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In his book, Jesus Outside the Lines, Scott Sauls writes that he recently told a gay man, “to affirm his union with the love of his life would mean I’d have to deny the love of mine.” Our relationship with Jesus Christ is so important to us we cannot give in to the temptation to compromise the word of…

Language may prove to be the undoing of Darwinian Evolution. Tom Wolfe in his book, The Kingdom of Speech talks about the findings in a magazine essay published back in 2014. The essay was signed by eight prominent scientists that basically admitted the failure of evolution to explain the origin of human…

Author G. K. Chesterson wrote, “All theology has two simple principles: that we matter and that everyone else matters.” That restates the Apostle Paul’s instruction that we are to regard others as more important than ourselves. In this day of Black Lives Matter, white lives matter, or all lives matter,…

When Austrian mathematician Kurt Godel died in 1987, he left behind a theorem based on modal logic stating that God must exist. Godel argued that assumptions which cannot be proven can often be expressed as mathematical equations, which means that ultimately they can be proven. His calculations were…

Speaking at a conference in Southern California, author and apologist Lee Strobel said there are scientists who think scientific evidence disproves the existence of a creator, but that is not true. He says three areas of science point to the existence of God and new discoveries continue to point in that…

You may be closer to a complete stranger than you may think. Stanley Milgram popularized the six degrees of separation concept in his 1967 study. As it turns out, a 2011 study conducted by The University of Milan and Facebook shows that there are only 4.74 degrees of separation between you and a total…

According to an AP news report, Moshco-Piro people of Amazon jungle in Peru do not associate with outsiders, but create their own compartmentalized community. An archaeologist says that it is even harder now to communicate with them because the only interpreter who knew their language was murdered, and…

An ad in a local paper asked, “How You Can Be Part of a Christian Community With Integrity and Not Believe All Those Things You Thought You Had to Believe.” The church sponsoring the lectures is a Mainline Denomination church, but would like to assure you that “you don’t have to check your mind at a…

By Ian Morgan Cron Published May 31, 2011 | FoxNews.com Five words could prevent the public brawls between Christians who differ in their opinions on social and theological issues. “…but I might be wrong.” Pepper an impassioned debate with those five words with someone you’ve previously denounced as…

In the 19th century Charles Bradlaugh, a prominent atheist, challenged a Christian man to debate the validity of the claims of Christianity. The Christian was Hugh Price Hughes, an active soul-winner who worked among the poor in the slums of London. Hughes told Bradlaugh he would agree to the debate…

Mon, Jan. 03, 2011 Posted: 07:14 AM EDT American Atheists erected a billboard over the weekend in Huntsville, Ala., that claims all religions are scams. The ad reads, "You know they're all scams" and pictures some religious symbols including the cross, the Jewish star, and Islam's crescent moon and star.…

Those are some of my favorite scenes from that movie where Bruce Willis, in his hard-hearted personality, tells whiners to call the “wambulance.” Do you ever feel like that? I do sometimes. I especially feel like that when I hear some of the criticism that the world has for the church today. I feel that…

Wed, Dec. 29, 2010 Posted: 07:00 AM EDT Concerns about the face of Christianity have led a former atheist to form a non-profit to address the perceived hypocrisy of the church. The Texas-based non-profit Changing the Face of Christianity Inc. is a direct response to non-believers who believe all Christians…

| Answering Common Objections to the Doctrine of the Trinity---- By Ben Rast Contender Ministries August 23, 2005 ---- | | Though the doctrine of the Trinity is quite biblical, many Christians find themselves unable to adequately answer the attacks on this doctrine by other monotheistic religions such…

Author Mark Mittelberg says many believers are afraid to answer the hard questions put to them by people outside the church. To help, Mittelberg has written The Questions Christians Hope No one Will Ask outlining some of the tough questions, and providing answers. He says he hopes Christians will stop…

God Is Not Dead Yet How current philosophers argue for his existence. William Lane Craig | posted 7/03/2008 10:50AM You might think from the recent spate of atheist best-sellers that belief in God has become intellectually indefensible for thinking people today. But a look at these books by Richard Dawkins,…

SCRIPTURE In their book, "The Insider", Peterson & Shamy write, "Nothing else is like the Scriptures. Our finest arguments, our most brilliant apologetics pale in comparison to the power of the Scriptures themselves in bringing people to faith in Jesus Christ. It matters not if the reader accepts or…

APOLOGETICS When I was young in the Lord, there were times that I was abrasive or outright rude when I was trying to witness. My conversations quickly turned to confrontations as I set out to prove I was right and they were wrong. Whenever I shifted into "street preacher rude", I was never successful…

BIBLE Senior students at Ashville Christian Academy in Asheville, N.C., are required to write a “worldview” paper. The assignment is to pick a serious issue confronted in our modern secular culture, analyze the problems involved, and suggest an answer that is shaped by God’s revelation in The Bible.…

If you were a person who rented out tombs and you were checking your Registry to see if you had a vacancy, this is what you would find:[1] * Confucius' tomb: occupied. * Buddha's tomb: occupied. * Mohammed's tomb: occupied. * Jesus' tomb: empty -------------------------------- [1] Bible Illustrator,…

Surveys have discovered that three in four young people brought up in the church walk away from that environment after high school. When asked about their reasons for walking away, 20 percent of young adults claim they want to take a break from church after graduation. Frank Turek believes the problem…

West Virginia folklore has a tale about a couple who called for a doctor late one night as the wife was ready to deliver a baby. The country physician turned the rustic farmhouse into a makeshift delivery room. The husband was handed a lantern and instructed to hold it up so the doctor could see. After…

GOD vs. SCIENCE 'Let me explain the problem science has with religion.' The atheist professor of Philosophy pauses before his class and then asks one of his new students to stand. 'You're a Christian, aren't you, son?' 'Yes sir,' the student says. 'So, you believe in God?' 'Absolutely.' 'Is God good?'…

STORY In "Encouraging the Heart", Kouzes and Posner write, "The renowned trial attorney Gerry Spence-who, by the way, has never lost a criminal trial-says that 'the strongest structure for any argument is story.'" —"Encouraging the Heart", p 101. Illustration by Jim L. Wilson Romans 4:2 (MSG) "If Abraham,…

Illustration: The Existence of God Romans 1:20; Time, the universe Look at your watch. See it ticking. What does it do? It measures time...one second after another in a relentless procession. How long has time been going on? Forever? What would infinite time be like? How much time would elapse from one…