Predestination and Free Will
Predestination and Free Will. It’s the biggest Christian debate out there, and it’s not even close. Believers have debated this issue for centuries, and yet the end of the debate appears nowhere in sight....
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How Can God be Sovereign over Evil and not Morally Culpable for it?
It’s not uncommon to hear those in the non-Reformed tradition make the claim that Reformed belief necessarily makes God blameworthy for evil. After all, if God has sovereignly decreed everything whatsoever to come to...
Were Women Treated Like Chattel in the Old Testament
If you’ve ever spent time talking with skeptics about the Bible, they’ve more than likely brought up Old Testament laws that appear out of step with our “modern ideals.” For example, many suggest that the Bible...
Did God Command Genocide in the Old Testament?
Richard Dawkins’ famous quote just about sums up how skeptics view the God of the Old Testament. He retorts: The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction:...
John the Baptist in Josephus
Several reasons exist for why we should trust the Gospels. Their eye-witness testimony, familiarity with the Palestinian world, embarrassing nature, early dating, and undesigned coincidences, all suggest that the Gospels are reliable documents. Beyond that, the plethora of Greek manuscripts and strong...
Does the Bible Promote Slavery? — Part 2
Previously, I wrote an article titled Does the Bible Promote Slavery? In that post, I demonstrated that the Bible does not promote slavery, despite the skeptics’ contentions. I made several points to support this claim. Perhaps...
Evidence for Jesus’ Miracles Outside the Bible
Everyone knows the Gospels are chock-full of Jesus’ miracles. Making the lame walk, causing the blind to see, and even raising the dead were no problem for him. Christians heartily embrace Jesus’ miracles. After...
Was the Deity of Christ a Legendary Development?
Skeptics of all stripes vehemently deny the deity of Christ. Besides their a priori commitment to philosophical naturalism, a major argument they put forth is that the earliest Christians didn’t believe Jesus was divine. Rather, this belief...
Was Apollonius of Tyana a Jesus Parallel?
Bart Ehrman is the most popular skeptic in America today. Writing at super-sonic rates, his books seem to find their way on the New York Times Bestseller list about every other year. Because of his...
Tacitus—Ancient Roman Historian—Reports on Jesus
Most of what happened in the ancient world went unrecorded. Think about it. People from bygone eras didn’t have technology like YouTube, TV, or the internet — much less the printing press. It’s sad...