Category: Theological Thoughts
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The God of Scripture and the Gods of the Ancient Near East
“For I am God and there is no other. I am God and there is none like Me.”Isaiah 46:9 (ESV) The Hebrew God of Scripture often receives a bad reputation in modern discussions, especially among skeptics who attempt to disparage God by misrepresenting biblical texts and ignoring how the ancient…
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Before the Big Bang: What Science and Scripture Say
“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.” — Job 38:4 “Thus says God, the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out” – Isaiah 42:5 Before we even explore scientific theories, it is striking that Scripture has spoken for millennia…
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The Argument from Counterfeit Longing
Why Persistent Doubt May Reveal the Very God It Denies “You will seek Me and find Me, when you seek Me with all your heart.” — Jeremiah 29:13 (ESV) There are moments in apologetics when a familiar question suddenly opens a new door. Someone recently asked whether doubt could point toward…
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A Lesson in Apologetics From Star Trek
Why Words Without Culture Lead to Confusion There is a brilliant episode in Star Trek: The Next Generation that offers one of the clearest illustrations of what goes wrong when two cultures use words that are technically understandable, yet completely misunderstood. Season 5, Episode 2—“Darmok”—features Captain Picard and an alien captain named Dathon who…
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The Greek Word Not Used
What the Gospels Reveal About Jesus’ Burial and the Shroud When Christians read the resurrection narratives, our attention naturally goes to the empty tomb, the folded face cloth, and the astounding claim that Jesus rose from the dead bodily and victoriously. But tucked inside the Greek vocabulary of the Gospels…
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The Comparative Convincingness Scale (CCS)
Why Arguments Persuade — and How to Measure It Introduction Too often—among both theists and skeptics—an exchange ends with the shrug, “I don’t find that convincing.” Then the conversation stalls. Rarely does the speaker say what isn’t convincing or why. That phrase is universally available: anyone can deploy it against any argument, strong or weak, without touching…
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The Divine Author
Why the Bible’s Coherence Points to God “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.” — 2 Timothy 3:16 “For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but holy men of God spoke as they were carried along by the Holy…
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A Call to Unity in Christ Amid a Culture of Violence
“For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.” — 1 Corinthians 2:2 (ESV) A World I Remember I grew up in the 1960s and 1970s, decades of turmoil and transition. I remember the riots in the streets, the Vietnam War protests, the assassination of President…
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When Moral Relativism Turns Deadly
Charlie Kirk, Mass Shootings, and the Human Heart “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?” — Jeremiah 17:9 The Shock of Another Bullet On September 10, 2025, America witnessed a chilling moment. Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was gunned down while speaking at Utah Valley…
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When Complexity Speaks Louder Than Simplifications
Rethinking Human Origins Museums have a profound influence on how people imagine the past. From dioramas of dinosaurs to reconstructions of prehistoric humans, they do more than display bones—they tell stories. These stories shape how the public perceives itself in relation to nature and history. This is why Casey Luskin’s…
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The Soul Between Death and Burial
Ancient Jewish Beliefs About Suffering, Decomposition, and Redemption “For twelve months the soul mourns for the body… it goes up and down… but after twelve months it is taken to its eternal place.”— Genesis Rabbah 100:7 A Sacred Window Between Death and Resurrection At the 2025 Shroud of Turin Conference…
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Göbekli Tepe and God
The Temple That Rewrote Human History “He has set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.” — Ecclesiastes 3:11 An Ancient Discovery that Defied the Timeline When archaeologists uncovered Göbekli Tepe in southeastern Turkey, they didn’t just find ancient…
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One God Further?
Why the Divine Council Makes the Atheist’s Slogan Self-Defeating “God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment.” —Psalm 82:1 It’s one of the most popular lines in the online atheist playbook. If you’ve spent any time in digital debates or…
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Swallowed by Bias
Jonah, Skeptics, and the Sea Creature That Won’t Go Away “For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.” — Matthew 12:40 The story…
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The Danger of Asymmetrical Skepticism
How Selective Doubt Undermines Honest Inquiry “The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him.” – Proverbs 18:17 Introduction: When Skepticism Becomes a Shield Skepticism, in its best form, is a virtue. It guards against deception, fuels scientific inquiry, and demands evidence before…
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