Reflections on the Moral Argument, Part 5
Posted: December 3, 2024
By David Baggett Dec 3 READ IN APP In this month’s installment, I said I would discuss how my dissertation on the Euthyphro Dilemma gradually transformed into a book. That… Read More
Artefact in focus: Merneptah Stele, by Josh Meynell
Posted: November 8, 2024
Josh Meynell takes a look at an Egyptian inscription from 1200 BC, which contains one of the earliest mentions of Israel in extra-biblical documents. 14th June 2024 The Old… Read More
Big Questions About God & Science
Posted: October 30, 2024
THE NEWSLETTER OF IBTM with Douglas Jacoby . 30 Oct 2024 Good morning! Vicki and I have returned from a wonderful weekend in Birmingham (UK), where we once lived briefly… Read More
Lamoureux Resources on Science & Faith
Posted: October 28, 2024
The following papers and courses are free—the work of Prof. Denis Lamoureux DDS, PhD, PhD of the University of Alberta. Denis and I have collaborated for many years. He is… Read More
Reflections on the Moral Argument, Part 3
Posted: September 10, 2024
By David Baggett Aug 21 So I said that in this installment I would begin to discuss my dissertation. Writing a dissertation is a daunting task. For many, it’s the… Read More
Reflections on the Moral Argument, Part 2
Posted: September 10, 2024
By David Baggett Jul 23, 2024 As I started attending graduate school in philosophy at Wayne State University in 1994, the Euthyphro Dilemma was on my mind. Does God, say,… Read More
Reflections on the Moral Argument, Part 1
Posted: September 9, 2024
By David Baggett Jul 12 Chris Reese has asked me to write a series on the moral argument, and I’m happy to oblige. In fact, since recently wrapping up a… Read More
The Apologetics of Hospitality
Posted: September 7, 2024
By Lindsey Medenwaldt Aug 14 One simple way to confidently share your faith through love is to show hospitality toward your neighbors. You might be thinking to yourself, especially if… Read More
Personal and Propositional: On the Christocentricity of Christian Faith (Williams)
Posted: September 5, 2024
By Donald T. Williams July 19, 2024 “What is truth?” asked cynical Pilate, not realizing that he was standing right in front of the answer. It is precisely because his… Read More
How did we get the Biblical canon? (Tim Barnett)
Posted: August 24, 2024
The Bible: A History of Changes? In this five-minute video, Tim Barnett uses the acronym REAL (Recognized, Early, Apostolic, Lacked embellishment) to explain how the early church fathers knew which books… Read More
Highlights: Here’s How We Got the New Testament, Part 1 (Lashua)
Posted: August 12, 2024
July 2024 Video Highlights: Do We Really Have the Original Books of the Bible? Why the Apostles Expected a New Testament In this Stand to Reason University excerpt, Robby Lashua shares how… Read More
Q&A 1661—Did Jesus Pray to Himself?
Posted: July 23, 2024
If Jesus is God, and Jesus is praying to God, then is Jesus praying to himself? (Guest response by Tim Barnett. He responds to an anti-Trinitarian meme.) A: If Jesus… Read More
Precursor to Paleo-Hebrew Script Discovered in Jerusalem
Posted: July 17, 2024
Alan Millard examines the Proto-Canaanite script of the earliest alphabetic text ever found in Jerusalem Robin Ngo July 14, 2024 During excavations at the Temple Mount, Eilat Mazar discovered a… Read More
“Person of Interest” by J. Warner Wallace
Posted: June 13, 2024
STR Suggests: Person of Interest by J. Warner Wallace Can the truth about Jesus be uncovered–even without a body or a crime scene? Join cold-case detective and bestselling author J. Warner Wallace… Read More
Atheism and Cultural Christianity
Posted: June 10, 2024
Atheism and Cultural Christianity By Paul M. Gould JUN 9 READ IN APP The notorious atheist Richard Dawkins has been making the rounds recently with his… Read More
“Jesus, Contradicted” – a new book by Mike Licona
Posted: June 4, 2024
Well, it’s done! The new book was released last Tuesday (May 28). As I’m writing this, it’s the #1 New Release in Christian Hermeneutics for Kindle and #1 New Release… Read More
No, It’s Actually Hyperbole: A Response to Nick Meriwether on the “Utterly Destroy” Commands
Posted: April 27, 2024
͏ By Paul Copan Apr 21, 2024 READ IN APP Introductory Remarks In his March 15 (2024) article, “‘Save Alive Nothing That Breathes’: How Should We Understand Divine Commands to Destroy?”,… Read More
Blessed are those with “blind faith”?
Posted: April 23, 2024
I’ve warned before about the habit of reducing biblical accounts to mere spiritual metaphors—a popular sermon practice nowadays, unfortunately. David slaying Goliath is not a lesson about facing the… Read More
C. S. Lewis and the Uses of Apologetics
Posted: April 15, 2024
By Donald T. Williams APR 15 READ IN APP Why do we need apologetics? We live in a world filled with people who think like Trumpkin: “I have no use… Read More
5 Things You Must Remember about the Resurrection
Posted: March 31, 2024
March 31, 2024 by: Paul David Tripp The Vantage Point of the Resurrection It’s not just the most important miracle ever. It’s not just the most astounding event in the life… Read More
Speaking with Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses (Mike Licona)
Posted: March 13, 2024
A couple of weeks ago, I was watching a football playoff game when my doorbell rang. To my surprise, three Mormons had come to my home. To their surprise, I… Read More
Atheism and Utopia
Posted: March 8, 2024
Utopia follows secularization as a shadow follows a body[1] There is a trait noticeable about many atheists, besides the obvious one that they don’t believe in God. This is that… Read More
A Groundbreaking Book on the True Nature of Faith Deconstruction
Posted: February 23, 2024
You may have heard. Christian deconstruction is very much a thing inside the evangelical church nowadays. Check out the hashtags, such as #Exvangelical and #Deconstruction. Or search online for “I am… Read More
Advice to Aspiring Apologists, by Michael Licona
Posted: February 3, 2024
Advice to Aspiring Apologists By Michael Licona Feb 2, 2024 My interest in apologetics arose from my own doubts about the Christian faith. These doubts led me to seek… Read More
Destructive Deconstruction: How You Can Respond
Posted: February 1, 2024
Deconstruction has disrupted, dismantled, and destroyed the faith of so many. That’s why, following the release of Tim Barnett and Alisa Childers’s new book The Deconstruction of Christianity, this digest… Read More
Deconstruction and the Road Back Home
Posted: February 1, 2024
Deconstruction and the Road Back Home By Christopher Reese JAN 29 READ IN APP Large numbers of Americans today are departing from the church and sometimes the Christian faith. About… Read More
Critics: Jesus Was a Miracle Worker
Posted: January 31, 2024
Critics: Jesus Was a Miracle Worker By Gary R. Habermas JAN 19, 2024 An absolutely amazing feature in recent critical New Testament thought is the significant alteration that has developed… Read More
Naturalism: Bumping into Reality
Posted: January 20, 2024
To celebrate Stand to Reason’s 30th anniversary, we’ll be republishing classic issues of Solid Ground that represent some of the foundational ideas characterizing our work over the decades—ideas that continue… Read More
Natural Law in the Public Square
Posted: December 27, 2023
Natural Law in the Public Square By David VanDrunen DEC 12 READ IN APP It is important to clarify exactly what we are considering as we turn to the use… Read More
“Stamp Thine Image”: Incarnation and Deification
Posted: December 26, 2023
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How Did Jesus’s Stories Get Passed On?
Posted: October 26, 2023
Oct 22, 2023 by: Peter J. Williams A Secondary Question It seems that a common mind is behind the stories of Luke 15–16, and multiple lines of evidence suggest that the same… Read More
AI reads text from ancient Herculaneum scroll for the first time
Posted: October 15, 2023
Machine-learning technique reveals Greek words in CT scans of rolled-up papyrus. Jo Marchant Charred scrolls from Herculaneum can’t be opened easily, but X-ray scanning can reveal their contents. / Credit:… Read More
Critical Theory vs. the Christian Worldview
Posted: October 13, 2023
Critical Theory vs. the Christian Worldview By Neil Shenvi and Pat Sawyer OCT 13 READ IN APP One of the most interesting assessments of [critical theory] is an essay by… Read More
We Still Need God for Consciousness, Despite Reports to the Contrary
Posted: September 26, 2023
We Still Need God for Consciousness Despite Reports to the Contrary By Joshua R. Farris SEP 26 READ IN APP Secularism is on the rise and one of the narratives motivating it is the… Read More
A Short Guide to the Mind-Body Problem
Posted: August 29, 2023
By Alin Christoph Cucu AUG 28 READ IN APP [I]f it isn’t literally true that my wanting is causally responsible for my reaching, and my itching is causally responsible for… Read More
Road Trip to Deconstruction (Mark Shaw)
Posted: July 18, 2023
Are you frustrated that your church (and the Bible) are stuck in a place that no longer makes sense? What if you could find a way to honor Jesus, yet remain intellectually honest… Read More
What I Learned from 100 Atheists Who Converted to Christianity
Posted: July 10, 2023
Jana Harmon JUL 9, 2023 Over the past ten years, I’ve listened to and learned from over 100 stories of former skeptics as they described religious conversion from disbelief to… Read More
I’d Like to Have an Argument, Please by Greg Koukl
Posted: July 4, 2023
I want to teach you how to assess a basic argument. How can you know if a line of thinking is a good one or not? There’s no magic to… Read More
Don’t Be Fooled by the “Tolerance” Trick
Posted: June 27, 2023
Once, in a discussion with a class of Christian high school seniors, I wrote two sentences on the board. The first—“All views are equally valid”—expressed the current understanding of tolerance…. Read More
The Rise of Imaginative Apologetics
Posted: May 8, 2023
The Rise of Imaginative Apologetics By Christopher Reese MAY 8 SHARE In the past 10 years a new approach to apologetics has emerged that is variously called imaginative, cultural, or… Read More
Dying and Rising Gods
Posted: April 27, 2023
By Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell APR 26 During the Roman Empire, the most influential religions other than Judaism and Christianity were the mystery religions. In broad terms, these religions… Read More
The Mystery Man of the Shroud of Turin
Posted: April 9, 2023
Melissa Cain Travis | Easter Roundtable APR 7 SAVE ▷ LISTEN In the fall of 2022, The Mystery Man Exhibition opened in Spain. Initially housed in the Cathedral of Salamanca but… Read More
4 Pieces of Evidence for the Resurrection
Posted: April 1, 2023
4 Points of Evidence for the Resurrection Neil Shenvi The historicity of the resurrection is central to Christian theology because Jesus’s death and resurrection are both tied to our salvation…. Read More
The Gospel Coalition: Weaker Assertion → Stronger Argument
Posted: March 24, 2023
MARCH 8, 2023 | DOLORES G. MORRIS Not long ago, a viral tweet made its way into my feed. Once again, a Christian was using bombastic language to insist objective morality is… Read More
Science, Faith & Church History (Singapore 2015)
Posted: March 7, 2023
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eC2H6giu1EJ4_siOWsrhtDlAsfaWIRJR/view?usp=drive_link Here is the video (3 classes, a little over 2 hours) — file temporarily missing (sorry) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wnegXo64bHHm9wjRX2ehXFhUrAnRC_lO/view?usp=sharing
Discovery in the city of David
Posted: February 9, 2023
‘Jerusalem of Gold’: Volunteer unearths artifact of ‘great value’ at archaeological site An ancient 1,600-year-old bead made of pure gold was discovered during a dig in the City of David… Read More
The God-of-the-Gaps Objection
Posted: January 25, 2023
The God-of-the-Gaps Objection By Andrew T. Loke SAVE ▷ LISTEN It has often been objected by sceptics that the arguments for the existence of God are god-of-the-gaps arguments and that their… Read More
How Apologetics Serves Evangelism
Posted: December 16, 2022
How Apologetics Serves Evangelism By Douglas Groothuis and Andrew I. Shepardson Dec 16 We believe that as we share the good news with others, we are being faithful to the… Read More
Apologetics and Church Abuse
Posted: November 27, 2022
By Andrew I. Shepardson NOV 25 SAVE ▷ LISTEN The emergence of the #ChurchToo conversations in 2018 and the release of The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill Podcast in 2021 have rightly… Read More
Why We Can Believe
Posted: November 19, 2022
Enjoy this video from a class given to the campus ministry in Denver, Colorado on November 15, 2022. (Because of livestreaming timing, the Q&A section does get cut off.) Also… Read More
God’s Transcendence and Immanence
Posted: November 14, 2022
God’s Transcendence and Immanence By Christopher Watkin NOV 14 Western thought has long wrestled with the distinction between the transcendent and the immanent. Something is transcendent (from the Latin transcendere, meaning… Read More
“Is God a Vindictive Bully?” by Paul Copan
Posted: October 28, 2022
Is God a Vindictive Bully? Reconciling Portrayals of God in the Old and New Testaments Critics outside the church often accuse the Old Testament God of genocide, racism, ethnic cleansing,… Read More
Apologetics315 – Daily apologetic resources
Posted: September 26, 2022
The mission of Apologetics 315 is to provide educational resources for the defense of the Christian faith, with the goal of strengthening the faith of believers and engaging the questions… Read More
3 Times Jesus Told Us He Was God without Saying It | Crossway Articles
Posted: September 22, 2022
September 20, 2022by: Rebecca McLaughlin Who Is Jesus? In the episode “A Good Man Goes to War,” the British sci-fi hero Doctor Who prepares to fight. His pregnant best friend Amy… Read More
4 Evenings — Explorations in Christian faith
Posted: September 22, 2022
Come enjoy any or all four evenings with Dr. Douglas Jacoby, world-renowned Christian Apologist, as he explores with us some fundamental tenets of the Christian faith, and the reasons that… Read More
The Reliability of the Gospels
Posted: September 12, 2022
The Reliability of the Gospels: FAQs By Craig Blomberg Sep 12 Years ago, a well-known company that helped individuals compute and file their taxes ran a series of television ads… Read More
Gnosticism | Spiritual Transformation of the Body, Paul Copan
Posted: September 10, 2022
August Issue of The Worldview Bulletin-Pt. 1 Sep 3, 2024 Greetings from The Worldview Bulletin team! In this August issue, Paul Copan explains and critiques the Gnostic worldview, which early Christian… Read More
Jesus Is God. Here’s How You Can Defend His Deity (Part Two).
Posted: August 31, 2022
How Can I Respond to “Jesus Can’t Be God”? In this nine-minute video, Alan Shlemon responds to the Muslim claim that Jesus cannot be God by reminding us what the Quran… Read More
Jesus Is God. Here’s How You Can Defend His Deity.
Posted: August 25, 2022
August 2022 Video Highlights:How to Defend the Deity of Christ What Do Christians Mean by “God the Son”? Tim Barnett addresses two common Jehovah’s Witness objections to Jesus’ deity in… Read More
Gary Habermas: The Resurrection Evidence that Changed Current Scholarship
Posted: August 22, 2022
Watch this video for interesting resurrection evidence.
83 Real Bible People
Posted: August 16, 2022
August 16, 2022 BAS LIBRARY EXPLORER 83 Real Bible People More than faith is required to confirm that people mentioned in the Bible were, indeed, real people Did Jesus… Read More
Perhaps-Reclaiming the Space Between Doubt and Dogmatism
Posted: July 19, 2022
Perhaps Reclaiming the Space Between Doubt and Dogmatism The Christian life requires faith. That means that believers are sometimes faced with uncertainty. But is all uncertainty bad? Theologian Joshua McNall encourages readers… Read More
Brute Fact All the Way Down?
Posted: July 19, 2022
Brute Fact All the Way Down? By Stephen E. Parrish Jul 11 If you find our weekly free articles helpful, we encourage you to become a subscriber to our monthly… Read More
Was Jesus A Unique Kind of Miracle Worker?
Posted: June 27, 2022
Open in browser Was Jesus A Unique Kind of Miracle Worker? By Mikel Del Rosario Jun 27 If you find our weekly free articles helpful, we encourage you to become… Read More
What Plato Got Right and Wrong
Posted: May 25, 2022
What Plato Got Right and Wrong By Louis Markos May 25, 2022 From the point of view of orthodox Christianity, the essential flaw in the Platonic system is its incessant… Read More
The Insatiable Search for Peace and Rest
Posted: April 25, 2022
The Insatiable Search for Peace and Rest By Kenneth Samples April 25, 2022 According to the Christian world-and-life view, human beings were made for God (Psalm 100:3; Acts 17:26-27),… Read More
Mere Science
Posted: April 22, 2022
Mere Science By Rebekah Valerius Apr 22 In Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis sought to describe the beliefs that have been “common to nearly all Christians at all times.”[1] It could… Read More
Debate: The Resurrection of Jesus-Mike Licona/Bart Ehrman
Posted: April 1, 2022
In March, I [Mike] was interviewed 8 times on various topics for YouTube. I also lectured on the evidence for Jesus’ resurrection online for a group in India that connected… Read More
The Question I’m Asked Most, Part 2
Posted: March 30, 2022
The Question I’m Asked Most, Part 2 By Paul M. Gould and David Baggett | Bulletin Roundtable Mar 29 In this month’s Roundtable discussion, our team is answering the question… Read More
The Question I’m Asked Most, Part 1
Posted: March 23, 2022
The Worldview Bulletin Newsletter The Question I’m Asked Most, Part 1 By Paul Copan and Melissa Cain Travis | Bulletin Roundtable 18 hr ago 3 For this month’s Roundtable discussion,… Read More
Do You Struggle to Believe God is Loving? Part 3
Posted: February 22, 2022
The Short of It: God IS Loving, and He Did NOT Create Evil In this two-minute video, Alan Shlemon reveals a mistaken premise that makes all the difference in how… Read More
Do You Struggle to Believe God is Loving? Part 1
Posted: February 18, 2022
February 2022 Video Highlights: Why the Most Common Challenge to Christianity Does Not Stand Dig Deep: How We Can Reconcile a Good and Loving God with Evil In this 40-minute video,… Read More
Learning from the (non-biblical) Dead Sea Scrolls
Posted: February 16, 2022
. I. Meeting the Kandos How much do you know about the Dead Sea Scrolls? If you’re like most people, you have heard of these ancient artifacts. Most people leave it… Read More
Why Atheists Need Faith, by Paul Caron
Posted: January 12, 2022
Why Atheists Need Faith By Paul Caron Wall Street Journal op-ed: Why Atheists Need Faith, by Michael Guillen (Author, Believing Is Seeing: A Physicist Explains How Science Shattered His Atheism and Revealed the Necessity of… Read More
The Birth of Jesus: The Best Historical Evidence, by Jef Breshears
Posted: December 22, 2021
December 20, 2021 Jefrey D. Breshears “In the Fullness of Time” In Galatians 4:4 the apostle Paul writes that “In the fullness of time” God sent forth his Son to… Read More
Great Apologetics & Philosophy website
Posted: December 12, 2021
Paul Copan Paul Copan is a Christian theologian, analytic philosopher, apologist, and author. He is currently a professor at the Palm Beach Atlantic University and holds the endowed Pledger Family… Read More
A Review of Patterns of Evidence: Exodus
Posted: December 5, 2021
By Krista Wenzel On Monday evening I went to see the much anticipated documentary film, Patterns of Evidence: Exodus by filmmaker Tim Mahoney and Thinking Man Films. Filmaker Tim Mahoney in Luxor,… Read More
Were the Stories about Jesus Copied from Previous Myths?
Posted: November 17, 2021
Greg Koukl of Stand to Reason exposes the faults in the challenge that the details about Jesus came from taking bits and pieces from ancient mythologies.
Debate: Risen Jesus with Mike Licona
Posted: November 2, 2021
On October 4, I debated atheist New Testament scholar Dennis MacDonald. For two decades, MacDonald has been contending that the Gospels are almost entirely literary fictions, created to imitate and… Read More
The toughest critic you’ll ever face
Posted: September 23, 2021
A few years back J. Warner Wallace and I spoke with a dozen pastors who were skeptical about the importance of apologetics. I followed Jim—which is not an easy task—and… Read More
Truth About God (Christian Evidences)
Posted: September 22, 2021
Great Evidences Book Richard Knopp Today I want to tell you about a new work of Christian apologetics (defense of the faith). It’s Truth God: What Can We… Read More
Q&A 1608—Atheism and the ontology of evil
Posted: August 25, 2021
Thanks for getting back to me. I recently listened to one of your audio CDs. It was the disc about atheism in “From Facts to Faith.” My question concerns your claim about… Read More
The Genealogies in Genesis: Part I
Posted: August 3, 2021
By J. Richard Middleton On July 28, 2021 This is the first in a four-part series as biblical scholar J. Richard Middleton answers the often-asked question, How should we interpret biblical genealogies? In this… Read More
Risen Jesus – A Ministry of Mike Licona
Posted: June 23, 2021
Providing authentic answers to questions about the resurrection of Jesus and the historical reliability of the Gospels www.risenjesus.com NABEEL QURESHI Author, Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus Mike Licona was instrumental in… Read More
Francis Collins—A Testimony
Posted: May 30, 2021
Insights on Faith & Science Biologos has produced a series of short animated videos, designed to ask the big questions. Like the one asked of Francis Collins early in his career as a… Read More
Define What You Mean by “Hate” and “Hater” – Greg Koukl
Posted: May 23, 2021
Greg Koukl and Tim Barnett talk about some negative reactions they’ve received (and seen others receive) to their Christian convictions and give some thoughts on how to respond. Watch Greg… Read More
The Historical Evidence for the Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus – Evidence for Easter (Part 3) – Renew
Posted: March 31, 2021
Bobby Harrington | Bio *Editor’s Note: “The Historical Evidence for the Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus” was originally released in 2019 and we’re bringing it back to everyone’s attention at an… Read More
Des Faits a La Foi (French version of From Facts to Faith—teen evidences curriculum)
Posted: January 13, 2021
Une série sur l’apologétique des adolescents ©2018, Douglas Jacoby et Page Pennell. Traduction par Anne Du Sault et Franck Gnonteme. Existe-t-il un Dieu créateur et durable ou est-ce que la… Read More
One Way to Tell the New Testament Is True
Posted: November 13, 2020
Tim Barnett shows how some details in the Gospel of Luke—that we may be inclined to skip over—actually help point to the truthfulness of the New Testament.
Explore biology from a Christian worldview
Posted: October 29, 2020
BioLogos After years of listening, dreaming, planning, creating, and refining, we are thrilled to announce the launch of a new science/faith curriculum from BioLogos! INTEGRATE is a flexible teacher’s resource for… Read More
De Hechos a la Fe (From Facts to Faith)
Posted: August 27, 2020
This teen evidences curriculum was produced by Douglas Jacoby and Page Pennell. Click here for both Spanish & English versions in PDF, as well as an English version in Word.
The God of the Old Testament: Loving Deity or Cosmic Bully?
Posted: August 13, 2020
The presentations directly address one of the most common objections against the Bible. Taught online to Dallas / Fort Worth area campus ministries in April 2020. Part One (begins about 11… Read More
War Language as Hyperbole: “Total-kill,” by Scot McKnight
Posted: July 8, 2020
The Bible’s war language is often hyperbolic SCOT MCKNIGHT There is a trope among basketball players that, when they make a very quick move that fakes out their opponent, “they… Read More
Dead Sea Scrolls Genetically Fingerprinted
Posted: June 16, 2020
June 15, 2020 Dead Sea Scrolls Genetically Fingerprinted Animal skin DNA reveals some scrolls came from beyond the Qumran caves A highly technical study released on June 11, 2020 in… Read More
There Is No Truth
Posted: June 1, 2020
Some say there is no truth, but at least fifteen things have to be true before this statement can even be uttered in English. What are they? Continue here.
Believing in the Resurrection of Jesus, by Sam Laing
Posted: April 9, 2020
Believing in the Resurrection of Jesus How can we be believers in Jesus if we were not there and did not see him after he was raised from the dead?… Read More
Approaching Adam: Talking with Kids about Human Origins and the Bible
Posted: March 9, 2020
“Hey, Mom and Dad, where do humans come from?” Christy gives some helpful dos and don’ts to help parents lead theological and scientific conversations with their children. Read More >… Read More
Bad Plot Summaries
Posted: January 31, 2020
Click Here to Listen Have you read any of the “bad plot summaries” that are going around the internet? For example, here’s a bad plot summary of the Lord of… Read More
Something You Can Never Be
Posted: January 3, 2020
Something You Can Never Be CLICK HERE TO LISTEN Have you ever been told an expression by somebody older than you which makes absolutely no sense to your generation?… Read More
Does Science Disprove Faith?
Posted: January 2, 2020
By John Ortberg on January 1, 2020 This piece has been adapted from the transcript of a sermon delivered by John Ortberg at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church on January 5, 2014, and has… Read More
Outgrowing Facts – Tyndale House
Posted: October 16, 2019
Assyriologist George Heath-Whyte explains the errors in Richard Dawkins’ new book Richard Dawkins was asked by journalist Krishnan Guru-Murthy in an interview recently, “If you could change the world, how would you change… Read More
What is the Bible? (Rob Bell), by Jon Sherwood
Posted: September 7, 2019
“Just let the Bible be whatever it is.” … But just what is the Bible? What is the Bible? This is a vitally important question. Rob Bell is a famous… Read More
Are Most Scientists Atheists?
Posted: September 7, 2019
ARE MOST SCIENTISTS ATHEISTS? Baruch Aba Shalev wrote a book titled 100 Years of Nobel Prizes. That book contains a report on Nobel prizes awarded between 1901 and 2000. During that period, when 423… Read More
Faithfulness Is Not Theologically Complicated (Greg Koukl)
Posted: September 2, 2019
Greg Koukl continues to turn out thought-provoking articles, accessible and interesting. (Personally, I thought his section on salvation was over-simplified, but every other section was excellent. – DJ) Faithfulness Is… Read More
The Evolution of a Homeschooling Mom
Posted: August 29, 2019
By Kendra Terpstra on August 16, 2019 Whenever people ask me how I found out about BioLogos, I usually give them a quick elevator speech that begins with when I first read… Read More
Season 2 of Language of God
Posted: August 26, 2019
“One thing I see at the orthodox cores of our traditions is that at one and the same time we are to hold faithfully to truth as we know it… Read More
Video on Relativism
Posted: August 16, 2019
Today, PraegerU released Paul Copan’s five-minute video on relativism—“True for You, But Not for Me.” This is a great platform for intelligent public discourse on this topic and its pernicious… Read More
Biblical Town of Ziklag May Have Been Discovered
Posted: July 24, 2019
Located between Kiryat Gat and Lachish in southern Israel, Khirbet a-Ra‘i has been the site of excavations since 2015. The researchers recently announced their belief that they have uncovered the… Read More
How to Avoid the Professor’s Ploy, by Greg Koukl
Posted: July 10, 2019
Part 7: Greg addresses a situation where you may be tempted to take on the burden of proof in conversation about Christianity. Watch video here.
Einstein and God
Posted: June 11, 2019
“The more I study science, the more I believe in God.” “I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or… Read More
Where Do Moral Laws Come From? | Stand to Reason
Posted: May 3, 2019
Where Do Moral Laws Come From? We can be good without God, but would goodness even exist without God? Greg Koukl explains the argument for God from morality. https://www.str.org/video/where-do-moral-laws-come
“When God is Silent” interview with Dr. Douglas Jacoby, Parts 1&2
Posted: May 2, 2019
1st part of our interview with Dr. Douglas Jacoby It was very exciting to be able to have a conversation with Douglas on such a needed subject. We all go… Read More
2019 BioLogos Conference: Videos
Posted: April 19, 2019
Browse the presentations from the 2019 BioLogos Conference!
How Apologetics Addresses the Six Reasons Why Young People Leave the Church
Posted: April 4, 2019
From Stand to Reason (www.str.org) After a five-year study, Barna Research president David Kinnaman found that 6 in 10 young people leave the church either permanently or for an extended… Read More
One Way or Any Way? Part 2
Posted: March 1, 2019
by Greg Koukl, March 1, 2019 I do not consider myself a particularly brave person, and I think it especially foolish, on the main, to make a frontal assault on… Read More
When God Is Silent
Posted: January 14, 2019
The Problem of Human Suffering We inhabit the same world Jesus did—one of pain, joy, surprise, suffering, and wonder. At times life is good, joyous, and fair. At other times… Read More
Origins — a book on the issues behind Genesis 1-11
Posted: January 5, 2019
Origins turns much of what Christians learned in Sunday School on its head in a revealing comparison of the Genesis narrative to the competing pagan narrative of the day. Relatively few… Read More
Did David Exist?
Posted: November 16, 2018
Is king David a real person, or a mythological figure created after the fact to support the notion of a divine origin for the nation of Israel? Continue reading: Does David… Read More
Can We Trust the Gospels? by Peter Williams (book review)
Posted: November 15, 2018
Peter Williams is one impressive person. He isn’t just Principal of Tyndale House, Cambridge and Editor of theTyndale Bulletin. He is also Chair of the International Greek New Testament Project and… Read More
How do you respond to arguments against the Bible?
Posted: October 31, 2018
“The Victory of Joshua over the Amalekites” by Nicholas Poussin, via Wikimedia Commons. October 01, 2018 | By Tremper Longman (guest author) BioLogos.org The Bible holds an essential place in Christian faith. The… Read More
New Link to Debate: Is Jesus Prophet or Son of God?
Posted: October 22, 2018
Here is an edited version (with Q&A included) to the debate in Atlanta, GA between Dr. Douglas Jacoby and Sheikh Shabir Ally. 10-13-2018 – Debate – Is Jesus Prophet or… Read More
Origins (Genesis 1-11) — O.T. Scholars Weigh In
Posted: September 19, 2018
Philosopher and Christian apologist Paul Copan and I have written a book on early Genesis. See what Old Testament scholars are saying about Origins. . “Genesis 1–11 is the foundation… Read More
The Life of Jesus (Pt. I and Pt. II)
Posted: September 14, 2018
Cape Town, South Africa, 9 Sept 2018 In this session (consisting of two parts) Douglas Jacoby paints an outstanding picture as to the life and context of Jesus as a… Read More
Teen Evidences Curriculum: From Facts to Faith
Posted: August 22, 2018
The attached teen evidences curriculum was produced by Douglas Jacoby and Page Pennell. It is simple, written at a basic level, and intended to be presented in class series format…. Read More
Q&A 1534 – Zeitgeist
Posted: August 17, 2018
How should we respond to the claims of the Zeitgeist internet movie? Although I have addressed this elsewhere, let me direct you to a useful refutation of the numerous bogus… Read More
A 3,000-year-old glass head deepens one of the Bible’s oldest mysteries
Posted: June 26, 2018
By Avi Selk June 9, 2018 Buried under a pair of hills at Israel’s northern border, at the nexus of three ancient kingdoms, is one of the last large biblical sites yet… Read More
Francis Collins Speaks on Genetic Engineering and Christian Faith
Posted: June 22, 2018
On June 18, 2018, leading geneticist and BioLogos founder Francis Collins gave a landmark lecture at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The event was hosted by The Trinity Forum,… Read More
Scientists and God: Frank Tipler
Posted: June 12, 2018
Used with permission from John Clayton of Does God Exist? (Vol. 45, no. 1, 2018) Editor’s Note: Atheists attempt to suggest that scientists are intelligent people who have rejected faith… Read More
I Could Be Wrong… (Greg Koukl)
Posted: April 16, 2018
Is it a good idea for Christians to use the phrase “I could be wrong…” when discussing their convictions? Click here to watch & find out. The speaker is Greg… Read More
King Hezekiah in the Bible: Royal Seal of Hezekiah Comes to Light
Posted: March 16, 2018
Hezekiah in the Bible and on the ground For the first time, the royal seal of King Hezekiah in the Bible was found in an archaeological excavation. The stamped clay seal,… Read More
Why God? – Part 1
Posted: February 13, 2018
Writer: Greg Koukl, of Stands to Reason Read this article here.
“It’s All Relative” and Other Such Absolute Statements: Assessing Relativism, by Paul Copan
Posted: February 9, 2018
You have probably heard all kinds of relativistic statements: “That’s just true for you but not for me,” or “That’s just your reality,” or “Who are you to say that… Read More
How long are the days of Genesis 1
Posted: February 3, 2018
By BioLogos Did the author of Genesis 1 intend to communicate that God created everything in six 24-hour days, or are the days meant to be understood in some other… Read More
A Conversation with Lee & Leslie Strobel
Posted: January 23, 2018
The Case for Christ author Lee Strobel and wife Leslie share how investigative reporting led to faith — and an intense desire to share it. Read the Christian Chronicle piece… Read More
Was Jesus Just a Great Teacher?
Posted: January 11, 2018
Greg Koukl unpacks why Jesus was more than just a morally good teacher. Watch the video (less than 4 minutes) here.
Is Religious Belief Just a Brain Function?
Posted: January 8, 2018
Religion, we are told, has a scientific explanation; so we have no need of the God hypothesis. But is that so? This article reviews the alleged evidence and then responds… Read More
Why It is Unreasonable to Claim that the Resurrection of Jesus is Based on Pagan Myths
Posted: December 12, 2017
In this 5-part series, New Testament scholar and apologist Michael Licona provide reasons why modern scholars are virtually unanimous in their rejection of the view that the early Christians borrowed… Read More
Paul Copan on winning hearts, not arguments
Posted: December 10, 2017
A Christian philosophy professor talks about the real purpose of apologetics. Read article here.
Tomb of Christ
Posted: November 29, 2017
The archaeological exhibit on the tomb of Christ is on display at the National Geographic Museum through August, 2018. Click here. Articles: click here.
Useful Apologetics Website (freethinkingministries.com)
Posted: November 21, 2017
Check out Tim Stratton’s website, Free Thinking Ministries. Lots of great stuff there!
Tomography opens old biblical documents
Posted: October 28, 2017
Tomography is a way of imaging something in sections or “slices” without actually cutting it. It is often used in hospitals today in computed tomography (CT), also called “CAT scans.”… Read More
Excellent Science & Religion course, by Denis Lamoureux
Posted: October 4, 2017
This course examines the nature of both science and religion and attempts to explore the possible relationships between them. The primary purpose is to dispel the popular myth that science… Read More
An online trove of Biblical manuscripts
Posted: September 26, 2017
An extraordinary collection of 68 New Testament and other Biblical manuscripts dating from the fourth to the twentieth centuries has been digitized and made available for study online. Continue reading… Read More
Q&A 1506 – Is the earth young, only 1000s of years old?
Posted: September 19, 2017
Scientists say the world is really old, but my Bible teacher says it only appears old — but it actually young, only 1000s of years old. What is the truth?… Read More
Postmodernism, by Jordan Peterson (3 links)
Posted: September 6, 2017
Jordan Peterson is a historical philosopher who speaks broadly on, among other things, postmodernism. He outlines how this philosophy has affected political policy and thinking in the Western world. Here are 3… Read More
On the Literal Meaning of Genesis (Augustine)
Posted: August 21, 2017
Augustine (354-430 AD), writing some 1600 years ago, cautions Christians not to make proclamations about science and faith unless we are truly educated in science. His admonition is as true… Read More
Q&A 1502 – How long are the “days” of Genesis 1?
Posted: August 14, 2017
How long are the days in Genesis 1? Some of my friends insist they can only be regular 24-hour days. Others think they may be long periods of time. I’m… Read More
Augustine on Genesis
Posted: August 6, 2017
The churchman and theologian Augustine of Hippo (354-430 AD) wrote, in his work The Literal Meaning of Genesis: Usually, even a non-Christian knows something about the earth, the heavens, and the… Read More
Q&A 1500 – Are eclipses signs from God that we should pay attention to?
Posted: July 27, 2017
[On the total solar eclipse of 21 Aug 2017.] I remember well my tremendous enthusiasm for the last total solar eclipse in the U.S. (1970). It’s been a long wait…. Read More
Sister of the Earliest Compete Old Testament Found
Posted: July 6, 2017
Press Release: SISTER OF THE EARLIEST COMPLETE OLD TESTAMENT FOUND Tyndale House, Cambridge, announces a new discovery made by young researcher Dr. Kim Phillips published in its latest Tyndale Bulletin… Read More
“Forged: Writing in the Name of God” – Book Review
Posted: June 27, 2017
Bart D. Ehrman, Forged: Writing in the Name of God—Why The Bible’s Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are (San Francisco: HarperOne, 2011), 307 pages. . The review is… Read More
Why It’s So Hard for Scientists to Believe in God – Video
Posted: June 5, 2017
By Francis Collins, Medical Researcher, on bigthink.com. Some scientists see religion as a threat to the scientific method that should be resisted. But faith “is really asking a different set… Read More
The Evidence – Reasons for Faith, Parts 1 and 3
Posted: May 9, 2017
Watch the first and third classes Douglas offered at the North River Church of Christ in his new series The Evidence on March 2 and May 4. (Sorry, the second… Read More
“Misquoting” Jesus? Answering Bart Ehrman – CBN.com
Posted: March 6, 2017
In Misquoting Jesus, the New York Times bestseller subtitled The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why, author Bart Ehrman fires a shot meant to sink the ship of… Read More
JESUS: Legend, Liar, Lunatic, or Lord
Posted: January 30, 2017
Attached is a pdf of an abbreviated version of the PowerPoint. Jesus-LLLL For the text, please refer to the corresponding chapter in Compelling Evidence.
WHEN YOU DO NOT BELIEVE IN GOD, YOU WILL BELIEVE ANYTHING.
Posted: January 14, 2017
From Nov/Dec 2016 issue of Does God Exist?, used with the permission of John Clayton The “2015 Chapman University Survey of American Fears” reports that 41.4% of all Americans believe that… Read More
The Bible vs. other Religious books—SLC*—28/11/2017
Posted: November 28, 2016
OPENING OBSERVATIONS The similarities (ultimate truth, longing for the holy) are greatly outweighed by the differences (God, goal, salvation…) General Revelation & Special Revelation Special Scripture (Bible) The person of… Read More
Nietzsche: God is Dead, and other views
Posted: November 16, 2016
Listen to a podcast on The Life and Thought of Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (32 mins). Click on the play arrow. To listen later, right click here and click on ‘save link… Read More
Walls of “Jesus’ Tomb” Exposed for the First Time in Centuries
Posted: November 2, 2016
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/walls-jesus-tomb-exposed-first-time-centuries-180960953/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&no-ist
A Review of Reza Aslan’s ZEALOT
Posted: September 27, 2016
To hear my review of Reza Aslan’s Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth (2013), click on the arrow. The review is 58 minutes in length. Listen, or just read… Read More
Q&A 1462—Is Numbers 24:17 really a Messianic Prophecy?
Posted: August 27, 2016
How is Numbers 24:17 a Messianic prophecy? I’m not convinced. After all, these are the words of Balaam, who led the Israelites into sin. Help me out. To begin with,… Read More
Q&A 1460 – Muhammad prophesied in the Bible?
Posted: August 1, 2016
I happened to watch a video by a Muslim apologist. He claims that the Comforter mentioned in the Bible [in John 14] is Muhammad, and that he is also mentioned in… Read More
La Bible, Mythe ou Réalité par Douglas Jacoby/The Bible, Myth or Reality?
Posted: June 21, 2016
Message done in Brussels, Belgium on June 19, 2016 Question & Answer session that followed
Postmodernism, Unboxed (longer) version
Posted: April 20, 2016
This is the expanded version of message I shared at the April 2017 UnBoxed Conference on Postmodernism, as well as at the Denver Youth & Family Conference in September 2017…. Read More
Q&A 1444 – The Resurrection (minimal facts)
Posted: March 10, 2016
I would be interested in knowing what you consider a strong argument for the resurrection of Christ. The vast majority of biblical scholars, whether Christian, Jewish, agnostic or atheist, admit… Read More
Thought-provoking website
Posted: December 18, 2015
Check out Daniel Berk’s thought-provoking website: http://www.danielcberk.com.
Holy Ghost Movie Exposé – Tim Wirth & Sandy Simpson
Posted: November 25, 2015
A helpful critique of the current Zeitgeist and Weltgeist. Especially helpful: all the examples (video clips). Perhaps we don’t agree on every point of theology, but these guys have done a… Read More
10 Common Misconceptions about Religion
Posted: November 11, 2015
This is the full article connected with the 10 Nov 2015 newsletter, Answering Skeptics AB Our modern world, especially in the industrialized regions, seems to have a love/hate relationship with… Read More
Charles Darwin (two papers by Denis Lamoureux)
Posted: November 8, 2015
Here are two brilliant papers on Darwin, which should of interest to anyone following the creation & evolution debate. The author is my friend Denis Lamoureux, who is a professor… Read More
Evil & Suffering: Cruciform living, pt. 1
Posted: September 23, 2015
This is the full newsletter article for 23 Sept 2015. Evil & suffering Today and next week, when we conclude our exploration of the problem of suffering, we will discuss… Read More
Jesus: Historical Evidence
Posted: September 19, 2015
Jesus: The Historical Evidence To hear the podcast (34 minutes), just click on the link. Click here to download. Historicity Three possibilities Mythological Existed, but the Bible has reinvented him… Read More
If God is good…
Posted: September 16, 2015
The following is a 7-fold response to the problem of suffering, complementing the Newsletter of 16 September 2015, in the Answering Skeptics series. The Problem of Suffering In all my… Read More
The atheist’s complaint: one Christian responds
Posted: September 1, 2015
A Christian brother asked me how I would respond to an atheist who is incensed at how theists caricature him and his friends. Here’s the atheist’s complaint. My response (in… Read More
Evolution: Answers to questions
Posted: September 1, 2015
Good answers Below are claims a skeptic might make — and possible responses the believer might make in return. 1. In portraying a 6-day creation 6000 years ago, Genesis is… Read More
Evolution: What About Genesis?
Posted: September 1, 2015
Evolution & Genesis (for newsletter 2 Sept 2015 in Answering Skeptics, R) Nature and Scripture, as we have seen, are complementary. This means that science and theology should be complementary,… Read More
Q&A 1422 – How can we prove Jesus is the Messiah from the O.T.?
Posted: August 25, 2015
I am from a Jewish background. Would you please explain how Jesus Christ can be the Messiah, using the Hebrew Bible? Thanks. A fair question — and especially when you’ve… Read More
Was oldest gospel really found in a mummy mask?
Posted: May 29, 2015
Click on the link to read this article posted on CNN http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/21/living/gospel-mummy-mask/index.html
What Scares the New Atheists, by John Gray
Posted: March 5, 2015
This link will take you to John Gray’s insightful article in The Guardian.
Q&A 1402 – How do we know God is perfect?
Posted: February 26, 2015
“I’m studying the Bible with a friend who is still coming to faith. This question came up: ‘Just because God exists doesn’t mean he must be a perfect being, does… Read More
Q&A 1401 – Contradictions invalidate the message?
Posted: February 17, 2015
We are studying Bible with a Muslim friend who is asking us a lot of questions. For him it seems like the Bible is self-contradictory. For example, he finds contradictions in the books of Samuel,… Read More
Yahweh & the Ancient Gods
Posted: November 26, 2014
Originally titled Our God is an Awesome God: A Close Look at the gods of the Ancient World, and Why Yahweh is Best, this podcast examines the rivals of the one true… Read More
Slavery and the Bible
Posted: September 12, 2014
Here are a podcast and notes on Slavery and the Bible (43 minutes). To download the talk, right click on “download” and select “save link as” or “save target as”… Read More
Q&A 1380 – The missing day of Joshua, or Misuse of the Bible in Christian Evidences
Posted: August 12, 2014
Is there astronomical evidence for the missing day of Joshua 10? I saw somewhere that there is, and once heard a preacher confirm it. Often more harm than good is done… Read More
Israel: A community of radical counter-culture
Posted: July 15, 2014
Israel was called to demonstrate the true God to the world (Exodus 19:4-6; Isaiah 49:6; Malachi 1:11,14; etc). Her religion was radically different to all other ancient religions (such as… Read More
Q&A 1372 – Jesus and Horus (Egyptian god)
Posted: June 1, 2014
What’s the relationship between Jesus and Horus? Are they one and the same, or close relatives? I have heard that the Christians borrowed from Egyptian mythology. There is no relationship… Read More