In a recent Monday Night Live! Q&A, I commented off hand that John the Baptist was never in doubt that Jesus was the Christ. When John, who was in prison at the time, sent his disciples to question Jesus about whether or not He was the Christ, it was for their own benefit, not John’s.…
A Polemic for the Church “Avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and strife and disputes about the Law, for they are unprofitable and worthless.” (Titus 3:9 NASB) It only hinders the Gospel to become entangled in such matters as non-essential Christian doctrine. At the same time, there are some non-essential Christian doctrines that, though truly non-essential,…
The Christological Witness of the Old Testament Then, beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures. Luke 24:47 Shortly after His resurrection, Jesus met two of his disciples traveling on the road from Jerusalem to Emmaus. He engaged them in a unique and…
Introduction: The purpose of this article will be to discuss the presentation of Jesus Christ in Islam’s holy book, the Quran, to compare the Quran’s depiction of Christ with the Bible, and then to argue in defense of the biblical view of Christ, with particular emphasis on His deity and post-death resurrection. The Quran teaches…
Introduction For decades, capital punishment has been a hotly debated topic in the United States. There are numerous ethical considerations surrounding the issue, which this article will explore. The objective of this article will be to provide the reader with the basic current facts on capital punishment in the United States, to consider the biblical…
Answer the Christian: Why do people suffer for a sin Adam committed long ago? 1. Adam’s sin introduced death into the world. God created the universe and began its human population by creating a man and a woman, whom He called Adam and Eve. They were given freedom to lives their lives with one restriction. …
On Monday morning of this week, I received a call from my wife who said that my sixty-seven year old mother had collapsed at home and was in the hospital. Mom had been immediately intubated and placed on a ventilator by the EMS crew before she was transported to the hospital. Upon my arrival at…
This article will address the exchange between Dr. William Lane Craig and Dr. Alex Rosenberg on the subject of the Argument from Evil which occurred during their February 2, 2013 debate: Is Faith in God Reasonable? In particular, the article will offer apologetic approaches in response to Rosenberg that differ somewhat from those of Craig. …
In his book, Reasonable Faith, Dr. William Lane Craig lays out the Ontological Argument for the Existence of God. The argument was first formulated by Anselm in the 11th century, and it has been defended by Descartes and Plantinga, among others. It was born out of Anslem’s search for an argument that would not only prove…
A Short Analytical Summary and Critique of the Book Cold Case Christianity, by J. Warner Wallace Cold Case Christianity was written by cold case homicide detective J. Warner Wallace. His purpose was to train and motivate Christians to defend the Gospels by applying the rules of evidence used in investigating cold case homicides. His further…
You are counseling a college student in your church who has come to you very privately with ambiguity about his sexual orientation. He doesn’t understand why it is difficult for him to sustain interest in opposite sex relationships, and he thinks he might be gay, but he is not sure. He wants to know what…
Just as darkness is defined in regards to the absence of light, so Christian thought has often defined evil as the absence of good; or to use Augustine’s (354-430) words, the privation of good (privatio boni). Evil then is what ought not to be, for evil is at the least unpleasant (as in a rotten…
The Columbo Tactic, as described in chapters 3-5 of the above titled book, is a conversational method of engaging non-Christians in apologetic dialogue. It is titled after the 70s television sleuth and homicide detective, Lt. Frank Columbo. The tactic makes use of the television character’s signature style of investigation: asking questions, while appearing quite incapable…
Human beings hold in common a universal sense of morality which can be used as a logical argument against atheism. The purpose of this article is to explore the moral argument for the existence of God from the perspective of C. S. Lewis. Lewis’s version of the moral argument tends to focus more on the…
This article will argue for the reasonableness of the doctrine of the existence and the immortality of the soul. It will begin with a discussion of the nature of souls and immortality. It will briefly explore the ancient Greek and modern Christian concepts of the immortality of the soul. It will examine two types of compelling…
