Updated: 2015/06/22 Download Article with Discussion Questions There are conflicting legends about the deaths of the twelve apostles, making the historical evidence difficult...

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What Happened to the Twelve Apostles? How Do Their Deaths Prove Easter?

Updated: 2015/03/26 Download Article with Discussion Questions There are conflicting legends about the deaths of the twelve apostles, making the historical evidence difficult...

by C Michael Patton

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The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Houdini, and Romans 1

One of the most interesting passages in the Bible relating to defending the faith is Romans 1:18-19, “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and...

by Doug Powell

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The Problem of Evil, Suffering, and Pain

Here is an mp3 of the sermon I preached this Sunday at Crossroads Grace Community Church (what a great church!). I will follow up with the lesson that I taught during the...

by C Michael Patton

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Why Virginia Left Christianity After 23 Years: An Illustration of Cognitive Dissonance

I received this email today. It is a story about a Christian, named Virginia who left the faith after 23 years. Here it is along with my comments: “Christianity thrives...

What Part of Gentleness and Respect don’t You We Understand?

In the last blog in this series, I talked about how to engage in theological conversation or controversy, especially on the internet. In this blog post I want to take this one...

Theological Conversation to the Glory Shame of God

I believe that we are to defend the faith. I believe that we are to contend for the faith. One of my great loves in theology is the discipline of apologetics. But sometimes...

In Defense of Sola Scripture, Part 9: A Biblical Defense

Now I will start to give a brief positive defense of the Protestant doctrine of sola Scriptura. The Scripture implicitly and explicitly speaks of its unique authority and...

In Defense of Sola Scriptura – Part Eight(b) – What about all the divisions?

3. Division is not always a bad thing I am a Calvinist, others are Arminian. I believe in a premillenial eschatology, others are amillinial. I am a traducianist with regards...

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In Defense of Sola Scriptura – Part Eight – What about all the divisions?

The fifth argument against sola Scriptura: Without the infallible authority of the Church, the Church would be hopelessly divided on matters of doctrine and morals. This would...

by C Michael Patton

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