All Rise: Is Religion Dangerous? LIVE Q&A at MIT
Students from MIT ask questions about sexuality, Islam, and the reliability of the Bible.
Was Lilith Adam’s Wife Before Eve?
Some say Lilith was Adam’s wife before Eve, that is before religious authorities silenced the truth. The actual story is a bit more complicated.
How African Americans Rescued the Bible from Slavery’s Hands
Enslaved African Americans did not accept pro-slavery interpretations of the Bible, seeing them as selective at best and purposely misleading and racist at worst.
Abdu Murray’s Testimony on the Greatness of God
Abdu Murray’s testimony on finding the truth by recognizing that the greatest being would express the greatest love in the greatest way.
All Rise: Does Nature’s Beauty Point to a Creator? With Xandra Grieme
The world is full of wonders, both mysterious and beautiful. Do we have reasons to believe that this beauty points to anything beyond itself? Our special guest, Xandra Grieme, says that when it comes to beauty, there may be more than meets the eye. Xandra Grieme is an apologist, speaker, and curator for the Museum […]
Antisemitism in the Bible? Considering Matthew 27 on Holocaust Remembrance Day
[Note: This article first appeared in a shortened version on The Washington Times’ “Higher Ground” section.] Is the New Testament antisemitic? That is certainly the charge you might hear in recent decades and read online. The charge takes on added urgency given the recent attacks on Israel and consequent war in Gaza. And the charge […]
The biblical foundation of MLK’s famous words to judge based on character not skin color
“That’s right, camel jockey,” the man spewed. “What are you going to do about it?” Those words were aimed at me, an 11-year-old Lebanese kid. They erupted from a young man whose anger and hatred seemingly came out of nowhere. He was working behind the counter of a pizza shop I had just ordered from. […]
All Rise: The Toughest Question Abdu’s Been Asked? LIVE Q&A at UCF
After Abdu’s message at the University of Central Florida, several students came forward to ask their most pressing questions in a live Q&A. Listen in as Abdu fields questions on sexuality, slavery and gender in the Bible, the toughest question he’s ever received, and what it means to be a disciple.
Peace: Then and There and Now and Here (Advent Devotional, Part 4)
Why is it so difficult to achieve peace? Because life in a fallen world creates sin and dividing walls of hostility. This makes us rightfully call for justice and yet stubbornly withhold forgiveness. Consequently, a world not only of evil, strife, and pain, but of sorrow emerges. Yet there is one place on earth where […]
The All-Seeing, All-Knowing, All-Searching Love of God
The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people –robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ Luke 18:11-12 I once heard a story about Charles Spurgeon that, apocryphal or not, says something […]
