Why Believe in the Virgin Birth?
The Virgin Birth: Made up? Copied? Or Real? On this episode of U2 Have Hope, Carrie Cooper talks with me about the Virgin Birth, focusing on 3 alleged parallel stories from the ancient world. What do Christians need to know in order to respond to the challenge that the story of Jesus' virginal conception was copied from […]
God's Super Apostles by Doug Geivett and Holly Pivec
God's Super Apostles: Book Review In November, I attended the Evangelical Theological Society's Annual Meeting in San Diego. While I was there, I was pleasantly surprised to meet a friend from my undergrad days at Biola University, Holly Pivec. She's also a fellow graduate of the M.A. in Christian Apologetics program at Biola. Turns out, she was giving a presentation […]
Was the Virgin Birth Story Made Up?
Did The Virgin Birth Really Happen? What would you say if someone asked you if the story of Jesus' virgin birth was real, or if it was copied from other religions? In this post, you see how to think through a few challenges to the historicity of the Virgin Birth. First, we’ll answer the question “Was […]
Apologetics Event Tip #3 – Consider Speaker Care
Apologetics Event Planning for Churches This semester, I'm doing a video series on tips for churches--specifically for pastors or ministry leaders who want to bring an apologetics conference to their congregations. My goal in "tips from the road" will help you get started with the planning stage for your event. My first tip was to build yourself a leadership team instead to trying […]
Atheism and Evil in the Name of God
Evil in the Name of God I recently saw an animated short created by an atheist on YouTube. In this video, a bunch of theists were trying to tell an atheist about God. But then the theists began to threaten each other with weapons and argue over whose religion was right! Not surprisingly, the atheist character came […]