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Questioning the Bible by Jonathan Morrow [Podcast]

The Bible is the most influential book in human history. But what are we supposed to do with it in the 21st century? And even more importantly, can it still be trusted as the Word of God? There are an...

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Reality vs. Religion

In today’s culture, religion is understood as a personal and private feeling that is not accessible by everyone else. You can’t question, challenge, or investigate it; you must simply be tolerant of it...

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How Does God Reveal Himself?

“Knowing God is the most important thing in life. God created people fundamentally for relationship with himself. This relationship depends on knowing who he is as he has revealed himself. God is...

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Is the Bible Sexist, Racist, Homophobic, and Genocidal?

Does the Bible endorse slavery? Is the Bible anti-women? Does God hate homosexuals? Is the God of the Bible a genocidal monster? These are challenging questions for Christians to answer. In this new...

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What Does the Authority of the Bible Mean?

If it is a word from God, it has authority over men. For behind every word that anybody utters stands the person who speaks it. It is the speaker himself (his character, knowledge and position) who...

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Everyone Has To Answer The God Question Eventually

“There is no way to God that bypasses the call to let go {i.e., to choose to trust Him}. You may have many intellectual doubts, and it is really important to be honest about those, to talk about them...

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We Behave As We Believe

Our worldview is shaped by a complex collection of broken relationships (with God, parents, and others), a mixture of true and false beliefs about reality, and values that are primarily directed toward...

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Moral Relativism and the Reformer’s Dilemma

Who doesn’t admire someone who stands up for what’s right—even in the midst of passionate opposition? Figures like Jesus, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr. come to mind. They were all countercultural....

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Tim Keller on Doubt

“A faith without some doubts is like a human body without any antibodies in it. People who blithely go through life too busy or indifferent to ask hard questions about why they believe as they do will...

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Talking About Truth At Charleston Southern University

Recently I had the privilege of speaking to the students and faculty at Charleston Southern University. It was a great trip and I was impressed with the students I was able to interact with. I spoke on...

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Are Christians on the Wrong Side of History? (Video)

Cultural undercurrents are always shifting. What is morally acceptable in one generation can find itself condemned in the next. And vice versa. However, truth is not a popularity contest. What does...

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Everyone Is Becoming Something

Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny.” That has never been truer than when applied [...]...

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Newsweek Attacks the Bible…Are You Ready to Respond?

It would be hard to find a more timely article showing why I wrote my new book Questioning the Bible: 11 Major Challenges to the Bible's Authority than the one recently published by Newsweek. It is...

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How to Have a Conversation About Bible Contradictions

Imagine that you’re meeting with a couple who is exploring Christianity at your local coffee shop and they raise the objection, “How can you trust the Gospels when they are full of contradictions?”...

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How to Walk in Wisdom

Whether we happen to believe it or not, there are paths that are spiritual dead ends, morally and relationally toxic, physically harmful, and intellectually dangerous. Because God loves us he doesn't...

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The Sweetness of Doctrine (Adoption)

Sometimes theology and doctrine get a bad rap. And sometimes for good reason! Cold, long, dry lectures on theology as if someone were attempting to solve a particularly tricky geometry problem. Ugh....

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Newsboys, the New Atheism, and the Evidence for God

By now you have no doubt heard that Newsboys co-founder, George Perdikis, is now an atheist. This story is personal to me because [...] The post Newsboys, the New Atheism, and the Evidence for God...

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There Are Two Kinds Of People Who Question The Bible

As I have already noted previously, everyone questions the Bible at some point. Doubt is a natural part of the journey of faith. But we shouldn't doubt just to doubt. Young people especially need safe...

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How to Respond to the “That’s Just Your Interpretation” Objection

You've seen this happen before right? Once someone throws out the “that’s just your interpretation” line, the conversation comes to a screeching halt. Again, this usually happens when a moral or...

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Did the Gospel Writers Intend to Write Accurate History?

In a post-Christian culture that no longer "speaks Bible," one of the first objectives in any conversation is to stake out some common ground wherever possible. To do this I recommend starting with...

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