Is it Unbiblical to Argue for God?
In my earliest days of attempting to do apologetics, I was confronted in the church with the objection that relying on philosophy, particularly arguments for the existence of God, was not only unwise, it was unbiblical. Upon inquiring why, they attempted to persuade by pointing me to the Apostle Paul, who seems to discourage the […]
Questions About Inerrancy: A Review of the Andy Stanley Controversy
By Jeff Lenhart, By now it’s no secret that Andy Stanley has preached some controversial sermons regarding the doctrine of inerrancy. In particular, his message titled The Bible Told Me So has raised the ire of a broad cross-section of Evangelicals. On the other hand, noted apologists Dr. Frank Turek and Dr. Richard Howe came […]
Diagnosing Doubt: How to Stop Wasting Time Answering the Wrong Questions
Like a hyper little dog that piddles on the carpet, apologists can become notoriously overexcited when putting newly learned knowledge into practice. The moment Jesus’ existence is even remotely questioned, we are there with 37 blogposts detailing every extra-biblical reference to Jesus known to academia. This kind of knowledge is important; I wouldn’t be an […]
Gender: Scriptural Authority and Reality
“The heavens declare the glory of God, the skies proclaim the works of His hands” (Psalm 19:1). No place on earth exists where the unspoken words of the natural creation are not seen, thus no place exists where the invisible attributes of the Uncaused Causer, and the Undersigned Designer cannot be deduced. Humanity is without […]
Hitler’s Religion: Christian Apologetics Faces the Hitler Question
Was Hitler and the mass murder he brought about caused by secularization, or, on the contrary, was Christianity responsible for the Holocaust? As I demonstrate in my forthcoming book, Hitler’s Religion (November 2016), this subject arouses intense passions in debates over religion and atheism. In 2010 Richard Dawkins became livid after Pope Benedict XVI praised […]
The Death of God
Have you ever heard the music that’s played when the South Carolina Gamecocks enter their football stadium? It’s quite moving! It’s the same music that Stanley Kubrick used in 1968 for his iconic movie “2001: A Space Odyssey.” But the music is much older than that; it was composed in 1896 by Richard Strauss. More […]