- The Islamic Dilemma
Article: An explanation of the Qur'an's appeal to the Torah and Gospel and the Bible's witness to Jesus.
- Biblical Monotheism
Argument: A biblical argument that the LORD alone is God, so any later claim must be tested by whether it preserves his worship rather than replacing it.
- Contingency and Creation
Argument: A foundational argument that contingent reality points beyond itself to a necessary Creator.
- Daniel 9 and the Messiah Before the Temple's Destruction
Argument: A focused argument that Daniel's seventy weeks place an anointed figure before the destruction of Jerusalem and the sanctuary.
- Fine-Tuning and Ordered Creation
Argument: A careful argument that life-friendly order in the universe is consistent with, and plausibly points toward, a purposeful Creator.
- Jesus and Messianic Prophecy
Argument: A careful argument that Jesus fulfills Israel's Scriptures through suffering, resurrection, kingship, and the promised blessing to the nations.
- Jesus Is God
Argument: A biblical and historical case that the New Testament identifies Jesus as God rather than as a mere creature or prophet.
- Liar, Lunatic, or Lord
Argument: A careful use of C. S. Lewis's trilemma against the claim that Jesus was merely a good moral teacher.
- Objective Morality and God
Argument: A concise argument that objective moral obligation and human dignity fit best within a theistic account of reality.
- Public Revelation and Prophetic Tests
Argument: A biblical framework for evaluating later prophets, messengers, and restoration claims.
- Resurrection as Messianic Vindication
Argument: A biblical argument that Jesus' resurrection vindicates him as Messiah and Lord.
- The Apostolic Gospel Is Final
Argument: A biblical argument that later revelation claims must be measured by the apostolic gospel, not allowed to replace it.
- The Biblical Personhood of the Holy Spirit
Argument: A biblical case that the Holy Spirit acts as a personal and divine agent rather than as an impersonal force.
- The Bodily Resurrection of Jesus
Argument: A biblical argument that Jesus rose bodily, not as a recreated spirit or a symbolic memory.
- The Crucifixion of Jesus
Argument: A historical argument that Jesus' death by crucifixion is central to the earliest Christian message and strongly supported by ancient witnesses.
- The New Covenant Promised in the Prophets
Argument: A biblical argument that the new covenant is promised inside Israel's Scriptures and fulfilled in Christ.
- The Reliability of the Bible
Argument: A measured case that biblical reliability rests on recoverable textual transmission, public testimony, and a coherent canonical witness.
- The Reliability of the New Testament
Argument: A focused argument that the New Testament preserves early, public apostolic testimony rather than a late corruption of Jesus' message.
- The Resurrection Witnesses
Argument: A biblical and historical argument that the public witness to Jesus' resurrection belongs at the center of Christian apologetics.
- The Trinity Is Monotheism
Argument: A case that the Christian doctrine of the Trinity confesses one God in three persons, not three gods.
- A Great Apostasy Made Restoration Necessary
Objection: A Christian answer to the Latter-day Saint claim that Christ's church and gospel needed latter-day restoration.
- Blood Transfusions Are Forbidden
Objection: A Christian answer to the Jehovah's Witness claim that biblical commands to abstain from blood prohibit blood transfusions.
- Evil and Suffering Disprove God
Objection: A serious answer to the objection that evil and suffering make belief in a good, powerful God irrational.
- Exaltation and Eternal Families
Objection: A Christian response to Latter-day Saint teaching on exaltation, temple sealing, and eternal family destiny.
- God Is Hidden
Objection: A response to the objection that a loving God would make his existence more obvious to sincere seekers.
- God Was Once a Man
Objection: A biblical answer to Latter-day Saint teaching about God, embodiment, and exaltation.
- God's Kingdom Began Ruling in 1914
Objection: A response to the Watch Tower claim that Bible chronology establishes 1914 as the start of Christ's heavenly kingdom rule.
- Hell Is Unjust
Objection: A measured answer to the objection that hell is incompatible with God's justice, goodness, and love.
- Islam Gives Assurance Through Deeds and Mercy
Objection: A pastoral answer to the claim that Islamic repentance, deeds, Allah's mercy, and intercession provide sufficient assurance.
- Jesus Did Not Know the Day or Hour
Objection: An answer to Mark 13:32 and the claim that Jesus' limited knowledge disproves that he is God.
- Jesus Is Michael the Archangel
Objection: A response to the Watch Tower claim that Michael is a name for Jesus before and after his earthly life.
- Jesus Never Claimed to Be God
Objection: An answer to the Islamic claim that Jesus was only a prophet and that Christians later made him God.
- Jesus Never Existed
Objection: A response to the mythicist claim that Jesus of Nazareth was invented rather than historically real.
- Jesus Rose as a Spirit Creature
Objection: A response to the Watch Tower claim that Jesus did not rise bodily.
- Jesus Was a Muslim
Objection: A historical and biblical answer to the claim that Jesus was Muslim and that Islam follows Jesus better than Christianity does.
- John 1:1 Says a god
Objection: A response to the New World Translation rendering of John 1:1.
- John Did Not Write the Gospel of John
Objection: An answer to the objection that verses from John cannot be trusted because many scholars dispute apostolic authorship.
- Miracles Are Impossible
Objection: A concise answer to the objection that miracles cannot happen because they would violate natural law.
- Muhammad Is the Best Example
Objection: An answer to the claim that Muhammad's moral example confirms Islam.
- Muhammad Was Foretold in the Bible
Objection: A contextual answer to common Muslim appeals to Deuteronomy 18, the Paraclete, and other biblical prooftexts.
- Only the 144,000 Are Born Again
Objection: A response to the Watch Tower claim that new birth, new-covenant membership, and Memorial partaking belong only to the anointed class.
- Priesthood Authority Was Restored
Objection: A response to Latter-day Saint claims about restored Aaronic and Melchizedek priesthood authority.
- Science Has Disproved Christianity
Objection: A response to the claim that modern science makes Christian belief irrational.
- The Bible Condones Slavery
Objection: A concise response to the claim that biblical slavery laws endorse modern race-based chattel slavery.
- The Bible Is Corrupted
Objection: A careful answer to tahrif objections against the Bible and the New Testament text.
- The Bible Lost Plain and Precious Truths
Objection: A response to the Latter-day Saint claim that the Bible lost necessary truths and needed restoration scripture.
- The Book of Mormon Is Another Testament
Objection: A Christian answer to the Latter-day Saint claim that the Book of Mormon is additional scripture and another testament of Jesus Christ.
- The Canaanite Conquest Was Genocide
Objection: A sober answer to the objection that the conquest narratives make God morally monstrous.
- The Cross Should Be a Torture Stake
Objection: A measured response to the Watch Tower translation and symbol claim about the instrument of Jesus' death.
- The Holy Spirit Is Not a Person
Objection: A response to the Watch Tower teaching that the Holy Spirit is God's active force.
- The New World Translation Restores the Truth
Objection: A response to the claim that the New World Translation faithfully restores Jehovah's name and corrects Trinitarian bias.
- The Trinity Is Pagan
Objection: A response to the Watch Tower claim that the Trinity is a pagan or post-biblical corruption.
- The Trinity Is Shirk
Objection: A Christian answer to the Islamic charge that the Trinity compromises the oneness of Allah.
- The Watch Tower Organization Must Be Trusted
Objection: A response to claims that loyalty to Jehovah requires trusting the Watch Tower organization, its faithful slave, and its progressive light.
- Who Created God?
Objection: A response to the objection that arguments for God merely move the need for explanation back one step.
- 1 Corinthians 15:3-8
Scripture: Paul summarizes the received apostolic proclamation of Christ's death, burial, resurrection, and appearances.
- 1 Corinthians 8:6
Scripture: Paul includes the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ in the one-God confession.
- 1 Peter 3:15
Scripture: The site's guiding Scripture for giving a reasoned answer with gentleness and respect.
- 2 Timothy 4:1-5
Scripture: Paul's charge to preach the word, remain ready, endure hardship, and fulfill the ministry.
- Acts 2:22-36
Scripture: Peter proclaims Jesus' public ministry, crucifixion, resurrection, exaltation, and lordship.
- Acts 3:22-26
Scripture: Peter applies Moses and the prophets to Jesus and the covenant blessing promised to Abraham.
- Acts 5:3-4
Scripture: Peter treats lying to the Holy Spirit as lying to God.
- Colossians 1:15-17
Scripture: Paul says all things were created in, through, and for the Son, and that all things hold together in him.
- Daniel 7:13-14
Scripture: One like a Son of Man receives everlasting dominion and the service of all peoples.
- Daniel 9:24-27
Scripture: Daniel speaks of atonement, everlasting righteousness, the Messiah, and the destruction that follows.
- Deuteronomy 13:1-5
Scripture: Moses warns Israel not to follow a sign-working prophet into the worship of other gods.
- Deuteronomy 18:15-18
Scripture: Moses promises that the LORD will raise up a prophet from among Israel's brothers.
- Deuteronomy 18:20-22
Scripture: Moses gives a test for presumptuous prophecy.
- Ephesians 2:8-9
Scripture: Paul teaches salvation by grace through faith, not by works.
- Galatians 1:8
Scripture: Paul warns against any gospel contrary to the apostolic gospel already preached.
- Hebrews 1:1-2
Scripture: Hebrews contrasts earlier prophetic revelation with God's climactic speech in the Son.
- Hebrews 1:6-8
Scripture: Hebrews distinguishes the Son from angels and applies divine enthronement language to him.
- Isaiah 43:10
Scripture: The LORD declares that no god was formed before him and none will come after him.
- Isaiah 53
Scripture: The servant suffers, bears sin, and is vindicated in the LORD's saving purpose.
- Jeremiah 31:31-34
Scripture: The LORD promises a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
- John 1:1
Scripture: John identifies the Word as both with God and God.
- John 14:26
Scripture: Jesus says the Father will send the Holy Spirit to teach and remind the disciples.
- John 20:28
Scripture: Thomas confesses the risen Jesus as Lord and God.
- John 8:58
Scripture: Jesus speaks of his existence before Abraham in language that presses beyond ordinary prophetic status.
- Jude 3
Scripture: Jude urges believers to contend for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.
- Luke 24:25-27
Scripture: Jesus teaches that Moses and all the Prophets point to his suffering and glory.
- Luke 24:36-43
Scripture: The risen Jesus shows his hands and feet, invites touch, and eats before the disciples.
- Matthew 28:19
Scripture: Jesus commands baptism in the one name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
- Micah 5:2
Scripture: Micah promises a ruler from Bethlehem whose origins are from ancient days.
- Philippians 2:6-11
Scripture: Paul describes Christ's humiliation, death on a cross, exaltation, and universal confession as Lord.
- Psalm 22
Scripture: A righteous sufferer's lament moves from abandonment and mockery to praise among the nations.
- Revelation 1:17-18
Scripture: The risen Christ calls himself the First and the Last, the Living One who was dead and is alive forever.
- Titus 2:13
Scripture: Paul identifies the Christian hope with the glorious appearing of Jesus Christ, our great God and Savior.
- Zechariah 12:10
Scripture: The LORD speaks of Jerusalem looking on the one pierced and mourning.
- Scripture, Reason, and Evidence
Topic: Issue map for giving Christian answers from Scripture, public evidence, and careful reasoning.