Two men walked slowly along the dusty road to Emmaus, their conversation heavy and sad. Just days earlier, everything had seemed so certain. Now it was all gone. Their teacher—the one they believed was the Messiah—had been executed. He wasn’t just killed, but publicly humiliated. Betrayed by one of his own. Condemned by religious leaders.…
Here are six reasons Christians should invest in apologetics training. It comes down to faithfulness, effectiveness, and cultural reality. First, it’s a matter of biblical obedience. Scripture actually commands Christians to defend the faith as a part of their daily life. 1 Peter 3:15 instructs believers to “always be prepared to give an answer for…
By Sandy Printy “If someone were to ask you, ‘Why are you a Christian?’, what would your answer be?” Nationally known apologist, speaker, and author J. Warner Wallace often asks this question of his audiences. The top two responses are: · I was raised in a Christian home. · I had a transformative experience that…
It’s not about goodness – it’s about righteousness. A closer look at the effects of sin in relationship to the nature of God. By John Soulliere Have you ever heard either of these phrases or a version of them? “Well, I think I’m a pretty good person.” Or “I’m not really a bad person.” If…
The Expanding Universe and the Nature of God By Chuck Livermore When Albert Einstein first published his General Theory of Relativity in 1917, his equations showed that the universe should be expanding. However, Einstein believed in an eternal, unchanging universe. If it were eternal, it could not have begun to exist at any point in…
What If School Could Look Different? My Adventure at the Great Homeschool Convention by Sandy Printy When my first child entered the public school system in 1995, I saw for myself what many of my neighbors were talking about with regard to public school education and its decline in certain areas. Many of those neighbors,…
The Problem with Problem-Based Prayer By John Soulliere, Apologist with Desert Apologetics Introduction: A Worshipful Start to Prayer In Luke 11:2, when Jesus taught His disciples how to pray, He didn’t begin with a request. He began with worship: “Our Father in Heaven, holy is Your name…” This beginning is foundational, not just liturgical.…
The Gospel According to Richard Rohr Jesus had just had a big blowup with the Pharisees. He knew because of their disbelief that God would allow the temple to be demolished, Jerusalem destroyed, and the nation laid waste. This would happen in 70 AD, 40 years in the future, but Jesus saw it clearly from…
Why the God of the Gaps Argument Exposes an Ignorance of Who God Is Perhaps you’ve been the victim of the accusation that you believe in the “god of the gaps.” Atheists have used this pejorative for over a hundred years or more. It has especially been bandied about for the past couple of decades.…
Why do I believe the Bible is the Word of God? What reasons do I have for affirming biblical inerrancy? How do I overcome challenges against biblical inerrancy? The reliability of the historical text is paramount to the Christian faith. While this is a cursory look at a few issues, the goal is to give…