Four Facts About Jesus and the One Explanation Left Standing
Mainstream scholars, skeptics included, grant four facts about Jesus. Every theory must explain all four, and only one does.
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From Darwin’s Fifth Chapter to Buck v. Bell
A paragraph in The Descent of Man, a cousin named Galton, and a Supreme Court ruling in 1927. How an idea became a movement within Darwin's own lifetime.
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Why Trust the Brain That Says There Is No God?
If the mind is only an accident tuned for survival, every conclusion it reaches is suspect, including the conclusion that there is no God.
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The Double Standard Skeptics Apply to the Bible
Historians accept Caesar on about ten late manuscripts. The New Testament has thousands. Why does one book get a special rule?
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The Doctor Who Came to Study Ward No. 8
Nathan Weaver believes only in what can be measured. Then he is assigned to a palliative care ward where the dying are joyful, and the ward studies him.
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Nadine, You Asked Me to Write It Properly
On receiving Best Fiction Christian Author in the United States for 2026, I think of the list my wife left me and the people who kept me writing.
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Which Experiment Disproved God?
People say science has disproven God. Name the study, the journal and the year. There is not one, and there cannot be one, and here is why.
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Did Fear Invent God? A Reply to a Popular Argument
A post argues that man invented the soul, the gods, and finally God out of ignorance and fear. It deserves a real answer, so here is mine.
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My First Children’s Book Makes the News
A press release for my first Christian book for children appeared on more than 600 news channels. My thanks to Atticus Publishing for writing it.
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Better Than a Dog Anyhow: Darwin on Women
Before proposing marriage, Darwin weighed a wife against a dog. In The Descent of Man he promoted the sentiment to science. His own words tell it.
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