The term "Intelligent Design" (ID) refers to the scientific position that certain observable aspects of the natural world, especially (but not limited to) particular complex biological systems, are best explained as the result of an intelligent cause. Intelligent...
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What is Creationism?
The word "creationism" has both a broad and a narrow meaning. It can widely apply to any belief that God created all things, or more narrowly to the "young earth" view that God created in six literal days only a few thousand years ago. Broadly speaking, creationism is...
Does the Bible really teach that man was literally created from dust?
In a post-Darwin world where the theory of evolution has become so central to the modern view of life and history, even many Christians (especially in the West) take for granted that humans are descended from animals and share a common ancestor with apes like...
Did Barabbas’ insurrection actually happen?
When we read about Jesus standing trial before Pontius Pilate, one of the most well known episodes from the gospel accounts is the story where the crowd demands the release of a man named Barabbas (a prisoner from a violent insurrection) while calling for Jesus'...
Was Barabbas a real person or just a literary device?
During Jesus' trial before Pilate leading up to His crucifixion, the gospels famously report that the crowd had an opportunity to free Jesus but instead demanded the release of a man named Barabbas, who was "a robber" (John 18:40) and a "notorious prisoner" (Matthew...
Does Roman 9:27-28 Misquote Isaiah 10:22-23?
Critics of the New Testament often point to alleged problems in how its authors utilized the Old Testament. In some cases, the New Testament is said to have ignorantly misquoted or even deceitfully altered the words of the Law and the Prophets, misleading their...
Why did John the Baptist live in the desert and eat locusts?
Like many prophets in the Old Testament, John the Baptist not only preached his God-given message but illustrated it through his striking and arguably bizarre behavior. Living in a desert wilderness and surviving on insects would have been as unusual then as it is...