Category Archives: Apologetics

The Creation Debate | A Chi Files reflection

So the much hyped Creation Debate took place last night.  In the time since, I’ve read a comment or two, but no one that I’ve encountered is really looking at this from quite the angle I am, so I’ll go … Continue reading

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Answering Muslims

I’ve been over at Answering Muslims pretty regularly recently watching David Wood’s videos – which I have to say are the most perfect blend of educational and entertaining I’ve yet to come across (though I might be biased, apologetics nerd … Continue reading

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Sometimes random clicking pays off.

I don’t remember exactly how – some random combination of link clicking as I surfed the blogosphere I’m sure – but I found a pretty spiffy looking apologetics website run by a confessional Lutheran last night.  I’ve only had the … Continue reading

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Is Mormonism Christian?

There’s been quite the hullabaloo about Mormonism in the news media lately.  As I’ve observed this discussion (brought into the fore due to being the religion of certain political candidates), I’ve noticed two things. #1 – There is a concentrated … Continue reading

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“Discerning Divine Revelation”; or, how is Paul different from Joseph Smith and Muhammad?

Christianity bases a significant amount of its doctrine and practices on the writings of St. Paul (his epistles) – a man who claimed to have received divine revelation straight from Jesus Himself. Here’s the thing: Mormonism bases a significant amount … Continue reading

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Witnessing to the Witnesses

Several months ago I came across the blog of one Matthew Fenn, a former Jehovah’s Witness who is now a Reformed Christian.  I don’t know why I haven’t before, but I’m linking to his site in my sidebar (and here) … Continue reading

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Atheism is a religion too

I give up trying to figure out a better way to word the previous post (if there is one), so maybe a picture will do it? We do not have a religion because we reject a specific god – rather, … Continue reading

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Like it or not, atheism is a religion

I ran into a cartoon today that I thought would make for a good teaching moment.  See for yourself, my comments follow. You will often hear Christians talk about how atheism is a religion, just like any other system of … Continue reading

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On the Failure of Roman Catholicism in the field of Doctrinal Apologetics

Just wanted to throw out a quick opinion – hopefully I will get the chance to add to this post tomorrow… The RC position of making the teachings of the Church and the decisions of the Councils the standard by … Continue reading

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Is there a doctor in the house?

As a medical professional, I spend a good portion of my time at work with research journals, which I read to improve my ability to care for my patients using the latest evidence-based practices.  Personally, I tend to give most … Continue reading

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