December 2018
- 30: If evangelicals are pro-family, then why don’t they care about Trump’s child separation policy? (0)
- 29: Bandersnatch… or Blandersnatch? (0)
- 28: Thoughts on the Ravi Zacharias Christmas Insult Letter (0)
- 26: The Dan Barker/Trent Horn Debate: A Review (Part 1) (0)
- 24: My Best Christmas Tree Ever (0)
- 23: Is it categorically wrong to eat other human beings? (0)
- 21: Could God command something morally heinous? (0)
- 20: Would you kill your child if God told you to? (0)
- 19: The Lying Apologist: A Review of Cover-Up in the Kingdom (0)
- 17: The Solution to Christians Becoming Atheists (Part 2) (0)
- 14: The Solution to Christians Becoming Atheists (Part 1) (0)
- 11: The Problem of Christians Becoming Atheists (0)
- 07: How a “vaccine-hesitant” mom changed her mind, and what that can teach the apologist (0)
- 05: Can a subjective, private religious experience be veridical? (0)
- 03: Atheism and the Desire for Privacy (0)
- 01: 21st Century Martyr: A conversation on the legacy of John Allen Chau (0)
November 2018
- 30: Would you support a Muslim charity if it was more effective than a Christian one? (0)
- 26: Do bad children go to hell? (0)
- 25: Some Thoughts on the Bennett/Lee Dialogue on Gay Christianity (0)
- 21: Does inerrancy apply to the human authors of the Bible? (0)
- 17: In apologetics, the ability to debate is good, but the ability to listen is better (0)
- 15: Atheism and Christmas: An interview with Rick Marazzani (0)
- 13: The Problem of Animal Suffering: An Atheist and Christian in Conversation (0)
- 12: Transgender Hospitality Redux (0)
- 11: In surprise settlement, United Church agrees it’s not actually a Christian church (0)
- 09: Arguments for and against God: A Christian and Atheist Discussion (0)
- 09: Morally Indignant Humanists Take Aim at Operation Christmas Child (0)
- 08: Transgender Hospitality: A Response to James Anderson (0)
- 07: The Cross and the Lynching Tree: A Review (0)
- 05: Drown the Pastor! Or, beware the angry evangelical congregation (0)
- 03: The Fascist Snowflake: Thoughts on the Bannon/Frum Debate (0)
October 2018
- 27: A Review of Blue Babies Pink: A Southern Coming Out Story (0)
- 26: How to help Stephen Law enjoy horror movies again (0)
- 25: Did a Democrat send the pipe bombs? And other conspiracy theories (0)
- 24: What is Mere Christianity? Part 6: James Anderson Answers (0)
- 22: Hell and the Principle of Proportional Justice (0)
- 20: The Biblical Illiteracy of Christian Fundamentalists: The Case of Ligonier Ministries (0)
- 19: Do three-year-olds deserve to be tortured eternally in hell? Apparently Ligonier Ministries thinks so. And they’re alarmed at those who disagree (0)
- 17: What is Mere Christianity? Part 5: John Mark N Reynolds Answers (0)
- 16: What is Mere Christianity? Part 4: Eric Reitan Answers (0)
- 13: What is Mere Christianity? Part 3: Myron B. Penner Answers (0)
- 12: Which sins are the most serious? And why? (0)
- 11: What is Mere Christianity? Part 2: John Stackhouse answers (0)
- 09: What is Mere Christianity? Part 1: Dale Tuggy (0)
- 06: Does the success of Christianity provide a prima facie reason to believe it is true? (0)
- 05: We like protesters, but only if they agree with us (0)
- 03: The Kavanaugh Effect, or Coming to Terms with Rape Culture (0)
- 02: Is the evangelical tent getting bigger? (0)
- 01: The Day I Ran for the Cure (0)
September 2018
- 25: Does Christianity need the Homoousion? (0)
- 22: The Ways of Atheist Indoctrination (0)
- 18: What does it mean to be evangelical? And is it worth defending? (0)
- 16: Ravi Zacharias: Apologist or Fabulist? An interview with Steve Baughman (0)
- 14: On Spurious Attempts to Favor Naturalism over Theism (0)
- 12: A Defense of Apatheism, sort of (0)
- 11: How to tell your article hit the mark (0)
- 09: Help me kick cancer in the teeth with my steel-toe running shoes (0)
- 09: Dear Ravi Zacharias, Dishonesty is Always a Poor Apologetic (0)
- 08: The Top Five Problems with Contemporary Christian Apologetics (0)
August 2018
- 31: Can violence ever serve a redemptive purpose? (0)
- 29: Blind Faith: All the Way Down. A Review of one Chapter in Still Unbelievable. (0)
- 27: Addressing some Unbelievable Fallout (0)
- 27: The Ultimate Elevator Pitch Continues: Defending a Worldview in Thirty (or Ninety) Seconds (0)
- 25: Can we make sense of the concept of progressive revelation? A Christian/Atheist Dialogue (0)
- 24: Defending Unbelievable: Brierley and Rauser vs. Johnson and Knight (0)
- 24: Let’s Talk About Atheism and Charitable Dialogue (0)
- 23: The Ultimate Elevator Pitch: Defending a Worldview in Thirty Seconds or Less (0)
- 21: The Ultimate Elevator Pitch: Can you sell your worldview in thirty seconds or less? (0)
- 19: Catholics are now trying to link the problem of child-molesting priests to same-sex attraction. Don’t let them. (0)
- 17: Are Gay People More Likely to be Pedophiles? (0)
- 16: Does the systemic sexual abuse among Catholic clergy undermine the Catholic Church itself? (0)
- 15: Encountering Mystery at the Summer Waterslide (0)
- 14: Do you need to know how the internal witness of the Holy Spirit works in order to receive an internal witness of the Holy Spirit? (0)
- 12: If you reject evolution, should you accept a flat earth? (0)
- 10: Being a former Christian doesn’t ensure you’re an informed and fair critic of Christianity (0)
- 09: Can an evangelical believe this? (0)
- 09: Ungatz: How a Lucky atheist faces his mortality (0)
- 07: Why doesn’t God give everyone a miracle? (0)
- 06: Ten Years After the Atheist Bus Campaign: Some Reflections (0)
- 04: Dementia: A Philosopher’s Lament (0)
- 02: Is atheism a more hopeful view of the future than Christianity? (0)
July 2018
- 30: Is divine command theory a danger in the hands of the mentally ill? (0)
- 28: Naturalism and Faith (0)
- 27: Would Jesus want you to stay married to a psychopath? (0)
- 25: The Ten (or more) Commandments of Christian Fundamentalism (0)
- 24: Jesus could not sin. So was he really tempted? (0)
- 22: A famous atheist contrasts philosophy, science, and theology (0)
- 19: Are theological theories falsifiable? (0)
- 17: On Worthwhile Conversation (0)
- 17: If Jesus has not been raised, is our faith in vain? (0)
- 15: Puritans at the Cinema (0)
- 13: Is the psychopath morally responsible for his actions? (0)
- 12: When is an apologetic dialogue no longer worth pursuing? (0)
- 10: Atheism, Christianity, and Naive Empiricism (0)
- 09: Reckoning with the Peaceable Kingdom: A Review of Disarming the Church (0)
- 05: The problem with a god who suffers (0)
- 04: Childhood may be more terrifying than you remember (0)
- 03: If the Bible is a map for how to get to heaven, it isn’t a very good one (0)
- 02: Does the Bible condemn same-sex relationships? A Response to Michael Brown (Part 3) (0)
- 01: Pastor to the Ragamuffins: A review of Pastrix (0)
June 2018
- 30: Are same-sex relations and menstrual intercourse moral abominations? A Response to Michael Brown (Part 2) (0)
- 28: Overcome your Cognitive Bias with the 50/50 Rule (0)
- 27: Gay-Affirming Christians and Charismatics: A response to Michael Brown (Part 1a) (0)
- 26: Okay, so Laura Ingalls Wilder was a racist. Now what? (0)
- 25: Is gay culture necessarily promiscuous? A response to Michael Brown (Part 1) (0)
- 22: The Bible depicts God commanding moral atrocities. Should we believe it? (0)
- 21: Fundamentalist Apologetics Comes of Age: A Review of Evidence that Demands a Verdict (0)
- 14: What apologists typically do vs. what they always should do (0)
- 13: Strawmen, the Golden Rule, and Apologetic Hypocrisy (0)
- 11: The Lost World of the Israelite Conquest: A Review (0)
- 10: If you support Donald Trump, you do not support personal liberty (0)
- 07: An Unbelievable Illustration of My Problem with Christian Apologetics (0)
- 04: Bauckham’s Exorcism: A Review of Jesus and the Eyewitnesses (0)
- 03: Hospitality is a Two-Way Street: Gender Pronouns and Welcome of the Other (0)
- 01: Can a Bad Apologist Produce a Good Apologetic? (0)
May 2018
- 26: Shrewd as Snakes: The Christian and the Psychopath (0)
- 25: What do you think of extreme grace? (0)
- 24: If James Clapper lied in the past, can we trust that he is telling the truth about Trump and Russia? (0)
- 24: Tiresome: The Daunting Task of Authorship Today (0)
- 21: A Scientist’s Creation Story (0)
- 20: The Conservative Echo Chamber at The Stream (0)
- 19: Putting “Laurel or Yanny” into Divine Service (0)
- 17: On Atheists Who Want Atheism to be True (0)
- 15: What’s the Most Formative Book You Ever Read? (0)
- 12: If God wants to save us, why isn’t salvation simple? (0)
- 11: On Defending Apatheism (0)
- 09: Scientists who get in trouble doing philosophy (0)
- 06: Bill Nye: Science Guy: A Review (0)
- 05: Is marriage just for males and females? (0)
- 03: Should evangelicals be denied the right to adopt? (0)
- 02: Abortion: We may never agree, but can we at least concede the other side has a point? (0)
April 2018
- 30: Jesus, the God of Genocide, and William Barclay (0)
- 29: Does the theology of a songwriter define the song? (0)
- 27: Love comes from lousy neurons (0)
- 26: My Latest Article on Atheism at “The Christian Post” (0)
- 25: Despite the pessimism of many Christians, the world is improving (0)
- 23: I had a Twitter exchange with a Trump supporter … and we made progress (0)
- 21: Pro-life Carpet-bombers: On the moral incoherence of neocon conservative Christians (0)
- 20: Hymns vs. Choruses: Are the Worship Wars Worth Fighting? (0)
- 18: An Interview with Me that You Should Read (because I said so) (0)
- 17: 101. Atheism vs. Christianity with Adam Lee and Andrew Murtagh (0)
- 15: Can a soldier be a Christian? (0)
- 14: The Complementarian Dilemma (0)
- 13: Calvinism and God’s Love: A conversation with Guillaume Bignon (0)
- 13: Trump, Comey, and Credibility (0)
- 10: Bad Arguments for Atheism. Bad Arguments Against Atheism. (0)
- 08: Post-Apocalyptic Family Values: A Review of A Quiet Place (0)
- 07: Ain’t Gonna Make a Monkey Out of Me! Is Darwinism Compatible with Human Dignity? (0)
- 05: Should we be (most) certain that God exists? (0)
- 03: God, deliver us from skepticism! (Then again, maybe not.) (0)
- 02: A Bad Objection to Christian Universalism (0)
March 2018
- 31: I Believe on the Third Day He Rose Again . . . but what about those who don’t? (0)
- 29: Here I Stand: On Alvin Plantinga’s Luther Moment (0)
- 27: Depersonalizing the Damned: Hell and the humanity of those who go there (0)
- 27: A Debate on God in Edmonton (0)
- 25: Is the Exodus as important to Christian belief as Jesus’ resurrection? (0)
- 24: What kind of diversity do you value most? (0)
- 23: Christian Apologetics, Quality Control, and the Credibility Problem (0)
- 20: N.T. Wright and the Universalist Strawman (0)
- 18: I Can Only Imagine: A Review (0)
- 17: Does Calvinism offer a basis for the assurance of salvation? (0)
- 14: Hidden in Plain View: A Review (0)
- 13: The Hyenas Did Not Touch Him: On Writing Creeds Today (0)
- 10: Failed Prayer Studies: A Response (0)
- 08: We especially welcome applications from women and visible minorities (0)
- 07: YouTube and the Christian Persecution Complex (0)
- 06: Have you committed the Unforgivable Sin? A Devotional Reflection (0)
- 04: God Became Meat: A Devotional Reflection (0)
- 02: A Family Defense of the Resurrection of Jesus (1)
- 01: Why is Billy Graham Lying in State? (2)
February 2018
- 28: Feel free to sit on the fence, but don’t get caught in the lava flow (0)
- 26: How the Ebola Virus Taught Me About the Gospel (0)
- 24: Should evangelical institutions require belief in eternal conscious torment? (0)
- 23: To Cremate or Not To Cremate? (0)
- 21: Would you disciple a Muslim child against his parents’ wishes? (0)
- 20: Is God’s Love “Reckless”? (0)
- 18: Does Christianity promise that everything sad is going to come untrue? (17)
- 17: Neil deGrasse Tyson is a Partisan Hack with No Class (47)
- 16: In case you have any delusions of grandeur about becoming an author, here’s the reality (13)
- 15: What’s the Value of Social Action in the Name of Jesus? (29)
- 14: Who is the Fool? How Christians misread the Bible to attack atheists (8)
- 12: Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep: Evangelism and the Ethics of Scaring the Hell out of Children (30)
- 10: Can Evangelicalism Be Saved? My Debate with Frank Schaeffer (13)
- 09: Apologetic Debate, Philosophy Robotics, and Clear Thinking (20)
- 08: In Christ Alone and the Interesting Worship Wars (31)
- 06: Teaching the Destruction of Jericho to Children (11)
- 05: Is the biblical God ignorant about science? (87)
- 03: Would a loving God send people to hell? (25)
- 02: Does Objective Morality Need God? A Christian and Atheist Debate (26)
- 01: Did the biblical concept of God evolve from polytheism to monotheism? (26)
January 2018
- 30: 1 Samuel 15 and Paul Copan’s Middling Compromise (14)
- 29: If you can’t define “being biblical,” don’t accuse others of failing to be biblical (12)
- 26: Dear Christian Apologist, Don’t Cherry-pick Quotes to Make Your Case (114)
- 24: How I wrote an article critiquing John Piper … and got attacked by egalitarians (4)
- 23: John Piper’s Sexism (30)
- 22: The Violent God Debate: An Unbelievable Review (46)
- 21: Conversations with Radical Doubt Part 2: How do you refute solipsism? (19)
- 19: Conversations with Radical Doubt Part 1: How do you refute skepticism? (20)
- 18: Secular Statistical Shenanigans? On playing with statistics to sell a secular narrative (9)
- 17: A Master List of Movies for exploring Theology and Philosophy (9)
- 16: What Happens to Those Who Have Never Heard the Gospel? (24)
- 15: Is Christian Complementarianism Immoral and Sexist? (4)
- 14: Are Positive Stereotypes Immoral? (14)
- 13: An Introduction to Christian Worldview: A Review (11)
- 11: Is it proper to refer to the Trinity as “he”? (40)
- 10: The terrible tragedy of fundamentalist Christian legalism (11)
- 09: Help Me Put On a Christian/Atheist Devil’s Advocate Debate (20)
- 08: The Problem with Debates (19)
- 06: Are Angels and Demons Part of an Obsolete Biblical Worldview? (68)
- 02: The Biblical Cosmos: A Review (17)
