Abrogation
- The doctrine of abrogation (an Islamic belief)
Age
of Scripture - How do we determine the
age of the documents?
Age of Scripture
- When were the biblical books written?
Age of Scripture
- A quick summary date chart
Al-Taqiyya
- The principle of al-Taqiyya
(an Islamic belief)
Apocrypha
-
What are the apocrypha and pseudepigrapha?
Apostles
- Jesus' apostles: The great obituary
Archaeology
-
Does archaeology confirm or deny the Bible's claims?
Atheists
- If there is a God, why are there atheists?
Authority
- The authority of God: the one triune God
Authority
- The authority of God the Father
Authority
- The authority of God the Spirit
Authority
- The authority of God the Son
Babylonian
religion -
Bible similarities to ancient Babylonian accounts
Belief
- Does "believe" mean hold as true
without proof or logic?
Belief
- What should all beliefs - scientific or religious
- be based upon?
Bias
- What is bias? Are Christians biased?
Bible
- What is the Bible all about?
Bible
- Does the Bible even claim to be true?
Bible
- The authority of the Bible
Bible
- The nature of God's Word
Bible
- Scripture is intimately identified with Jesus
Bible
- The eternality of God's Word
Bible
- The purposes of God's Word
Bible
- The application of God's Word
Bible
- Spiritual maturity and God's Word
Bible -
The prehistory of English translation Bibles
Bibliography
- List of sources
Bibliography
- List of Bibles quoted from herein
Bigotry
- What is bigotry? Are Christians bigoted?
Book of the
Dead - Similarities of the Bible to
neighboring cultures
Canon
of Scripture - Is the Bible complete?
Carbon dating
- What modern laboratory methods reveal about
the Earth's age
Catholicism -
Introduction to Catholicism and Protestantism
Catholicism
- The church called the Church of Rome (Catholic
Church)
Catholicism -
The Catholic doctrine of absolution
Catholicism
- The Catholic doctrine of infallibility
Chance
- What is chance?
Christ <see Messiah>
Christian
- What does "Christian" mean?
Christians
- Can one be too heavenly minded to be of earthly
good?
Church -
The early church and the spread of Christianity
Church and
State - Why historical evidences for
Jesus aren't commonly taught
Church and State
- Public Law 97-280 and Bible-honoring American
presidents
Contradictions
- A short primer on formal criticism and perceived
contradictions in the Bible (see also errors
in the Bible)
Creation
- The two chief mechanisms by which God creates
Creation -
How long did creation take? (as referred to in Genesis)
Creation -
What natural revelation reveals about origins (and the most likely
timeline of the Genesis creation)
Creation
Science - What is creation science?
Crusades -
The Crusades: a brief history (from the rise of Muhammad
to 1291)
Dark
Ages - The Medieval absence of biblical
literacy
Dead Sea Scrolls
- Early biblical manuscripts
DNA
- What is DNA (plus DNA's role in intelligent
design)
DNA
- DNA's co-discoverer and his theory of its
origin
Earth
- The scientific description of how our planet
formed
Earth
- The biblical author's account of how God made
our planet
Earth
- The significance of Moses' account matching
modern science
Earth
- How old is the earth?
Earth -
Evidence suggesting a young earth
Earth -
Evidence suggesting an ancient earth
Earth
- Natural revelation and its contribution to
determing Earth's age
Errors
- Is the wording in the Bible error free or
not?
Errors
- Where are the errors in the Bible?
Errors
- Answering the most cited example of the Bible's
scientific inaccuracy
Evangelism
- "Here's what unbelievers really think"
(Advice for believers on nonbelievers)
Evangelism -
What's really most important to nonbelievers?
Evidence
- How clear must the evidence be for God and
the Bible?
Evidence
- How much is enough?
Evidence
- Applying the fourfold test for exposing perjury
to the Bible
Evidence
- After weighing the evidence for and against
the Bible, how do we decide who is right?
Evolution
- First of the ten part series: Where Did Man
Come From?
Evolution
- A war between two philosophies, to an extent
Evolution
- History of the theory of evolution from 500
B.C. to 1859
Evolution
- Darwin's theory of evolution and neo-Darwinism
Evolution
- Evolutionists on neo-Darwinism
Evolution
- Darwin's beliefs on the absence of transitional
forms
Evolution
- Archaeopteryx and the search for transitional
forms
Evolution
- Australopithecines - FINALLY the missing link?
Evolution
- Java Man - FINALLY
the missing link?
Evolution
- Neanderthal Man -
FINALLY the missing link?
Evolution
- Nebraska Man -
FINALLY the missing link?
Evolution
- Piltdown Man -
FINALLY the missing link?
Evolution
- Ramapithecus -
FINALLY the missing link?
Evolution
- Tools of chimps or men?
Evolution
- Evolution of the horse
Evolution
- Evolution of the finch
Evolution
- Evolution of the moth
Evolution
- No primordial soup for you
Evolution
- Punctuated
equilibria - post Darwinian evolution
theory #1
Evolution
- Directed
panspermia - Post Darwinian evolution
theory
#2
Evolution
- No chance life arose by accident: the numbers
Evolution
- How evolutionary theory affected document
analysis
Evolution
-
Partly based on the geologic column
Evolution
- Intelligent design theory: Does it explain
life and DNA better than evolutionary theories?
Evolution
- What is creation science, and the last word
on creation vs. evolution
Extra-terrestrial
life - Far out man
Ex cathedra -
The Catholic explanation of "ex cathedra"speaking
Faith
- What is faith? Two important definitions
Flood
- Do extrabiblical accounts of a worldwide flood
prove the Bible's accuracy or disprove the Bible's exclusivity?
Flood
- The significance of a worldwide flood to explaining the earth's
origin
Freethinking
-
The Bible, like any search for truth, welcomes freethinkers and the
freedom of inquiry
Free
will -
Is there free will, and if not, has God then created some people to
go to hell?
Geologic
column -
Partly based on evolution
God
- Is there a God? (The cosmological argument)
God
- Explain that "one triune God" stuff,
the "trinity"
God -
Our relationship to God and how he's made himself known
God
- "Does God change his mind like the Bible
says he does?"
God
- Has God's character changed from the Old Testament
to the New?
God
- Does God curse people for the sins of others?
Gospel
- What is the gospel?
Gospel
- The summary gospel account of Jesus' last
hours before the cross and crucifixion
Gospel
- Detailed account of the S.S. Titanic's last
days - a spectacular analogy of today's failings by both believers
and unbelievers
Gospel -
The gospel as seen in true modern day stories: the parable of my stray
cat
Gospel
- Why we possibly don't want the gospel of Jesus'
resurrection to be true (ouch!)
Hell
- An eternity in hell is fair punishment?
Hell
- What is the likely nature of hell?
History
- The prehistory of English translation bibles
History
- "All ancient histories are just mythmaking..."
Humanism
- The dawn of humanism: Darwinism applied to
religion
Humanism
- What is the purpose of life according to humanism?
Inconsistencies
- How to improve the argument for unbelief
Inquisitions -
History of the Inquisitions
Inquisitions -
A typical inquisitional hearing
Inspiration
- What is inspiration?
Intelligent Design
Theory - What is intelligent design
theory?
Intelligent
Design Theory - Can it be used to explain
DNA?
Intelligent
Design Theory - Can it be used to explain
the universe?
Interpretation
- Isn't one interpretation of the Bible as good
as the next?
Interpretation
- The history of biblical interpretation
Interpretation
- The rules of interpretation
Interpretation
- A humorous iIllustration of errant interpretation
Intolerance
- What is intolerance? Are Christians intolerant?
Islam
- A multi-part study on the history and doctrines
of Islam
Jesus
- Introduction to the fifteen-chapter study
on the divinity of Christ
Jesus
- What do we know about Jesus from non-biblical
sources?
Jesus
- Summary of what we would know about Jesus
from only non-biblical sources
Jesus
- Why believe Jesus is a or the promised Messiah?
Jesus
- Prophecies proving that Jesus is God
Jesus
- Quick summary of Jesus' major prophetic fulfillments
Jesus
- WHY, WHERE, and WHEN Jesus fulfilled the messianic
prophcies
Jesus
- WHAT and HOW Jesus fulfilled the messianic
prophcies
Jesus
- Resurrection - first chapter of a multi-part
series
Jesus
- What is the basis of Jesus' authority?
Jesus -
The gospel of Jesus Christ
Jesus
- Old Testament instructions on how to recognize
the Messiah
Jesus
- The summary account of Jesus' last hours before
the cross
Jesus
- Jesus is Lord; a summary and overview
Jesus
<see also Messiah and
Resurrection>
Jihad
- What is jihad -- in their words?
Jihad
- The first 1,300 years of jihad
Jihad
- The last 100 years of jihad
Judgment
- What is judgment all about (very brief)
Judgment -
The four principles of God's judgment
Judgment
- How to prepare for judgment (see also the
gospel)
Judgmentalism
- What to judge, and what NOT to judge
Law
- Do the Old Testament laws still apply or not?
Laws
of nature - Observations determine (discover)
the laws; laws do not determine what we do or do not observe
Life
- No chance of accidental formation - the math
Life
- What is the nature of life?)
Life
- Life according to science
Life
- Life according to the Bible
Lifestyle
- What's love (for God) got to do with it?
Logic
- Faith is the foundation of logic (the basis
of all premises)
Martyrs
- Early Christian martyrs (see also Jesus' Apostles)
Martyrs
- John Foxe's record of one martyr's fate during
the Inquisition
Messiah
- Who or what is the Messiah?
Messiah
- How are we to recognize the Messiah?
Messiah
- How the messianic prophecies were being interpreted
in Jesus' day
Messiah
- WHERE is the Messiah prophecied to arrive?
Messiah
-
WHEN is the Messiah prophecied to arrive?
Messiah
- WHAT is prophecied to be the Messiah's lineage?
Messiah
-
HOW is the Messiah prophecied to arrive?)
Messiah
- What qualities will characterize the Messiah?
Messiah
- What will characterize the Messiah's life?
Messiah
- What will characterize the Messiah's death?
Messiah
- What will characterize the Messiah's resurrection?
Messiah
- Will God Himself be the Messiah?
Messiah <see also Jesus>
Miracles
- Do miracles really happen?
Miracles
- Do miracles violate the laws of nature?
Miracles
- Extrabiblical confirmation of biblical miracles
Morals
- Are they relative or absolute?
Muhammad
- Islam's founder part 1: from birth to the
Hijrah
Muhammad
- Islam's founder part 2: from Medina to his
death
Natural
Revelation - Good science is good theology;
i.e., what nature reveals about God
Natural Revelation
- What it reveals about origins of the universe,
earth and life
Near
East Religions - Any similarities
to the Bible?
Open
mind - Is an open mind a means or an
end?
Occam's
razor - Evaluating the resurrection
simply as a conclusion
Occam's razor
-
The simplest answer is not always the correct one
Prophecy
- Have biblical prophecies ever come true?
Prophecy
- Prophecy concerning Babylon
Prophecy
- Prophecy concerning Tyre...)
Prophecy
- Does Jesus fulfill the prophecies to be our
Savior and God?
Prophecy
- Partial summary of prophecies Jesus fulfilled
proving his role as Savior and God
Prophecy <see also Messiah>
Protestantism
- An introduction and important disclaimer
Protestantism -
Protesters of the Inquisition - the Reformation
Protestantism
- Differences from Catholicism (not exhaustive)
Psuedipigrapha
- What is the psuedipigrapha?
Quantum
Physics - A basis for rejecting the
existence of God?
Quantum Physics
- Proof that the universe effected its own cause?
Quotations
- About the quotations used on this site
Qur'an
- What is the Qur'an, Sunnah and Hadith?
Radiometric
analysis - How it's used in determining
the earth's age
Reason
- Does God punish us for using reason or asking
questions?
Reformations
- The Reformation and protestors of the Church
of Rome
Religion
- What is religion?
Religion
- Isn't religion to blame for most of history's
killings?
Repentance
- The exercise of belief and repentance
Resurrection
- First of the eight-part series: Could it
have happened?
Resurrection
- Was Jesus' resurrection literal or figurative?
Resurrection
- The wrong-tomb theory
Resurrection
- Was Jesus' body simply stolen by friends?
Resurrection
- Was Jesus' body simply stolen by enemies?
Resurrection
- Was Jesus crucified but somehow survived?
Righteousness
- What is righteousness?
Sacrifices
- What were sacrifices all about?
Salvation
- The nature of salvation
Salvation
- The three tenses of salvation: past, present
and future
Salvation
- Is salvation contingent upon belief in the
Bible?
Science
- What is science? (And what it isn't)
Science
- Is science an alternative to religion?
Science
- History of scientific perspective (1600s to
today)
Science
- Scientists on the limitations of science
Science
- The Bible and scientific accuracy - answering
a common "scientific disproof" of the Bible
Secret books
of the Bible - The Gospel of Thomas,
etc.
Septuagint
- What is the Septuagint or LXX?
Septuagint
- References to the Septuagint as a means of
confirming the age of certain writings
Televangelists
- Whom do they cheat most?
Titanic
- Short analogy why the Bible is a warning saying this world is going
down, and why you should figure out if the warning is true
Titanic
- Longer analysis of how the Titanic, crew and
passengers perfectly illustrate the problems with this world, its
crew and its passengers (personal favorite)
Translations
- Why do we have more than one?
Translations
- What are some of the major English translations?
Transmission
- How were the biblical writings passed down?
Trinity
- Describe the nature of the trinity
Truth
- What is truth?
Universe
- The cosmological argument for God
Universe
- The credentials of Moses who wrote God made the universe
Universe
- Origin of the universe per secular science, step by step
Universe
- Origin of the universe per the Bible
Universe
- Can intelligent design theory be applied to learn more of
the origin of the universe?
Universe
- How long did creation take?
Universe
- Mistaken ideas and unfounded fears (I believe) Christians
have about the age of the universe
Virtue
- Is religion necessary to live a virtuous life?
Virtue
- Basically, is a virtuous life enough to get
into heaven?
Wellhausen,
Julius - Wellhausen and other pre-war German scholars opinions on
the Jewish writings of the Bible
Why
- Why consider the Bible?
Worship
- What is worship?