Does God Care for Me?
Premise A: If God cares for people He would use His power to help them Premise B: Jesus, the God-man, healed this sick, loved the outcast, died to save sinners, and rose from the dead to give them eternal life Conclusion: Therefore, God cares for people Some philosophical ideas of God do not offer much […]
Is There Enough Evidence to Believe God is Real?
Each one of the seven proofs I presented in my previous blog posts has its flaws and counterarguments, and it could be argued that no one proof is enough to prove conclusively that God exists. But think of these seven proofs as the stones in an arch. No arch is held up by a single […]
Testimonies Prove God is Real
Premise A: People claim to have experienced life-change by encountering God Premise B: There is no reason for these people to lie about their experience. Premise C: Others bear witness to the miraculous change in these same people. Conclusion: Therefore, a life-changing God exists. The testimony of the Apostle Paul There is often a remarkable […]
Do Miracles Really Happen? | An Examination of David Hume’s Philosophy
David Hume (1711-1776), a Scottish philosopher and atheist, believed that miracles were impossible. In 1748, he published an essay “Of Miracles” that argues against their existence. Hume begins his discussion with the presupposition that miracles are impossible since “a miracle is a violation of the laws of nature.” By assuming that miracles are impossible, he […]
What is the Difference between Christianity and other Religions?
As an evangelist, part of my mission in life, is to preach about Jesus to people. I have had the privilege of going all over the world to preach the Gospel. When I preach in Muslim nations and hold up my Bible with its black leather cover and gold-edged pages, the Muslims in the audience […]
Do Miracles Prove God is Real?
Premise A: If miracles occur, they would require supernatural agency. Premise B: Miracles occur. Conclusion: Therefore, supernatural agency exists. This agency we call God. A miracle is an extraordinary event that transcends natural law and is beyond human capacity to explain or duplicate. One scholar defined a miracle as “a work wrought by God’s power […]
Historical Impact Proves the Bible is True
No book has as many character witnesses and recommendations as the Bible A person who is on trial, as part of making the case for their innocence, can call on “character witnesses” to defend them. These witnesses are friends or notable community members, who, on taking the stand, give testimony to the good character of […]
Biblical Wisdom Proves God is Real
The Bible contains much more than prophecy. It is a group of books that includes history, poetry, prophecy, law, letters, and wisdom literature. The wisdom literature of the Bible contains a great deal of ethical wisdom—principles and advice for daily living and how to live the best life. One book of the Bible that contains […]
Prophecy Proves God is Real
The Bible contains numerous prophecies about how Jesus, the Son of God, would come, what He would do when he came, and how He would be a Savior for sinful mankind. These prophecies were not written by one person at one time, but by different people over the course of the 1500 years before Christ […]
Does the Bible Agree with Science?
The Bible is not written as a science textbook—and that is probably a good thing. As Oswald Chambers, the author of the classic Christian Devotional, My Utmost for His Highest, wrote: “If the Bible agreed with modern science, it would soon be out of date, because…modern science is bound to change.” Nonetheless, the Bible does […]
Is the Bible Accurate?
The writers of the Bible strove to be accurate in what they wrote. For example, Luke, the writer of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, carefully investigated the life of Jesus and the history of the early church that he records. This is how Luke explains his careful historical research: “Many […]
Was the Bible Faithfully Transmitted?
While we do not have the original manuscripts of the Bible, there is far more evidence for the reliable transfer of the New Testament then there is for any other ancient manuscript. For example, Plato died in 347 BC, but the earliest manuscript of his writings is from 900 AD—a gap of one thousand two […]
Is the Bible Reliable?
The Bible is the starting point for Christian apologetics. While natural revelation clearly has a place in apologetics, even this natural revelation must be interpreted through the “spectacles of Scripture.” Natural revelation tells us there must be a God, the Bible tells us what kind of God He is. The written Scripture is how God […]
What is the Difference Between General Revelation and Special Revelation?
The term revelation refers to “knowledge about God.” Historically, theologians have distinguished between two different types of revelation, general revelation and special revelation. General revelation or natural revelation refers to what can be known about God from nature through reason. The two avenues of general revelation are creation and conscience. The Apostle Paul talks about […]
Does the Bible Prove God Exists?
Premise A: The Bible says God exists. Premise B: The Bible is trustworthy. Conclusion: Therefore, God exists. When I was a child, I learned a song in Sunday school—perhaps you’ve heard it: Jesus loves me this I know, For the Bible tells me so. At a very basic level, this simple song expresses the believer’s […]
Why Do Atheists Reject God’s Moral Law?
Atheists reject God’s moral law because they do not want to be held accountable. Whether accusing God of some inconsistency or denying his existence, the atheist’s intellectual problems are often a smoke screen hiding the real issue: the atheist’s desire to escape the responsibility that the existence of God involves him in. By denying the […]
Morality Proves God Exists
Premise A: If God does not exist, objective moral values do not exist. Premise B: Objective moral values do exist. Conclusion: Therefore, God exists. Imagine living in a world where there was no right or wrong. • Someone could kill your loved one, but because there is no right or wrong, they would be considered […]
What is the Ontological Proof God Exists?
Premise A: God has all perfection. Premise B: Existence is a perfection. Conclusion: Therefore, God exists. Ontology refers to the area of metaphysics that tries to answer the question of what exists. This kind of philosophical discipline relies largely on abstract reasoning to arrive at its conclusions—abstract reasoning meaning that if all you could do […]
What is the Problem with Evolution?
What is simpler: Creation or Evolution? Premise A: Something cannot come from nothing. Premise B: There is something. Premise C: These somethings are systematic, complex, and finely tuned. Conclusion: Therefore, there must have been Something capable of designing the complex systems apparent in the universe and biological life. This Something we call God According to […]
Bacteria Proves that God Exists
In Darwin’s Black Box, Michael Behe, a professor of biochemistry at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, proposed bacterial flagellum as examples of irreducible complexity. This complexity of bacterial flagellum works like a spring-loaded mouse trap. A mouse trap consists of a rectangular board, a trigger, a spring, and a bar. When the mouse moves the bait, […]
The Human Eye Proves God Exists
The eye is amazingly complex with many interworking parts. There are three layers of tissue in the eye. The outer layer is called the sclera. This layer gives the eyeball its white color. The middle layer is the choroid. It contains blood vessels that supply oxygen to the retina. The retina is the innermost layer. […]
DNA Proves God Exists
When the kind of fine-tuning that makes earth habitable is seen in living organisms, it is called irreducible complexity. Irreducible complexity refers to the concept that certain biological systems, in order to exist functionally, must have occurred as complete systems, and could not be the product of successive modifications brought about by natural selection. To […]
The Existence of the Earth Proves God Exists
The earth is amazingly fitted to sustain human life. There are a narrow range of values in a variety of different categories that permit life to exist on planet earth. The probability that these perfect conditions appeared by chance is astronomical. For that reason, the finely tuned nature and situation of the earth is evidence […]
The Universe Proves God Exists
If you want to know if God exists, just look up. The existence of the stars points to the existence of a great Creator. In ancient times, man tried to number the stars. With the invention of the telescope, galaxies composed of numerous stars were discovered. In 1900, scientists estimated that there were one hundred […]
What is the Teleological Proof for God?
Premise A: What is designed cannot randomly exist. Premise B: The universe and living organisms bear evidence of design. Conclusion: Therefore, a designer of the universe and of life exists. This designer is God. A cathedral, a computer, a painting, a symphony, a light bulb…what do all these things have in common? The answer: […]
What is the Kalām Cosmological Argument?
The classic formula for the Cosmological Proof presented in my previous blog post starts with the premise, “Everything that exists has a cause.” However, it has been pointed out that if God exists, then God also must have a cause. But, since God has always existed, an alternative argument has been proposed. William Lane Craig […]
What is the Cosmological Proof for God?
Premise A: Everything that exists must have a cause. Premise B: This cause must be a great causer. Premise C: The only causer great enough would be God. Conclusion: Therefore, God exists. Imagine a group of friends. Angela needs a jacket because she is cold. She turns to Luke and asks, “Can I borrow a […]
What is a Christian World View?
What does the world look like to a Christian? Here are my assumptions, my presuppositions, (the lenses through which I see the world, if you will): 1. I believe there is a God. This first great assumption comes from my observations of nature and myself. Because there is order in the universe, something must […]
What is a Worldview?
Jim Burkett teaches, “Everyone has a worldview or ‘belief system.’ A belief system is a worldview. A worldview is a set of presuppositions, (that may be true, partially true, or entirely false) which we hold about the makeup of the world.” According to one apologist, a worldview should answer four important questions: origin, meaning, morality, […]
What is Apologetics?
The word apologetics comes from the Greek word apologia, meaning “to give a reasoned response,” and it is used seven times in the New Testament (Acts 22:1, 25:16; 1 Cor. 9:3; Phil. 1:7,16; 2 Tim. 4:16; 1 Pet. 3:15). The purpose of Christian apologetics is to rationally examine the beliefs of Christianity in order to […]