When the Mormons (also known as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) come to my door, I always ask them the same question because it’s a question Mormons can’t answer. I do this because this question is essential to their beliefs. Many years ago, I was going to teach on Mormonism […]
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There’s an unrelenting cause of teenage depression that doesn’t get enough attention and only Christianity can solve: a sudden revelation that one day they will die. Now, I don’t mean the prospect of their death troubles all teens. Many teens view their deaths as so far off as to be able to ignore. But for
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I’m saddened to see some evangelical apologists, whom I otherwise respect, spending an increasing amount of time theorizing on what a Gospel author’s sources and intent must have been. How can they know what sources influenced the Gospel authors or what was a particular author’s intent other than what was stated in the text itself?
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A growing number of Christians are abandoning the traditional Christian doctrine that the lost will suffer eternal torment in favor of the belief that after the Judgment, the lost will be annihilated. But annihilationism gives atheists (or naturalists—a naturalist is someone who believes that nature is all there is) exactly what they most desire: no
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I’ve seen some on social media go into a tailspin over the recent revelations about Ravi Zacharias. The revelations have hit many hard—they’ve hit me hard. The trouble is that this kind of disappointment in a renowned spiritual leader can make some wonder, if they can’t trust that leader, what else might they be wrong
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In a Facebook apologetics forum, an atheist recently asked if there was any objective evidence that Christianity actually makes people have better character. He said that if no one could present such evidence, then that would be a defeater of Christianity. Lately, some former “Christians” are telling their “deconstruction” stories explaining why they are no
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One way many strive to calm their fear of death is to “live in the moment,” or live in the present. The idea is simple: if you focus your awareness on the present moment then you won’t be thinking about the fact that you will one day die. Living in the moment and mindfulness meditation
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Over the years I’ve learned that many Christians believe that there are many good non-Christians After all, if you actually know some good non-Christians, then there must be good non-Christians, right? That’s not what Jesus thought and that humans outside of Christ aren’t good is the second most untaught doctrine in American Christianity (second only
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Today we often hear Christianity dismissed as a white, Western, male religion or “white man’s religion,” but this is uninformed. Look at a map you’ll find—shock and awe—that Christianity is a Middle-Eastern religion. Also, as Paul Marshall has pointed out, Christianity “was in Africa before Europe, India before England, China before America. Three-fourths of world
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One thing confusing many Christians is the origin of suffering. In my last post I explained the inevitability of suffering. But why do we suffer in the first place? Many Christians see suffering as contrary to God’s plan for their lives. Indeed, I grew up involved with Campus Crusade for Christ, now Cru, and I
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