When Christian Leaders Go Bad: Making Sense of Clergy Scandal
When Christian Leaders Go Bad Clergy scandals can break your heart. Clergy scandal may even break...
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Category: Defending the Faith
Islam: A Religion of Rules
If you boil Islam down to its basics, it is a religion of rules. By contrast, Christianity is...
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Useful Classic Arguments for the Existence of God
Here are some classic arguments for the existence of God Over the centuries, certain arguments...
Read MoreCan I Trust the Bible? Yes you can!
Many so-called experts claim that we cannot trust the Bible. They assert that the written documents of the Bible were not well preserved and that the copying process resulted in many mistakes. Yet Christianity and Judaism have...
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A Neglected Female Perspective on Jesus’ Resurrection
A female perspective on the Resurrection of Jesus is desperately needed in our divided times....
Read MoreThe Benefits of Christianity
What are the benefits of Christianity? The days when most people saw the Christian Church as a necessary part of Western Culture are long gone. Studies of how North Americans and Europeans make choices in the early twenty-first...
Read MorePassion Week 4: Relating to Jesus’ Resurrection
Jesus’ resurrection on Sunday of Passion Week changed everything! Out of all the followers of Jesus, only a few of the women were able to keep their wits enough to focus on practical things. Several of the women got up...
Read MorePassion Week 3: Feeling Abandoned and Afraid
It is on Saturday of Passion Week that fear really took hold. Jesus’ followers– scattered the day before– have gone into hiding. They were terrified of betrayal by their neighbors or other who might recognize their...
Read MorePassion Week 2: Relating to Jesus’ Experience of Injustice
It is Friday of Passion Week. Jesus had been awake for more than twenty-four hours. At this point in what we now call Passion Week, Jesus had endured the difficult interrogation by the Sanhedrin (the Jewish religious council)...
Read MorePassion Week 1: Relating to Jesus’ Suffering
Think back to the busiest week of your life. Maybe there were many places to go or you had to fulfill a crushing list of responsibilities. Perhaps you hosted a constant stream of visitors, or received phone calls from people...
Read MoreJesus is Risen!
Millions of Christians believe that Jesus is risen. Yet, is there evidence for the resurrection of Jesus? In recent years some theologians have claimed that history shows no evidence that the resurrection of Jesus ever...
Read MoreHow to Bring Good News to 21st Century People, part 3
I want to conclude my discussion from parts one and two of this blog about 21st Century faith. Christians who were raised in the 20th Century often find it a challenge to communicate the gospel in the 21st Century because of...
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