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December 2013

December 23, 2013

God’s Uniqueness, Part Two (Incarnation) [Questions That Haunt]

In Part One of this Question That Haunts Christianity, I wrote about God as creator. Today...

December 13, 2013

God’s Uniqueness, Part One [Questions That Haunt]

This Question That Haunts Christianity series is now an occasional series, as opposed to weekly. But I'll...

December 10, 2013

Is God Unique? Is God Distinct? [Questions That Haunt]

This Question That Haunts Christianity series is now an occasional series, as opposed to weekly. But I'll...

October 2013

October 29, 2013

What Is a “Person”? [Questions That Haunt]

This week's Question That Haunts Christianity comes from Mark, and he gets right to the point: In...

October 25, 2013

Philosophy and Theology Are Like an Old Married Couple, and They’re Not Getting Divorced [Questions That Haunt]

This week's Question That Haunts Christianity came from Davidson, a 15-year-old high school student: I'm not quite...

October 22, 2013

How Does Philosophy Mix with Christian Faith? [Questions That Haunt]

This week's Question That Haunts Christianity comes from Davidson, a 15-year-old high school student: I'm not quite...

October 15, 2013

Does Spiritual Regeneration Actually Happen? [Questions That Haunt]

This week's Question That Haunts Christianity comes from Gary, a Lutheran pastor: The official teaching of my...

October 11, 2013

The Resurrected Jesus Did Not Go Somewhere. He Went Somewhen. [Questions That Haunt]

This week's Question That Haunts Christianity comes from Jason, and it's a doozy: Hello Tony, I've been...

October 08, 2013

Where Did the Resurrected Jesus Go? [Questions That Haunt]

This week's Question That Haunts Christianity comes from Jason, and I love it so, so much: Hello...

October 04, 2013

No, the Writers of the Bible Did Not Expect It To Be Taken Literally [Questions That Haunt]

This week's Question That Haunts Christianity cames from Nina: Questions that haunt: did people of Jesus' time...

October 01, 2013

Did the Writers of the Bible Expect It To Be Taken Literally? [Questions That Haunt]

This week's Question That Haunts Christianity comes from Nina: Questions that haunt: did people of Jesus' time...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

Dispensationalists Are Wrong – Things Aren’t Getting Worse [Questions That Haunt]

Last Tuesday's Question That Haunts Christianity came from Jesse: I'm a regular blog reader though I've never...

September 24, 2013

Is the World Going to Hell, Or Not? [Questions That Haunt]

This week's Question That Haunts Christianity comes from Jesse: I'm a regular blog reader though I've never...

September 20, 2013

Baptism – It’s Not Magic, But It’s Probably Mystical [Questions That Haunt]

This week's Question That Haunts Christianity cames from Drew: Hi Tony, The haunting question that I want...

September 17, 2013

What Actually Happens at Baptism? [Questions That Haunt]

This week's Question That Haunts Christianity comes from Drew: Hi Tony, The haunting question that I want...

September 16, 2013

The Bible Can Be Authoritative, Even If It’s Relative [Questions That Haunt]

Last Tuesday's Question That Haunts Christianity came from Chris: This question has been bugging me for a while....

September 10, 2013

If the Bible Is Relative, Does Any Objective Morality Exist? [Questions That Haunt]

Last week, we welcomed back the Questions That Haunt Christianity series with a great exchange on...

September 06, 2013

Law and Prayer and Sin and Homosexuality [Questions That Haunt]

Questions That Haunt Christianity came back with a vengeance this week. Wow. I'm especially grateful to...

September 03, 2013

If God Hates Homosexuality, Why Won’t He Deliver Me from It? [Questions That Haunt]

After a summer vacation, the Questions That Haunt Christianity series is back. Readers pose questions...

August 2013

August 20, 2013

What Haunts You?

We're just a couple weeks away from a new season of The Questions That Haunt...

June 2013

June 03, 2013

Our Sin May Affect God, but Only on God’s Terms [Questions That Haunt]

Last week's question came from Ben -- you can submit your questions here -- and it...

May 2013

May 28, 2013

Does Our Sin Affect God? [Questions That Haunt]

This question comes from Ben -- you can submit your questions here -- and it deals...

May 24, 2013

God Is Male, and Female, and More Than Both [Questions That Haunt]

This question comes from Mark, and it provoked some thoughtful dialogue this week: Hi Tony,...

May 21, 2013

What Gender Is God? [Questions That Haunt]

This question comes from Mark -- you can submit your questions here -- and it's one...

May 17, 2013

It’s Probably True, Even If Jesus Didn’t Say It [Questions That Haunt]

This week, Andrew asked us to consider the claims of divinity that are attributed to...

May 14, 2013

What If Jesus Never Claimed to be Divine? [Questions That Haunt]

I've received some fantastic questions in the last couple weeks (you can submit your questions...

May 10, 2013

Without Salvation, Faith Has To Be More than Community [Questions That Haunt]

This week's Question That Haunts from Ben is pretty great: If we take the salvation

May 07, 2013

Salvation Aside, Why Believe in God? [Questions That Haunt]

Now this is a Question That Haunts: If we take the salvation/eternity issue out of...

May 07, 2013

When There’s Nothing To Say [Questions That Haunt]

I've got a different kind of answer to the most recent Question That Haunts: Since...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

What Is Faith? [Questions That Haunt]

In case you missed it over the weekend (since I missed my Friday deadline), on...