1. Bible Boot Camp: How to Study the Bible We’re ecstatic to be offering the next installment (volume 2) in our brand new Bible Boot Camp series: How to Study the Bible...

by C Michael Patton

Apologetics

Is the New Atheism Really Affecting People’s Belief in God?

As of 2005, according to a Cambridge study, 88 percent of the world’s population believes in God. This is down from around 90 percent in 2000. Ninety-five percent of...

by C Michael Patton

Apologetics

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My Problem with Christian Apologetics

My Criticism: Apologists can often produce more difficulties than they solve due to harsh and imbalanced polemics. Let me put it another way: It is often the case that...

Why is there Something Rather than Nothing?

“You don’t truly understand something until you can exlain it is a simple way where everyone can understand it.” Let me attempt to do so here: If something...

Paul, the New Socrates in Athens: Paul as Philosopher (Part III)

The noted philosopher of religion Marilyn McCord Adams makes the mystifying assertion that “the Paul of Acts does not pursue his mission to the Athenians, for the simple...

Top Ten Biblical Discoveries in Archaeology – #2 House of David Inscription

This post is a continuation of our Top Ten Biblical Discoveries in Archaeology series. To see the complete series please click here. The Great Kings of Israel Without question...

Of Glenn Beck and Beards

Last week I blogged here about the recent controversy over evangelical views of TV political commentator and culture warrior Glenn Beck, who is a member of the Church of Jesus...

Top Ten Biblical Discoveries in Archaeology – #3 Jericho

This post is a continuation of our Top Ten Biblical Discoveries in Archaeology series. To see the complete series please click here. The Biblical Account 1400 BC was an...

by C Michael Patton

Apologetics

Current Issues in Theology

Prolegomena

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Give Rick Warren a Break!

I don’t keep up that much with Rick Warren, but I have read many of his books. I have always scratched my head in confusion as so many Christians want to burn him at the...

by C Michael Patton

Apologetics

Current Issues in Theology

Stephen Hawking Worships the “Unknown God”

If you have not already seen, you may be interested to know that Stephen Hawking, the brilliant British theoretical physicist and cosmologist who has never been a friend to...

by C Michael Patton

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