To my Muslim friends-‘let us reason together’-the Trinity explained

To my Muslim friends, as-salāmu ‘alaykum! Having spent a great deal of time in conversation with you in regards to the nature of God and the differences found in the two concepts, Trinity and Tawhid, I wanted to offer the following explanations, arguments and Scriptural foundati
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The case for the early dating of the Gospels-countering scholarly laziness & blindness

William Lane Craig states, “Although most New Testament critics claim that the gospels were written after A.D. 70, that assertion, states Cambridge University’s John A. T. Robinson, is largely the result of scholarly laziness, the tyranny of unexamined presuppositions, and
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The Devil’s Delusion: Atheism and It’s Scientific Pretensions, by David Berlinski

I am working my way through David Berlinski’s, The Devils’ Delusion—Atheism and It’s Scientific Pretensions, which is a refutation to Richard Dawkins’ book, The God Delusion. This is a brilliant, incisive, and funny book which explores the limits of science and the pretensions of thos
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The Cause of it all—what is it? or Who is it?

Think or meditate on the following: 1. Whatever begins to exist has a cause of its existence 2. The universe began to exist 3. Therefore the universe has a cause of its existence[1] Now let’s put each of these points to the test. #1—Have you ever seen or do you know of anything that b
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Reasonable Faith video series–arguments for the existence of God

If you haven’t already availed yourself of the excellent, arguments for the existence of God, Reasonable Faith video series, I would encourage you to do so. They are concise (a little over 5 minutes in length) and an excellent quick review for those of us who are on a busy sched
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Historicity of the Crucifixion & the Law of Non-contradiction

According to the law of non-contradiction, two propositions are contradictory if they both affirm and deny the same thing, at the same time, and in the same sense or in the same relationship. Now let’s put this law to the test: In the Quran, it states that: And their saying, “We did k
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Nihil fit ex nihilo, from nothing, nothing comes, or does it? Nothingness redefined

The dictionary definition of ‘nothing’ is as follows: not anything; no single thing; having no prospect of progress; something that is nonexistent; nonexistence. Now, having read the definition of nothing, (no thing) and applying it to the state of nothingness, what if I were to tell
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“We walk by faith, not by sight…” (2 Cor. 5:7) ‘a leap in the dark,’? or trust in that which we have good reason to believe is true?

When dealing with the seeming dichotomy of ‘faith vs reason,’ William Lane Craig gave the following definition of faith—“Faith is not an epistemological category. It is not a way of knowing something. Faith is a way of trusting something. Faith is trusting in that which you have good
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Can Science Account for Everything? Some say yes, but the answer is…

  In a 1998 debate featuring William Lane Craig and Peter Atkins, Atkins posed the following challenge to Craig in which he asserts that science can account for everything. At one point in the debate Atkins states that ‘science is omnipotent.’ (It is Ok to go ahead and have a chu
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A Christian Worldview and Today’s Youth

During my studies in the area of Christian apologetics and philosophy, I came across what I consider to be a wonderful tool for grounding youth in a Christian worldview—it is William Lane Craig and Joseph Tang’s course, “The Defense Never Rests.” (See the Store section at: www.reasona
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