assessing the evidence requires us to closely examine attributes of the mythological character offered in comparison to Jesus. It turns out …
Read More »Why We Shouldn’t Be Surprised Some Pre-Christian Deities Are Similar to Jesus
I’ve written about pre-Jesus mythologies and why they fail to prove Jesus is a myth. I originally investigated the issue in an effort to respond to what’s been written or produced in the past 15 years to popularize the notion that Jesus never existed. Movies like Zeitgeist: The Movie and …
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