Skip to main content

Archives

sad-316424_640

Why Bad Things Happen to Good People: Three Unpopular Reasons

In our “self-esteem-motivated” culture, this is very unpopular to say, but there really are no “good” people. So when bad things happen to us, it’s often at the hands of others. This is a hard truth, but if we take a brutally-honest look at humanity, historically we’ve fallen short of goodness in countless ways. For example, […]

Read More
Kevin & Mags

The secular alternative to morality

This is written by my friend, fellow apologist and guest blogger, Kevin Moss. He writes from where he calls “across the pond,” in Wales, in the UK. Last Saturday, my wife (Mags) was singing in a Christian choir, which annually organizes a large Christmas Concert in the St. David’s Hall in Cardiff.  People come from all […]

Read More
Sam O, at the hospital August. 2014.

Suffering Can Make You, or Break You—How Your Suffering Matters

As Christians, we claim to have the ultimate answers to life’s problems. It’s easy when everything is going well. Nonbelievers watch us, however, more intently when things go wrong, and that is when the so-called “rubber hits the road.” I recently saw this in action through one of my closest friends who lost her 17-year […]

Read More
Eve bites the apple?

Why Do People Suffer from Adam’s Sin?

Why do people suffer for a sin Adam and Eve committed long ago? This is known as “original sin,” and there are some interesting theories theologians have come up with on how this happens. So, get your “thinking divinely” mind-set geared up for this one! Original sin can be answered by determining the origin of our souls. […]

Read More
1280px-Poussin,_Nicolas_-_The_Victory_of_Joshua_over_the_Amalekites

Why Did God Order the Killing of the Canaanites? Four Main Reasons

Many cannot reconcile how a loving God could command the killing of the Canaanites in the Old Testament. I don’t like it any more than you do, but having just completed a course at Biola on why God allows evil, I understand it much better now. Here are four main reasons why this terrible event […]

Read More

Be the first to get the latest insights and updates!

Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email.