OCTOBER 9, 2020 BY SCOTT R. STAHLECKER During the two decades I was a Christian the flood story really perplexed me. There were portions that just could not be plausible. To […]
FEBRUARY 4, 2019 BY BOB SEIDENSTICKER Progressive revelation is the doctrine that God doled out his message over time. I agree with the problem—the Bible message does change over time. But […]
FEBRUARY 1, 2019 BY BOB SEIDENSTICKER Did you know that the Quran has no contradictions? This isn’t due to God’s guiding hand but to a clever loophole within Islam called the […]
MARCH 25, 2021 BY RANDY ALCORN Big books full of Scripture, theology, and quotations from people long dead don’t normally sell well. Yet to my surprise, and the publisher’s, over a […]
FEBRUARY 1, 2021 BY STELUSHKIN The Devil’s Number. The Mark of the Beast. But what does the number ‘666’ REALLY mean? Research suggests that it is actually a secret code. The number […]
OCTOBER 29, 2020 BY VANCEMORGAN One Sunday, toward the end of a particularly lively and deep seminar with my “Living Stones” adult Christian education group after the morning service, I asked […]
OCTOBER 16, 2020 BY VANCEMORGAN Not long ago, I found myself involved behind the scenes in a squabble between the chair of my department and another department colleague. Their disagreement was […]
MARCH 9, 2020 BY JOSH DAFFERN Recently I delivered a funeral message for a dear brother that unexpectedly passed away. He was a firm believer in Jesus Christ, and his funeral […]
SEPTEMBER 6, 2020 BY VANCEMORGAN Iris Murdoch is one of my favorite philosophers and novelists, but I seldom get to use her work in my teaching. Murdoch claimed to be an […]
AUGUST 28, 2019 BY STEPHANIE HERTZENBERG Christians have been reading and reciting the Bible for as long as it has existed. The teachings found within its pages form the bedrock of […]
BY HEMANT MEHTA SEPTEMBER 13, 2020 Should the book of Genesis be part of a high school English class? An Indiana parent is complaining about it, and the lack of […]
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 BY GUEST CONTRIBUTOR I read recently an article from Life Way Research that said we now live in a day and age in the United States where one-third […]
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020 BY GENE VEITH According to a new study, over half of Americans (52%) who describe themselves as “Christians”–including 41% of evangelicals–believe that salvation comes from doing good works, rather […]
AUGUST 19, 2020 BY VANCEMORGAN This month marks the eighth anniversary of this blog. It started on WordPress as an outlet for short essays that I had been writing for a […]
JUNE 3, 2019 BY VANCEMORGAN At its best, faith is the overflow of gratitude, the attempt to live as if we are loved, the fragile hope for something better on the […]
JULY 7, 2020 BY BOB SEIDENSTICKER Christian apologist Jim Wallace has an explanation for the Resurrection story. He gives his winning argument in a recent video, “Why Naturalistic Explanations for the […]
JUNE 22, 2020 BY BOB SEIDENSTICKER Christian apologist William Lane Craig (WLC) recently responded to a post from the atheist blog A Counter Apologist. This is the conclusion of my response to his attack […]
MAY 24, 2019 BY MICHAEL STONE God made him do it: Florida Rep. Mike Hill claims God spoke to him, and told him to introduce an abortion ban with no exceptions […]
Why I Am Disobeying the Bible I was brought up to believe, as I was taught, that a true Christian always obeyed biblical commandments with certain rare exceptions. One such exception had […]