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Why Does The Resurrection Matter?

by Nathan Liddell | Mar 1, 2019 | The Reliabilty Of The Bible | 1 Comment

The fact of the resurrection of Jesus is “of first importance” to the Christian claim that Jesus of Nazareth is “the Christ” (1 Cor. 15:1-4; Mt. 16:16). Christianity, in essence, stands or falls with the resurrection. If the resurrection was a real historical event,...

Unreasonable Faith

by Nathan Liddell | Feb 27, 2019 | Christian Philosophy | 0 Comments

What indeed hath Athens to do with Jerusalem? – Tertullian[1] He who believes needs no explanation. – Euripides[2] If one claims knowledge either in the absence of evidence, or when a claim is contradicted by evidence, then this is when the word “faith” is used....

Which Humans Are Persons?

by Aaron Johnson | Feb 25, 2019 | Ethics/Morality | 0 Comments

A few posts back, we explored the issue of abortion in light of New York State’s recent decision to legalize the practice from conception to birth. To summarize that article, the moral question of abortion was reduced to one question: “What are the unborn?” If the...

Liberation from the Libet Studies: Four Reasons they Don’t Disprove Free Will.

by Nathan Liddell | Feb 22, 2019 | Christian Philosophy, Ethics/Morality, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

What are the Libet Studies? In 1965, Kornhuber and Deecke used an Electroencephalogram to monitor brain activity prior to wrist flexion. They documented a spike in brainwave activity roughly 800 milliseconds prior to the actual flexing of the wrist. They concluded...

Science Assumes God’s Existence

by Forest Antemesaris | Feb 20, 2019 | Christian Philosophy, Practical Apologetics | 2 Comments

In many popular atheistic circles, “science” is seen as the only avenue of all truth while religion offers no grounds for truth. Take for example this screenshot from the popular Facebook page Philosophical Atheism (notice the caption): See, science is “like magic but...

What is The Apologetics Report?

by Forest Antemesaris | Feb 19, 2019 | Book Reviews | 0 Comments

The Christian apologetics community produces a ton of material every week. This fact may be a surprise to some, but it shouldn't be. Apologetics is the practice of making a defense, and there are a lot of objections levied against Christianity week in and week out....

Five Distinctions of Early Christianity

by Dewayne Bryant | Feb 18, 2019 | Christian Philosophy, Practical Apologetics | 7 Comments

When it first appeared, Christianity must have seemed like a strange religion. Christians had very different concerns and behaviors from their pagan neighbors. Some modern scholars assert that Christianity does not easily fit the ancient pagan definition of religion...