How Do We Know Which Books Belong in the New Testament?
Q&A • Five crucial characteristics mark all writings included in the New Testament and no writings that have been left out. These are the five “criteria of canonicity.”
Read time: 4 min
How Could a Good, All-Powerful God Allow Evil and Suffering?
Q&A • The Problem of Evil is a wrecking ball to unthoughtful faith and a trust-building gymnasium to those who ask hard questions and persevere to find biblical answers. Here I reason that (1) if we unwisely rule out God’s existence, good and evil lose all meaning, (2) God has morally sufficient reasons for allowing evil to be, and (3) only an all-powerful God can (and has promised to!) redeem and eradicate all evil in the end.
Read time: 9 min
Was God Morally Justified in Commanding Israel to Destroy the Canaanites?
Q&A • In the answer that follows, I explore the justification of God’s command for Israel to conquer Canaan by tracking the outworking of (1) God’s redemptive promises to Abram and (2) God’s just judgment upon the Canaanites’ wickedness, framing the question in light of both divine justice and mercy.
Read time: 6 min
Is Faith in God without Experiencing Divine Manifestations Warranted?
Q&A • Addressing skepticism towards an invisible, non-empirical God, I argue that while personally witnessing miracles aren't necessary for faith, a universal sense of the divine and the existence of moral law point to God's existence.
Read time: 6 min
How Can We Today be Sure that Christianity’s Claims about Jesus are True?
Q&A • One way to answer this important question is to show that Christianity’s truth hinges on historical events, especially Jesus' resurrection, which is supported by reliable New Testament testimony and corroborated by historical and textual evidence. Read on to see what I mean.
Read time: 5 min