Quick Challenge Answer: You Can’t Trust the Bible Because It Was Written By Biased Christians.

This week’s quick challenge question was: “You Can’t Trust The Bible Because It Was Written By Biased Christians”.   All authors have a bias. The reason they are writing in the first place is to convince you of something.  The question isn’t whether or not bias is present, it’s whether the information presented is accurate or not. If […]

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Was the Bible Written by Constantine in the 4th Century?

The challenge usually goes something like this. You Christians believe in the Bible, and that it’s the inerrant word of God. But you don’t even know where it came from. The Bible isn’t some divinely transmitted text to humanity. It’s just the book made when Emperor Constantine decided their religion needed a book. It only […]

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Quick Challenge Answer: There Is No Evidence For God

Quick Challenge Answer: There Is No Evidence For God. If someone makes this claim, the first thing you need to do is establish some ground rules for your reply. What does the other person consider “evidence”?  What are they willing to accept as “evidence”?  Get clarification on this point prior to giving your argument for God.  Without this safeguard […]

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Quick Challenge Answer: How Can We Trust the Bible If It Was Written By Men?

Put aside Devine inspiration for a moment.  All books are written by humans. Does this mean they are untrustworthy?  No, it doesn’t.  Science books are also written by men.  And while a science book may have an error in it that the original author did not intend, we do not consider the book unreliable because we find a spelling […]

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Quick Challenge Answer: We Should Doubt Everything.

I’ve heard many people including pastors use this argument in the past to dismiss ideas that they don’t agree with.  Being skeptical is good, therefore we should always doubt everything we believe. This statement is self-defeating, however.  Should I doubt that I should doubt everything?  Because if I doubt everything, then I should doubt my […]

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Quick Challenge Answer: You Can Only Know Things By Science

You can only know things through science.  This is one of the most common claims in our modern society.  “Follow the science” and ” We must make assessments using science” are heard everywhere. But is this really true? Can we only know things through science? A Self Defeating Argument This is what’s know as a […]

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Should We Celebrate Jesus’ Birth On December 25th?

Should we celebrate Jesus’ birth on December 25th? In my last post, we looked at the evidence for the census described in Luke 2:1.  As we continue looking at the birth narrative in Luke this Christmas season, the next section deals directly with Jesus’ birth: 6 While they were there, the time came for her to deliver […]

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Subtle Attacks From Nice Professors

What Do The Numbers Say? If you have been following Tent Making Christianity, you’re probably aware of why young people need apologetics training. Christian students are leaving their faith behind in massive numbers when they go to college. “Data from the Southern Baptist Convention indicates that they are currently losing 70-88% of their youth after […]

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Greg Koukl’s “Tactics” Is an Unreliable Document!

The Top 5 Posts From 2018

This article was originally posted in December of 2018. We recently posted our Top 5 Posts From 2019. Our website was still fairly new when this list dropped last year. As our readership had increased greatly since then, I thought I would repost these articles. Enjoy the top 5 posts from 2018! TMC’s Top 5 […]

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