Given that I spent much of my high school years in competitive debate, and have already written a lot on the topic of abortion, I thought I would go through the debate and give a few of the takeaways I had from it.
Christians, How are You Treating Other Christians?
We are coming at the same discussion from different views, and then getting angry at each other because of it. How are we treating other Christians? I think there’s a few things we all need to keep in mind when faced with this question.
Quick Challenge Answer: All Religions are the Same
“Every religion tells you how to live with basic morals like don’t murder and obey the golden rule.” Are all religions basically the same, or do they have fundamental differences?
Can The Wrong Tomb Theory Explain The Resurrection?
In this series, we have been discussing the Minimal Facts approach to the resurrection of Jesus. We began by explaining that certain facts about Jesus’ life and death by crucifixion were agreed upon by a majority of New Testament scholars. Even skeptical scholars who don’t believe that Jesus actually rose from the dead agree with these Continue Reading
Why is there Something Rather than Nothing?
When we apply that question of “where did this come from?” further back, we run into a bigger question. Where did the universe come from? Why is there something rather than nothing? Should anything exist at all?
Quick Challenge Answer: Are Christians Hypocrites?
This week’s quick challenge question is, Are Christians Hypocrites? In a sense, yes, we are. We promote a morality that we know we are unable to keep ourselves. But this shouldn’t surprise us. We are told right away in the Bible that men are no longer capable of keeping God’s moral laws. God demands moral perfection from us, an Continue Reading
How Should Christians Respond to Thanos?
Part of both evangelism and apologetics is engaging people and the culture. Let’s be honest, we spend a lot of time on movies, TV, video games, music, etc. The ideas in them will have an impact on our society with or without us, so we may as well use them to our advantage.
Why Do Christians Care About Abortion?
Every election year this issue becomes one of the most important questions candidates must answer. But why is abortion such a big deal, especially to Christians?
Quick Challenge Answer: Atheists Can Be Just As Moral Without God
This week’s quick challenge question was, “Atheists don’t need God to be moral. Any moral action you can do as a Christian, the atheist can do as well.” Handling this objection is a little bit different than most because it’s usually based on a misconception. One of the common arguments used by Christians for the Continue Reading
Was Reincarnation Originally in the Bible?
During college I took an Intercultural Communication course. The class was fairly unremarkable, but the text book gave no shortage of interesting material. One chapter in particular, written by one Professor Mary Fong, comparing Taoism and Christianity, taught me to be very careful how much stock to put in my text books when it comes Continue Reading
