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Does Poor Design Negate a Cosmic Designer?
Poor design I remember way back when I was a student at Cal State Fullerton taking a Biopsychology class. During the lab portion of the class, the professor, while detailing the brain structures responsible for sensation, got a bit sidetracked talking about how the...
Infinity War—Why the Universe is Not Eternal
To demonstrate that God does not exist and is not the best explanation for the existence of the universe, many skeptics have asserted that the universe could be infinitely old. By infinite, they mean the universe has been around for forever. If it is true that...
Why the Old Testament Doesn’t Mention the Trinity
Discussing the Trinity can prove challenging. Passages supporting Trinitarian monotheism appear in many places in the New Testament (John 1:14; 10:30; 14:9-11; Colossians 2:9; cf. Isaiah 9:6). However, the Trinity does not appear in an explicit form in the Old...
The Gospel Without the Gospels
Photo by Ben White on Unsplash Some 20 to 30 years after the events of the Gospel, Paul confirms many Gospel events in the epistles of Romans, Galatians, 1 Corinthians, and 2 Corinthians. These four works are highlighted because they represent uncontested documents...
The Church Fathers Believed that Jesus’ Resurrection Body and Appearances were Physical
Skeptics attack the Christian claim that Jesus was resurrected bodily in many ways. Some, for example, grant many of the facts surrounding the resurrection (Jesus’ death, postmortem appearances, the conversions of James and Saul, etc.) only to claim that the...
Can We Understand the Trinity?
How can Christians affirm both the oneness of God and the Trinity? The Trinitarian nature of God is confusing and mysterious. Some have rejected the concept of the Trinity because the word “Trinity” is not found in the Scriptures.[1] Some have created sects in their...
What My Debate Taught Me About Evangelism
This past Thursday, I was honored to participate in a debate about the resurrection of Jesus, on the campus of Rogers State University (watch on our FB page). Though it was my first campus debate ever, I thought the discussion went well. Here are some of the lessons I...
Outgrowing Dawkins
In an interview with New Scientist journalistGraham Lawton, Richard Dawkins discusses his new book, Outgrowing God: A Beginners Guide.[1] The interview touches on several issues raised in this book and Dawkins’ previous work, The God Delusion. While his latest...
Dear Richard Dawkins, Matthew Wrote Matthew.
In Richard Dawkins’ recent video promoting his new book, Outgrowing God: A Beginners Guide, Dawkins reveals his motivation for another book about God, stating, I’ve always felt rather passionate about breaking the cycle of generations, as each generation passes on its...
Undesigned Coincidences: Why Did Jesus Wash the Disciples Feet?
The question of the Gospel’s reliability is often the subject of many skeptical objections. One way of answering some of these objections is by appealing to undesigned coincidences. An undesigned coincidence occurs when an account of one event omits a piece or pieces...