In 1993 I started working for Simon Greenleaf University (now Trinity Law School) which offered an M.A. in Christian apologetics (Craig Hazen was the director). Much of my job was to promote the school and although I had studied Christian apologetics since my sophomore year in high school, I decided I needed to see whether …
We’ve all heard someone say, “People shouldn’t argue.” Well, my answer to that is to ask, “Can you give me some reasons for why you believe that?” Of course the reason is: “because arguing doesn’t do any good.” To this I will point out that they have just argued. After all, “argue” simply means to …
Last week I was asked by a reporter from the African-American newspaper, Our Weekly, to respond to the notion that Jesus wasn’t a historical person but really just a reheated myth based on religious myths that preceded it. What follows, with few changes, are the notes that I prepared for that interview. Extremely little of …
One of the most dangerous teachings today is that you need to learn to love yourself before you can love others. People who believe this will quote the verse “love your neighbor as yourself” (Matt. 22:39) and then say that a lot of people don’t love themselves and so they need to learn to love …
Years ago when I used to do a call-in radio talk show called Contend for Truth and we always had a contention for the day. One day we said: “Our contention today is that no one has ever been saved by praying the sinner’s prayer in the history of Christianity—not even once! If you disagree …
The caller to my radio program said: “I was born gay.” I said, “No, you weren’t.” He said, “Yes, I was.” I said, “No, you weren’t.” He said, Yes, I was.” I said, “No you weren’t.” He then asked, “But since I’ve been this way for as long as I can remember then how did …
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Last week on our Biola Apologetics Facebook page, Alfonso agreed that apologists must be humble but added that, hopefully, the mere giving of advice wouldn’t be immediately discredited as a sign of arrogance. Indeed. And this brings up a much larger issue that applies, not only to those we might advise, but to ourselves. Every …
There are some famous oxymorons. Military intelligence and honest politician come immediately to mind. And perhaps Hyundai sports car. But there is in the minds of many, I’m sorry to say, another: humble apologist. Over the years I’ve found that many pastors are wary of apologists because these pastors think that if there were an …
