Lock your doors! Sound the alarm! Mothers, hide your children, for wicked anti-Christian scientists are out to destroy your faith and teach ‘evilution’ in its place. At least this is the message of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, a documentary contending that intelligent design has been unfairly suppressed by scientific academia. Hosted by Ben Stein, the
A very popular way that Muslims argue for the divine origin of the Qur’an is by pointing to numerous ‘scientific miracles’ scattered throughout its pages. According to believers, Allah revealed information in the Qur’an that was only stumbled upon by scientists in the last few centuries, serving as a sign of the truth of Islam’s
The resurrection of Christ is arguably the central doctrine of Christianity. The premise at the heart of most strains of Christianity is that Jesus Christ died on the cross to save humanity from its sins, and he rose again three days later, victorious over death and having established a new means for salvation. In the
Alongside Isaiah 53, Psalm 22 is one of the favorite and best known Old Testament passages for Christian apologists. According to Josh McDowell, Lee Strobel, and many others, Psalm 22 prophesied the crucifixion of Jesus Christ before crucifixion as a torture method had even been invented. Christians often point to the mention of pierced hands
You may have heard that prayer has been taken out of public schools, that throughout much of the United States, students are forbidden to exercise their freedom of religion. According to many conservative believers, the 1962 court case of Engel v. Vitale resulted in a ban on school prayer which has led to a gradual
Tomorrow morning millions of faithful men and women will pile into churches around the globe to hear the familiar Easter story of Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the dead. Crucified under Pontius Pilate, buried in the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea, only to be discovered missing on the third day, with the stone rolled away from
Atheism has become a hot topic in the last four or five years, thanks to the work of Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett. The God Delusion, god is not Great, and Letter to a Christian Nation have paved the way for what many have dubbed the ‘New Atheism’. In books, articles,
,”Teach the controversy” was a fairly popular slogan to hear in the debate over intelligent design versus evolution, and if there’s one thing this documentary does well, it’s teaching the controversy. Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial follows the 2005 court decision of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, wherein 11 parents in Dover, Pennsylvania
Isaiah 53 is one of the all-time favorite passages of pastors, evangelists, and missionaries striving to convert non-believers. Over the centuries, it has been the subject of countless books, sermons, essays, and evangelism tracts, especially in outreach to Jews. The website isaiah53.com boldly proclaims that, “Hundreds of Years Before Jesus… The great Jewish prophet Isaiah
Fundamentalism is by no means a dead strand of Christianity. Still today there are many who believe that the Bible is the inerrant and unchanging word of god, the only book in history to be amazingly preserved in static and unaltered form for nearly 2,000 years. According to a 2006 Gallup poll, 28% of Americans
