The biblical concept of hell is hard to swallow for many Christians, let alone non-Christians.  Atheists have the worst time with hell.  Hell just seems unreasonable to so many people.  Hell makes God out to be the bad guy.[1]  As Judge, God comes across as hateful, unforgiving, vengeful, retaliatory, and hard.  But, God sometimes hates,[2]…

Among the most prominent arguments for the existence of God, including the Cosmological Argument, the Ontological Argument, and the Teleological Argument, the Moral Argument for the existence of God is from modern times. It was first postulated by German philosopher, Immanuel Kant, an agnostic, in his work, Critique of Pure Reason.[1]  The Cosmological and Teleological…

All major world religions have widely held common attributes, but Christianity is unique among them. This subject was a concern for the writer of this paper both prior to his conversion to Christianity and immediately thereafter.  The purpose of this paper is to show the position of C. S. Lewis on what the major religions…

I am quite concerned about the faith of emerging adults. The current cultural context of emerging adults includes an almost perfunctory acceptance of Darwinian Evolution as settled scientific fact.  This, of course, leads quickly to moral relativism.  Since, according to evolution, human beings came about through chance circumstances and stand presently on a long and gradually…

The evidence for the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth is compelling. This article will explore the best arguments in defense of the resurrection of Christ.  The best arguments are derived from the best evidence, and the best evidence is the direct evidence, namely the empty tomb, the eyewitness accounts, and the conversion of Saul of…

This article will survey three ancient extra-biblical sources which acknowledge the historical existence of Jesus of Nazareth, lend credence to the veracity of certain claims of the Bible, provide corroborating testimony to the origins of Christianity as a religion, and in some ways support several of its historical claims. This article will not explore other…

One must be careful not to readily accept the premises and hypothesis of a given argument without first carefully scrutinizing each component of the argument for form and validity. Consider the following apparent conundrum: Three travelers go into a hotel together and ask to rent a single room for the night for the three of…

To consider an act of God (or a failure to prevent some occurrence) as evil, the perspective of the person making such a judgment about God must be taken into account. Let me illustrate the point this way: One day, a friend of mine and I attended a Bible study. In the administration of the Bible…

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this article is twofold.  It will first consider some aspects of the question, If there is a God, why would He allow evil, pain and suffering?  Second, in response to this question, this article will offer a slightly modified version of the free-will theodicy presented by Peter van Inwagen in Philosophy…