How to Give Evidence of the Resurrection WITHOUT Using the Bible with Allen Parr

Allen Parr, Christian Apologetics, Christianity, Dr. Frank Turek, Evidence of the Resurrection, extra-biblical, morality, philosophy, Podcast, religion, theology
What if you’re talking to someone who flat-out rejects the Bible despite its historic credibility—can you still make a good case for the Resurrection? The answer is…YES! Popular Christian YouTuber, Allen Parr from The B.E.A.T., joins Frank from CIA 2025 to explore some of the most convincing evidence for the resurrection of Jesus. While the New Testament documents have proven to be reliable and trustworthy, Frank and Allen demonstrate how extra-biblical sources can guide skeptics toward the historical truth of Christianity—even if they don’t trust the Bible (yet!). They’ll answer questions like: What two facts must be established in order for Christianity to be true? Why do many skeptics like Bart Ehrman trust the New Testament documents as having historically reliable information? What are the five strongest pieces of biblical…
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Jay Richards on an Icon of Intelligent Design and 20 Years of a Bifurcating Culture

Allan CP, Aristotle, astronomy, atheists, bifurcation, Children, Christian civilization, Christians, civilization, Emma Camp, Evangelicals, Faith & Science, gender ideology, Guillermo Gonzalez, Intelligent Design, materialists, New Atheism, Plato, Plato's Revenge, Reason (magazine), Richard Dawkins, Roman Catholicism, Socrates, surgical sexual mutilation, The Privileged Planet, The Science Dilemma, theism, theists, tradcath, wokeness
If wokeness leads to promoting surgical sexual mutilation of children, maybe we need to rethink the whole thing. Source
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A Trinitarian Moral Argument

Adam Lloyd Johnson, ConvincingProof.org, Divine Command Theory, moral argument for god, objective morality, Theistic Ethics, Theology and Christian Apologetics, Trinity
[Editor’s Note: The following blog is a scholarly article presented, in full, with only minor formatting edits. It is longer, and more academic, than what we normally publish at Crossexamined.org, but we think you can handle it 😉. Crossexamined does not necessarily endorse every philosophical or theological position represented in blogs and articles like this, but we do try to offer a sample of some of the different orthodox options available within the “big tent” of Christian thought. We welcome your feedback, especially if you see anything that can be improved, or that needs correcting. Thank you! The Editorial Staff at Crossexamined.org] Both Christians and Muslims affirm the following argument: There are objective moral truths. God is the best explanation for objective moral truths. Therefore, God exists. However, which understanding…
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Fantastic Four and a Walk-On for Darwin

adaptation, Andrew McDiarmid, arts, Ben Grimm, bonus scene, Charles Darwin, Culture, Doctor Doom, drama, Evolution, family, Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four: First Steps, Grok, H.E.R.B.I.E, Intelligent Design, Johnny Storm, Marvel Cinematic Universe, multiverse, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, paywall, principles, scientific materialism, Social media, subscription, tension, The Daily Wire, The Hungry Caterpillar, universe
Great tensions fuel engaging drama, always. If there’s a conflict, it has to be stark and serious, and the stakes have to be high.  Source
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Why Are Christians Supporting Unbiblical Positions? with Megan Basham, Alisa Childers, & Natasha Crain

Alisa Childers, Bible, Christian Apologetics, Christianity, Dr. Frank Turek, Megan Basham, morality, Natasha Crain, philosophy, Podcast, religion, secular ideas, theology, Unbiblical Positions
Why are so many popular figures who claim to be Christians supporting anti-Christian positions and is there anything we can do about it? In this special midweek podcast episode recorded LIVE from CrossExamined Instructor Academy 2025 in Charlotte, NC, Frank sits down with Megan Basham, Alisa Childers, and Natasha Crain to discuss some of the popular secular ideas that plague the modern Church and answer questions like: Does calling out sin and false teachers cause division in the Church? What are four secular beliefs that promote the authority of self vs. the authority of God? What are some incentives for going along with the flow instead of standing up for biblical truth? Why are truth claims seen as power grabs for those who push back against biblical Christianity? What does…
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With Foresight, Cells Prepare for Emergency

ageing, biology, biowaste, cancer, cell's, Darwinism, dendritic cells, disasters, disposal services, DNA, DNA-Protein Crosslinks, electron transport chain, Erika Causa, Evolution, Immune System, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, lipids, Mark Fransen, Michael Behe, mitochondria, molecular machines, Nature Immunology, neurodegeneration, Nucleic Acids Research, organelles, Patricia Reis-Rodriguez, proteins, reactive oxygen species, topoisomerase, University of Cambridge, University of Strathclyde
Fire departments and rescue operations don’t just appear from nowhere. They require foresight to save entities from trouble. Cells know that.  Source
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59 Reasons Men Should Speak Out Against Abortion Part 2

abortion, Binary, gender, intelligentchristianfaith.com, Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics, men, My Body My Choice, No Womb No Say, ohn Ferrer, prolife, Women’s Rights
If you are a pro-life man, like me, then you’ve heard a hundred times that men need to shut up about abortion. Apparently, we men have no right to talk about abortion unless, perhaps, we’re voicing pro-choice solidarity. #girlpower. In part 1 of this series, we looked at 25 reasons why men should still speak up, despite being told, “No Womb, no Say!” In part 2, we can dig even deeper and see even more reasons why women, families, and society at large desperately need men to speak up against the horrors of abortion. More Reasons Why Men Need to Speak Out Against Abortion 26. Some women don’t want to make the abortion-decision for themselves – I’m a married man, and I grew up with a mother and sister. And…
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How Understanding Points Beyond Physicalism

algorithms, Aristotle, Artificial Intelligence, brain processes, Brown University, cognitive science, computational mechanics, computationalism, computer science, computers, Epistemology, humans, Intellect, James F. Ross, John McCarthy, John Searle, Life Sciences, mind, modus tollens, Neuroscience & Mind, Pat Flynn, philosophy, Roderick Chisholm, Selmer Bringsjord, Thomas Aquinas, triangularity
A computer science professor shows, using logic, how you must be more than mere matter. Source
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