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-“Understanding The Trinity”

Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

                                                   (Image via Wikipedia)   Today, the understanding of God as a Trinity is under assault from many different directions including atheists, Muslims, liberal Christians, and even Mormons. Many like Atheist Richard Dawkins reject the doctrine as "sophistry", and incoherent at best. The problem is that many of these critics do not take the time [...]

-Best of Apologetica in 2011

Monday, January 2nd, 2012

                                           (Image via Wikipedia) Here’s our best posts of 2011 based upon a combination of traffic and comments: 1.  -Losing the War of Ideas to Radical Islam? 2.  -Mormons & Evangelicals: Different Theology But Similar Values 3.  -Revolting Muslims Really Seeking New Caliphate and World Dominance? 4.  -Did 9/11 Change Attitudes About Religion? 5. -Radical [...]

-Jehovah’s Witnesses: Apostates are “Mentally Diseased” and Should be Avoided

Sunday, October 2nd, 2011

        (Image by slazgrc via Flickr) First of all, an ‘apostate’ from the Witnesses’ point of view is someone who leaves their movement or departs from the official teaching of the Watchtower leadership. The leaders have made it plain to their followers that ‘apostates’ should be avoided or shunned even if they happen to be [...]

-9/11/01: Remembering and Responding in Love

Sunday, September 11th, 2011

Ten years have passed but the pictures are still horrific and engender in us all a remembrance of where we were when we first heard about the 9/11 attacks. Nearly 3,000 died and two wars resulted from the event and we can now say that the world is a much smaller place than it use [...]

-Independence Day: God Was There from the Very Beginning

Monday, July 4th, 2011

                                                          (Image via Wikipedia) 235 years ago today a message was confirmed by representatives of 13 states proclaiming their freedom, a freedom that was considered to be derived from God: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,  that [...]

-Alister McGrath on Why God Won’t Go Away

Saturday, June 11th, 2011

Alister McGrath gave a talk at Westminster Abbey on the subject of his book: “Why God Won’t Go Away: Is the New Atheism Running on Empty?” In it, McGrath gives his assessment of the current state of ‘new atheism’. Great lecture and info- Links to the Podcast and MP3: Alister McGrath on Why God Won’t [...]

-Does the Scientific Method Stand Alone?

Saturday, May 21st, 2011

     (Image via Wikipedia) Does the scientific method stand alone? Is science the only discipline that is rational and true? First of all the scientific method did not come into existence in a vacuum. It rose to pre-eminence in Western civilization with an understanding of truth and reality which was derived from a Christian world [...]

John Piper: “Is God Glad Osama Bin Laden’s Dead?”

Saturday, May 7th, 2011

                     (Image via Wikipedia) Here’s a link to an article by John Piper on the death of Bin Laden: “Is God Glad Osama Bin Laden’s Dead?” Quotes from the article: “In response to Osama bin Laden’s death, quite a few tweets and blogs have cited the biblical truth that “God does not delight in the [...]

-“Answers For Atheists”

Saturday, March 5th, 2011

Here’s a new apologetic resource: Answers For Atheists The website has “Brief answers to the most common Atheist objections to the Christian Worldview” Here are some of the major topics addressed: The Top Atheist Objections to Christianity Answers:  The Problem of Evil | The Evidence for God | The Exclusivity of Christianity | The Nature [...]

-Re: Ehrman Project

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

Bart Ehrman Here’s a new Christian website dedicated to answering questions raised by Dr. Bart Ehrman. Here’s the intro: Welcome to the Ehrman Project. Dr. Bart Ehrman is raising significant questions about the reliability of the Bible. In an engaging way, he is questioning the credibility of Christianity. His arguments are not new, which he [...]