Jesus’ death and resurrection is a huge obstacle to belief for many seekers and skeptics. They don’t understand why Jesus would have to die in order for God to forgive us or what it is about blood sacrifice that makes salvation possible. Indeed, their gut reaction is...
I often talk with atheists who believe that matter is all that exists and that we live in a closed system of naturalistic cause and effect. In other words, they hold to some form of philosophical naturalism. I won’t detail the full argument here, but one of the...
As J.P. Moreland recounts in the wonderful book In Search of a Confident Faith, he was speaking at a large church about how to nurture “God-confidence” when the following episode took place: As we were taking a coffee break, a young man on the church staff approached...
Skeptics often ask me why God wasn’t more concerned about slavery in the Old Testament. They suggest that God should have been a stronger advocate for freedom. The fact that he wasn’t supposedly shows a) God is immoral or unfair and/or b) There is a disunity...
The Don Johnson Show, 2-1-13 Rick Schenker is President and CEO of Ratio Christi, a campus-based Christian apologetics organization that is taking off around the world. Don talks to Rick about the ministry and how you can be involved.
Should we even bother trying to reason with people about Jesus? Absolutely. We are rational creatures and, as we saw in the previous post, God certainly tries to use apologetics with us. He presents evidence that is intended to lead us to certain conclusions. “Come,...
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