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Category: Apologetics
Reasoned defense of Christian claims.
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The Historical Bedrock of the Cross: A Promise-Plan Defense of the Crucifixion
This study examines the evidence for Jesus’ crucifixion under Pontius Pilate and the interpretive debates surrounding his execution. It connects historical inquiry with early atonement traditions, the biblical covenants, and the cross as the climax of God’s promise-plan.
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Bultmann’s Demythologizing Theology and the Proclamation of the Word of the Cross: An Evaluation from the Horizons of Biblical Theology and the Promise-Plan of God
This essay evaluates Rudolf Bultmann’s demythologizing program, examining existential interpretation, faith, and the proclaimed word of the cross. It contrasts Bultmann’s approach with the author’s emphasis on historical redemption, canonical promise, and Christ’s victory over spiritual powers.
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Mohammad vs Jesus: Who Has Better Historical Evidence?
This comparative study examines the historical sources for Jesus and Muhammad, engaging early testimony, manuscript evidence, Islamic origins, and the crucifixion. It evaluates claims raised in Jay Smith’s presentation through the author’s promise-plan framework and Christian–Muslim apologetics.
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The Logic of History and the Climax of Promise: Historiographical Method, Epistolary Bedrock, and the Historical Jesus within Canonical Theology
Engaging Paul Barnett and G. R. Elton, this essay examines historical method, early Pauline evidence, and inference to the best explanation as controls on reconstructions of Jesus and the origins of apostolic faith.
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Beyond the Machine Metaphor: Systems Biology, Organismal Agency, and the Re-Enchantment of the Living World
Denis Noble’s systems-biology critique frames an examination of gene-centered reductionism, organismal agency, and biblical accounts of living wholeness.
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The Ontological and Epistemological Foundations of Rationality: An Analysis of the “Building Blocks” of Logic in Christian Apologetics
Terms, propositions, and syllogisms introduce an account of logical reasoning grounded in the Creator’s rational character and applied to Christian apologetics.
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Beyond Evidentiary Neutrality: Presuppositional Bias, Epistemic Frameworks, and the Rejection of Christianity
The essay examines how worldview commitments, interpretive frameworks, and existential concerns shape divergent judgments about shared historical and textual evidence.
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Resurrection Evidence, Covenantal Fulfillment, and the Islamic Dilemma: An Academic and Exegetical Evaluation of Christ’s Resurrection in Christian–Muslim Polemics
Historical testimony, resurrection explanations, Qurʾānic death passages, and covenantal fulfillment are brought together in a Christian–Muslim comparative study.
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The Shroud of Turin, Empirical Artifacts, and the Resurrection of Jesus: A Historiographical, Medical, and Biblical-Theological Investigation
A guide to the article’s evaluation of the Shroud of Turin, scientific dating disputes, burial context, and its possible place alongside resurrection evidence.
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The Cosmic First Cause: A Philosophical, Empirical, and Canonical Appraisal of Cosmological Apologetics and the Promise-Plan of God
A comparison of cosmological arguments, empirical cosmology, and canonical theology, asking how a first-cause argument relates to the biblical Creator.