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...
View ArticleReality 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleIs 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...
View ArticleWhat 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...
View ArticleEveryone 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...
View ArticleWe 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...
View ArticleMoral 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....
View ArticleTim 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...
View ArticleTalking 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...
View ArticleAre 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...
View ArticleEveryone 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 [...]...
View ArticleNewsweek 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...
View ArticleHow 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?”...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleThe 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....
View ArticleNewsboys, 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...
View ArticleThere 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleDid 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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