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April 2026

April 03, 2026

Pagan Jesus?: The Easter Mystery vs. The Mystery Cult

Was Jesus a pagan god? During Easter week it has become commonplace for skeptics to...

February 2026

February 03, 2026

What the Hell: Annihilationism vs. Eternal Conscious Torment

Recently, actor and evangelist Kirk Cameron shocked many conservative Christians when he announced his change...

January 2026

January 02, 2026

Fifty Books Later: My Top Five Reads of 2025

My Top 5 Books of 2025 Well, I only managed to read 50 books this...

September 2025

September 10, 2025

The Two Faces of Evil: On Magical and Mechanical Power

One of the most memorable scenes in the Star Wars mythology occurs between Admiral Motti...

May 2025

May 30, 2025

Did Jordan Peterson Just Get Exposed? Yes, And Here’s Why

Somehow I knew this was coming. I had hinted at it in various FB posts,...

January 2025

January 08, 2025

What is the Soul? An Interview with Joshua Farris

This episode of the Theology and Ethics podcast takes a deep dive into theology and...

December 2024

December 06, 2024

Are Demons Using AI?

Before I begin, Happy St. Nicholas Day! Let's just get that out there first. Second,...

July 2024

July 31, 2024

Olympics 2024: Celebrating Dionysius at The Lord’s Table?

Editors Note: This is a guest post by Christian author and speaker Kaon Serjani. Immediately...

June 2024

June 28, 2024

Paganism Book Review: Response to “Under The Ancient Oaks”

Recently, I posted about a new eBook I wrote on the return of Paganism in...

June 13, 2024

My New eBook: “The Return of Paganism”

Roughly three and a half years ago I started writing for Patheos. Around that time,...

May 2024

May 20, 2024

Natural Theology vs. Ancient Idolatry

Natural theology can mean two things. It can mean the affirmation that God (Yahweh) is...

April 2024

April 12, 2024

Why the Conquest of Canaan was Just

In the last few posts I have offered a defense of the "literal view" of...

March 2024

March 08, 2024

What Happens When We Adopt Relativism?

In this episode of the Apologetics.com radio show, Dr. Harry Edwards, Lenny Esposito (vice-president of...

March 06, 2024

Why Did God Order the Destruction of Canaan?

One of the most contentious and vexing questions of biblical history is God's ordering Israel...

February 2024

February 22, 2024

He Gets Us, Culture Christianity and Propaganda (Part 1)

In my previous post, I argued that there were several fundamental problems with the #HeGetsUs...

December 2023

December 15, 2023

The True Meaning of Christmas: The Death of Paganism

G.K. Chesterton once summarized the religious history of the world in a single sentence: Paganism...

November 2023

November 27, 2023

The Second Great Christian Heresy

In the previous post, I discussed the first, great Christian heresy, the heresy of Judaizing. This...

August 2023

August 30, 2023

Why They Want to Kill My Friend

At a church in Southern California, not far from the U.S.-Mexico border, two Middle Eastern...

August 28, 2023

Postmodern Literature | A Writer’s Perspective

My first run-in with postmodern literature was back in college. During my writing undergrad, I'd...

August 23, 2023

3 Views of History And Why They Matter: (Part 1) – Eternal Recurrence

What is history? In one sense, history could just be the accumulated facts of natural...

June 2023

June 14, 2023

Four “Hot Button” Issues the Church Must Confront

In this recent episode of the "Come Let Us Reason" podcast, friend and colleague Lenny...

May 2023

May 17, 2023

Are Demons Real?: Movie Review of “Nefarious”

"Yes, Virginia, demons are real." And they are real not only as Francis Church described Santa...

December 2022

December 26, 2022

What Christmas Is Really About: Part 3(b) – Knowledge and True Belief

In the last article in this series on Christmas, I wrote about some longstanding philosophical...

December 19, 2022

What Christmas Is Really About: Part 2 – The Historicity Of Christmas

In the last post, I argued that the true meaning of Christmas is often obscured...

October 2022

October 21, 2022

Reading As An Evangelical: How To Cultivate A Christian Mind

In a previous series of posts, I talked about the four, primary domains of Christian...

October 03, 2022

Do We Need A New Apologetic?: Responding to the New Paganism

Since the late 17th century, the defense of the Christian faith has primarily been made...

September 2022

September 23, 2022

Recovering From A Heart Attack (Part 3): The Mercy of God & Demons Next Door

It has often been said that the greatest apologetic for the truth of the Christian...

September 05, 2022

What Should Christians Study?: Part 2(c) – Cultural Apologetics

In this series, I am considering four main areas of Christian study: Theology, Apologetics, Church...

September 02, 2022

What Should Christians Study?: Part 2(b) Historical Apologetics

In the previous post in this series, I discussed the first category of Christian Apologetics: Philosophical...

August 2022

August 29, 2022

What Should Christians Study?: Part 2(a) – Philosophical Apologetics

In this series, I am stepping back to look at the discipline of attaining Christian...