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Three Things Skeptics Will Say to Shame Your Kids for Being Christians
I haven’t blogged in the past couple of weeks because my family and I were on vacation. We went on a wonderful trip to the…
People Compel Us
Evangelism demands we understand the spiritual state of those we evangelize. In order for lost people to glorify God rightly and submit to the lordship…
Does the Old Testament Teach Salvation by Works?
According to Genesis 15:6, Abram did not buy righteousness with his faith. Rather, God gave Abram righteousness, which means right standing or acceptability before God….
Where Did We Get the Bible? Part 2
Catalysts for canon formation After demonstrating that the biblical canon came to be, we are in a better position to ask further, why did the biblical canon come into…
Six Scary but Important Words Every Christian Parent Should Say to Their Kids about Faith
Last week during our Bible time with the kids, we were talking about God’s love for us and what exactly that means. As the conversation…
Christians Need a Crutch
Christians are often said to believe because they need a crutch. Unless a person is willing to agonize hourly in the actual conviction that his…
Theological Incentives for Evangelism
As in other areas of Christian practice—worship, prayer, preaching, and counseling—evangelism needs to be undergirded by a theological reflection on just what it is we…
Did Those Places Really Exist?
The ancient Egyptian equivalent of a “voodoo doll” was to write one’s enemy’s name on a clay statue or pottery vessel and then smash the…
Myth: Christianity is racist
Jesus said, and the apostles confirmed, that the truth of Christianity was to be preached to all people of every nation. The earliest Christians were…
Are Christians Less Intelligent than Atheists? Here’s What All Those Studies Really Say
Today I want to shed light on a nasty little “fact” that regularly makes the rounds online: “Studies show that Christians are less intelligent than…
Christianity Is Anti-environment?
One frequent misunderstanding of Christianity is that it is anti-environment. The misconception is based on a certain reading of the book of Genesis, on the…
Are the Biblical Genealogies Reliable?
Biblical genealogies must be understood in the context of the ancient Near East. Typically, genealogies expressed more than family descent. They reflected political and socio-religious…
Apologizing for Christmas
There are you in line at the mall department store. You normally do your shopping online, but during the Christmas season it’s different. You fight…
The 5 Worst Beliefs a Christian Parent Can Have in an Imploding Society
America is changing fast, and not in the direction we’d like. In light of recent events, I don’t think I need to detail all the…
Christianity Impedes Progress
The predominant superstition of our times is Progress. Belief in lower-case progress is reasonable, for progress can be made toward definable goals in specific fields,…
65 Apologetics Questions Every Christian Parent Needs to Learn to Answer
In prior posts, I’ve talked about why parents have to care about apologetics (the reasoned defense of Christianity) and I’ve shared resources for getting started…