Category Archives: Christian apologetics

Posts that defend the faith against “strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments….to “destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God.” (2 Cor.10:4-5 NLT)

Love is all that will remain

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Mel Wild

Our learning how to be loved by God and loving others with His love is the only thing we’ll ever do that will last in the end. All our other life pursuits will ultimately be found to be insignificant by … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian apologetics, Love | Tagged Christianity, Law and the Prophets, Other-centered love, Relationships, Success in life | 3 Comments

Why we need to (properly) understand Christian history

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Mel Wild

I saw this video (below) posted by Wanda at SmartChristian.net that briefly describes the positive influence Christianity has had on the world. I believe that having a good understanding of history is important, so I thought it would be good … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian apologetics, Faith | Tagged Christian history, Christianity, David Bentley Hart, N.T. Wright, Tom Holland | 11 Comments

Moving on…

Posted on October 27, 2018 by Mel Wild

As I alluded to here, I’m moving on from writing posts that deal directly with the particular arguments and assumptions of the militant anti-theists. I started my inquiry into their anti-Christian polemics about two years ago. My goal was to understand … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian apologetics | Tagged Christianity, Culture, Naturalism, New Atheism, Religion and Spirituality | 50 Comments

A critique of Scientism

Posted on September 14, 2018 by Mel Wild

The growth of science since the 20th century has led to the emergence of a new belief concerning how humans can properly obtain knowledge. This new belief, called scientism, is the claim that science is our only source of real … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian apologetics, Faith | Tagged Christianity, Epistemology, Religion and Spirituality, Scientism | 326 Comments

Two paths to finding meaning and purpose

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Mel Wild

Last time I shared what Nietzsche meant by saying that “God is dead.” I’m paraphrasing here, but he predicted (with uncanny accuracy) that when we, as a modern society, have “killed God” by losing faith in a True World view … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian apologetics, Freedom, Heaven on earth, Identity | Tagged Christianity, Culture, Nietzsche, Nihilism, Religion and Spirituality | 29 Comments

The death of God, true worlds, and Christian hope

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Mel Wild

On April 8, 1966, Time Magazine’s cover read, “Is God Dead?” which created quite a stir, but this meme was made famous long before by atheist philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche. I have included a short video clip about this that I … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian apologetics, Heaven on earth, Theology | Tagged Christianity, Hope, metaphysics, N.T. Wright, Nietzsche, Nihilism, Religion and Spirituality | 51 Comments

Humans behaving badly and the existence of God

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Mel Wild

The following “Closer To Truth” video clip is a typical example of atheists conflating human behavior with the question of the existence of God. The interview is between host, Robert Kuhn and Michael Ruse. Kuhn is an agnostic, Ruse is … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian apologetics | Tagged Atheism, Christianity, ontology, Religion and Spirituality, The existence of God | 4 Comments

Hitler and what it means to be a (real) Christian

Posted on August 14, 2018 by Mel Wild

I thought the following comment was particularly good in answering the absurd notion that Hitler was a Christian. I’ve talked about this before here. But this comment comes from a post titled, “Dinner with Hitler and Other Moral Issues.” The … Continue reading →