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9 Reasons Why Joseph of Arimathea Was a Real Historical Figure

Joseph of Arimathea plays a big role in defending Jesus’ resurrection. He stood near the center of Bart Ehrman’s reconsideration of the facts surrounding the resurrection. After all, if Joseph…

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Why Creation Doesn’t Need to Be Defended

Doctrines of creation often come into play on the defensive end of apologetics. For example, Christians defend the Bible by showing it is compatible with evolution, evolution is not up…

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How did the Early Church Read Genesis 1?

Christians often debate what the Bible teaches about the age of the universe. Inevitably, the way the church has read Genesis through the ages is invoked. Here the early church…

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Why Christian Apologists Must Remember Death

Death permeates the Bible. The consequence of Adam and Eve eating from the tree is that they will surely die. When God speaks to Adam, he says to him, “you…

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Jesus is God, A Rigorous Biblical Defense

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In Defense of the Genesis Flood

Conversations about science and religion inevitably get around to the Genesis flood. Behind the topic of evolution, the flood depicted in Genesis is probably the most common topic in the…

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How Well Do You Know the Bible? Bible Quiz

In line with my earlier post about the importance of theology for apologetics, it naturally follows that Christians engaged in apologetics should have a firm grasp of the bible. This…

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Affective Apologetics: Getting to the Heart of the Matter

The goal of this post is to introduce and illustrate a different way of doing apologetics. Often we think of apologetics in terms of intellectual arguments, syllogisms, defenses of premises,…