“Historians are biased and choose what they report. As such, history can’t be known.” That’s a typical objection to the ability to know history. If such objections prove that we can’t know history, then we can’t know that Christianity is true since it is known through history and historical claims. In his prologue, Luke says, […]
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Let me first say that I think the “scientific” proofs for God’s existence are very good, as far as they go. (I’ll explain why that word is in quotes later.) Since middle school one of my hobbies has been backyard astronomy. I am very familiar with the intelligent design arguments from cosmology and biology. They
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When I was born the doctors said I was blind. In fact, I have a letter from the doctor saying that I was blind and that my grandmother (my grandparents reared me) simply would not accept that. She prayed and had her church pray. She had them anoint me with oil. One day I reached
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Years ago at an apologetics conference I heard Winfried Corduan say, “Apologetics is not a discipline, it’s a practice.” This was something I had been saying for a while, so it was refreshing to hear him say it. It was similar to what Gary Habermas had told me a few years before. I asked him
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By Marcia Montenegro, former licensed professional astrologer. CANA/Christian Answers for the New Age: http://www.christiananswersforthenewage.org/ On the other side of a religious view of miracles from God, we can examine the claim of supernatural powers in the New Age and the occult, such as the supposed ability to communicate with the dead, have psychic knowledge, spellcasting, and alleged
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I have several of Lee Strobel’s books. I have greatly enjoyed reading them and was excited to see The Case for Miracles. I have had the great opportunity to briefly meet Lee and I can say he is an incredibly nice person. Further, his new book on miracles is very interesting. Many debates could rage from
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Miracles: A Perspective From A Physician and Magician (Phygician?*) By Eric Chico, DO, Magician The subject of miracles has been of significant interest to me for decades. I fell in love with the art of magic when I was 10 years old. It has been a strong passion in my life for 43 years. Perhaps
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Introduction Ever since humans have walked the earth, they have been plagued with many and various questions. Perhaps the most vexing question one can ask is, “How did we get here?” The question of origins, both of the universe and of life on Earth, is a question of great importance. Areas such as philosophy and theology
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It never fails. Offer an argument for God’s existence and almost invariably you will hear, “Well, who created God?” With some arguments this may be a legitimate objection. I have argued elsewhere that philosophical proofs for God’s existence are more powerful than scientific ones. This objection is one instance where I think one can see the advantage
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There is much talk about logic today. It is obviously used significantly in discussions with philosophers and mathematicians. It has also been a tool of some (particularly presuppositional) apologists to argue for God. They insist that atheists cannot account for logic since it is immaterial and universal. Since logic undeniably exists, then something else immaterial
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