Brian G. Chilton

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  Dec 1, 2018

  4 views of free will

  Are humans free or are they programmed to make the choices they do? This issue is prevalent within Christian theology.

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  Nov 24, 2018

  10 things for which I am thankful as an apologist

  I have many things for which I am thankful. I am most certainly thankful for my relationship with Christ and for my wonderful family. I am thankful for the evidence for the historicity of Jesus’s resurrection.

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  Oct 27, 2018

  10 Reasons to Believe God Exists

  Do we have good reasons to believe in God's existence? I would like to propose ten reasons why we can believe that he does.

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  Oct 2, 2018

  Emotional Doubt and How to Combat It

  In a recent class at Liberty University, it was noted how 80 percent of a person's doubts do not stem from intellectual problems with Christianity, but rather from emotional doubt.

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  Aug 31, 2018

  Determining the Apologetic Starting Point

  One of the most off-putting of the methodologies that I have encountered has been one version of a method called presuppositional apologetics. Presuppositional apologetics (PA) holds that one should begin with the assumption that God exists and that the Bible is inspired as one evangelizes a person.

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  Aug 23, 2018

  7 Ways to Determine If a NT Text Contains Earlier Content

  One of the most powerful ways a person can know that the testimony of Jesus is not the product of late legendary fictions is the evidence of pre-New Testament (pre-NT) material found in the New Testament text.

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  Aug 12, 2018

  The Beautiful Truths of Ezekiel 18

  Each person is held accountable for their own actions. Understanding this truth has brought me great peace. We are responsible for getting the message of the gospel out there. We give defenses for the faith. But ultimately, each person is responsible for him or herself.

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  Jul 25, 2018

  The Question of the Shroud's Authenticity and the Certainty of the Resurrection's Historicity

  I am quite skeptical of this test. I feel there are several reasons to doubt the findings and the conclusions in the article. I do think that the evidence for the Shroud is far more convincing than evidence against the Shroud. However, I want to emphasize that the resurrection of Jesus is not determined by the Shroud's authenticity.

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  Jul 6, 2018

  Did God Create Evil?

  After Bible study one evening, a good friend of mine and I discussed the problem of evil. He asked an excellent question, "Did God create evil?" I said, "No, I don't think he did." However, my friend objected because he said, "God created everything, so he must have created evil."

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  Jul 1, 2018

  Silence and Sovereign Sounds

  During a class on Paul, Dr. Leo Percer noted how people often bombard themselves with noise to keep from hearing the voice of God. As I began thinking about Percer's statements, I found him to be absolutely right.