We Evangelicals talk a lot about essentials and non-essentials. Rightly so. We talk about distinguishing between those areas in our faith – those doctrines – which...

Apologetics

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Evidence for the Death of My Sister vs. Evidence for the Resurrection of Christ

My sister Angie died in January 2004. I believe this to be the case. In fact, I am so convicted of the veracity of her death, I say without hesitation that I am certain that...

Morality and Naturalism’s Counterintuitive Claims: Response to Dawkins, Part V

(by Paul Copan) We’ve been engaging the thinking of Richard Dawkins, and more recently we’ve touched on the counterintuitive nature of (Dawkins’) naturalism. I’ll be looking...

by C Michael Patton

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Current Issues in Theology

Faith

Hell

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Loopholes for Hell: A Response to Jeff Cook’s Response to Francis Chan

Give me enough slack and I can get out of anything. I am a master of manipulation. Before you get too smug, let me say this: you are too. It’s called sin. Manipulation...

The Trouble With Defense: How Much is Too Much?

(Lisa Robinson) I will confess that this post will probably raise more questions than provide answers. And it is specifically to raise the question of how much time and...

Current Issues in Theology

Paul Copan

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Reason, Personal Responsibility, and Naturalism’s Counterintuitive Claims: Response to Dawkins, Part IV

Naturalism takes for granted the following tenets: Nature is all there is. All reality is comprised of or rooted in matter. There is no supernatural—no Creator, no miracles,...

by C Michael Patton

Apologetics

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The Marketing Failure of the Christ Story

I remember my marketing classes in college. Well, I remember the teacher more than I remember the classes. He would never look us in the eye. It was always just above the eye...

Webbed Feet on Dry Land: When Pain Seems Meaningless

I was just diagnosed with “severe degenerative disc disease.” This is a lower back issue. For the last five years, the pain has been tremendous, keeping me from...

Evidence for the Resurrection of Christ in a Nutshell

Just as we test the historicity of any event, not through emotional conviction, but with historical evidence, I would like to devote some time to laying out a brief historical...

Why the “I Just Believe in One Less God than You” Argument Does not Work

Considering all of the conversations with atheists I have had recently, I thought I would bring back to light the fallacy of this common argument. “I contend we are both...

by C Michael Patton

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