Think Again Apologetics, Chandler, AZ (2026)

03/14/2026

Every once in a while, I encounter Christians who fail to see the value of adding apologetics resources to their personal Bible study, their small group, or their youth group. Some of them will try to justify their position by saying, “Apologetics is for those who are interested in that sort of thing. Besides, you can’t argue someone into the Kingdom of God.” In this short video, Lee Strobel and Dr. William Lane Craig discuss three reasons why apologetics resources not only address the “teen exodus problem” (i.e. why so many Christian youth end up walking away from Christianity), the tools of apologetics are crucial for effective evangelism in today’s culture where skepticism and unbelief are so prevalent. Be sure to watch AND share the video at the link in the comments below.

03/07/2026

Of those who object to our participation in the military campaign against Iran, some of them have a hatred for this president that runs so deep, they will never be willing to admit that the leadership in Iran had to be stopped. Others will object as the result of either being uninformed on this topic or because of misinformation. Neither is helpful. What IS helpful is to have a better understanding of Iran's leadership, the ideology that drives them, and what those precious Iranian people have had to endure over the past several decades under such an evil regime. In the following interview, host James Bolt and FDD Senior Advisor Miad Maleki discuss some of the disturbing details re: what life was like for Maleki, as someone who grew up under Iran’s oppressive regime and why most Iranians had given up hope. But what is even more crucial to understand in all of this is why it became necessary for someone to do whatever it takes to stop Iran.

Central to this conversation is understanding the ideology of Iran’s leadership and why it is impossible for anyone to make deals with or negotiate with such an ideology. Theirs is a belief system known as “Mahdism,” which is centered around the return of the 12th divinely ordained Shi’a imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi. They refer to him as the “Hidden Imam,” whom they believe to have been withdrawn into a miraculous state of hiddenness. But more importantly, they believe that they can somehow influence or usher in Mahdi’s return through apocalyptic events. Hence, they are ideologically driven to do whatever they can to make this come to pass. Based on that belief, the Iranian leadership sees itself as the military vehicle to make this happen by preparing that which is necessary for the 12th Imam to return.

Please watch AND share the interview at the link in the comments below. While I would encourage everyone to watch the entire interview, please do not miss time stamps 1:25- 5:05 and 40:45- 44:50 (re: the ideology that drives them) and 11:50 (re: what it was like being born and raised under this regime).

02/28/2026

Atheists have often claimed that science has "buried God." However, as Dr. John Lennox brilliantly explains in his interview with Eric Metaxas, it is actually atheism that has been buried by science. This is only a 12-min video clip of a longer interview. But this video clip is packed with so many great points and illustrations by Dr. Lennox, you may need to listen to it more than once in order to make sure that you don't miss anything. At one point in the interview, Dr. Lennox says, "Atheism, followed to its logical conclusion, destroys rationality." C.S. Lewis explained why that is the case when he said the following: "Supposing there was no intelligence behind the universe, no creative mind. In that case, nobody designed my brain for the purpose of thinking. It is merely that when the atoms inside my skull happen, for physical or chemical reasons, to arrange themselves in a certain way, this gives me, as a by-product, the sensation I call thought. But, if so, how can I trust my own thinking to be true? It's like upsetting a milk jug and hoping that the way it splashes itself will give you a map of London. But if I can't trust my own thinking, of course I can't trust the arguments leading to Atheism, and therefore have no reason to be an Atheist, or anything else. Unless I believe in God, I cannot believe in thought: so I can never use thought to disbelieve in God." (C.S. Lewis, “The Case for Christianity,” pg. 32)

Don’t forget to take a moment to watch AND share the interview with Dr. Lennox at the link in the comments below.

02/21/2026

“While some insist pastors should not speak about political matters, Governor Beshear’s appeal to faith confirms what many pastors have said for years—that many cultural and social debates are, at their core, moral and spiritual issues. When faith is invoked to justify a moral position, Christians should carefully examine what kind of faith is being described.”
“Governor Beshear is right about one thing: much of Christianity can be summarized in the Golden Rule. Jesus did say the Law and the Prophets hang on two commandments—love God and love your neighbor. But the Lord knew human nature well enough to understand that we would be tempted to redefine love according to personal preference or cultural pressure.” -Author and Pastor, Bob Russell

Please be sure to take the next few minutes to read AND share this excellent article, “When Faith Is Shaped by Culture Instead of Scripture,” by Bob Russell. You will find the link in the comments below.

02/14/2026

Whenever I’m talking to someone who has serious doubts about the Bible (including young people raised in church and in a solid Christian home), I often ask them what, in particular, is the most difficult thing for them to believe in the Bible. More often than not, they will point to Genesis 7-8, the account of Noah, the Ark, and the Flood. I can certainly understand why, because the sheer magnitude of such an event is SO extraordinary, it is tempting to dismiss the whole account as nothing more than a “fairy tale.” However, the evidence from geology and the fossil record bear testimony to the Flood as a real, global event in earth’s history. Some of the most fascinating research related to this topic has taken place at Grand Canyon. With that in mind, I think that you will really enjoy the following playlist from "Is Genesis History?", which you will find at the link in the comments below.

02/07/2026

“Trying to change someone’s mind without addressing their underlying worldview is like trying to cure a disease by treating only the symptoms. You might feel better in the moment, but no lasting change will occur. The same is true in the life of a Christian—if we don’t confront challenges at the worldview level, we’ll make little to no progress.”
“Francis Schaeffer recognized this mistake when he wrote: ‘The basic problem of the Christians in this country in the last eighty years or so, in regard to society and in regard to government, is that they have seen things in bits and pieces instead of totals…They have very gradually become disturbed over permissiveness, po*******hy, the public schools, the breakdown of the family, and finally abortion. But they have not seen this as a totality…due to a shift in world view—that is, through a fundamental change in the overall way people think and view the world and life as a whole.’”

“What we must understand is that these competing worldviews don’t just result in personal differences—they shape our entire culture, from morality to education, from law to government. And if our students don’t know how to identify and respond to false worldviews, they’ll be swept up in them.”
“That’s why parents and leaders must make worldview training a priority. If we want to raise a generation that stands strong in truth, we must equip them with the required knowledge for every young Christian living in today’s culture.”
“At this year’s Reality Student Apologetics Conference, we’ll do exactly that. We’ll help students connect the dots between the false ideas they encounter and the worldviews that drive them. When they understand the root, they’ll know how to stand firm—and even help change minds.”
-Stand to Reason
I highly recommend STR’s Reality Student Apologetics Conferences. You will find additional information re: the dates and locations for upcoming Reality Conferences at the link in the comments below.

02/03/2026

At this time, progressive Christians and even unbelievers are trying to leverage Jesus in support of their cause. In his article titled, "The Legend of the Social Justice Jesus," Greg Koukl of Stand to Reason says the following: “I want to tell you a story of an ancient sage who changed the world. This wise man fought for justice, championing the cause of the poor and the oppressed. He rejected organized religion, showing tolerance—not judgment—for the outcast and the socially marginalized.”
“…That is the story, in sum. It’s a noble tale, to be sure. But it’s a falsehood, a fiction, an urban legend. Though the story is parroted like a mantra by multitudes—even echoed reflexively by otherwise sound spiritual leaders who ought to know better—no such Jesus ever existed. Rather, taken as a whole, this version of Jesus is just another example of another Jesus bringing another gospel like the ones the apostle Paul anathematized [condemned] to the Galatians.”
“The remaking of the Jewish Messiah from Nazareth into a progressive advocate of social justice is just the latest example of the tendency people have to fashion Christ in their own social/spiritual/political image.”
Please make it a priority to read AND share Koukl’s article, which you can find here:
https://www.str.org/w/the-legend-of-the-social-justice-jesus

01/31/2026

Suppose someone said to you, “How can Christians say we have free will to choose God when we’re threatened with Hell if we don’t choose God?” In this short video, Greg Koul and Amy Hall of Stand to Reason do a great job of responding to this challenge. On a similar note, people will often falsely claim that God is basically saying, “Love me or else.” This is yet another misrepresentation of the situation. Instead, a more accurate description of the circumstances would be as follows: You and I are rebels against a Sovereign King and His Kingdom. Even though each one of us deserves to face His justice for our crimes against Him, He has graciously offered to pardon us and has even provided the means by which to do so. It is now up to each person to decide whether to receive His offer of pardon and forgiveness, or to reject it.
Don’t forget to watch AND share the video by Stand to Reason at the link in the comments below.

01/24/2026

Have you ever heard the comment, “Jesus never said anything about gay people or gay marriage”? That is not true. There are at least two reasons why that argument fails. For one thing, notice that Jesus never said anything about bullying, r*pe, slavery, or spousal-abuse. Are we supposed to assume that His silence on such matters means that He would approve of any of those things? Of course not. Secondly, Jesus actually DID have something to say about this topic. It’s important to keep in mind that the words of Jesus are not just the “red letters” in the Bible. All of scripture is God-breathed. Jesus said and proved that He was God in human flesh. Therefore, since Jesus IS God, He inspired all scripture. In both the OT and the NT, He has made it clear that s*x between people of the same s*x is wrong. Furthermore, He has also made it clear that s*x between people of the OPPOSITE s*x is wrong if they are not married to each other. (see Gen. 18:16 through 19:29, Ex. 20:14, Lev. 18:22, Lev. 20:13, Deut. 5:18, Prov. 5:1-23, Prov. 6:20-35, Rom. 1:18-32, I Cor. 6:9-10, I Cor. 6:15-20, 1 Thess. 4:3-5, I Tim. 1:8-11, Heb. 13:4, II Peter 2:6-8).
(Re: more “direct” quotes from Jesus in the NT). In Matt. 5:27-28, Matt. 15:19, Mark 7:20-23, and Luke 18:18-20, Jesus condemned adultery between people of the opposite s*x, so we have no good reason to think that he would ever approve of s*x between people of the same s*x. Furthermore, when it comes to defining marriage, in Matthew 19:4-6 and Mark 10:6-9, Jesus specifically endorses God’s design for marriage as one man and one woman. So, as you can see, Jesus did, in fact, have a lot to say about this topic.
In the following short video, Christopher Yuan (speaking from experience as a former gay) and host Frank Turek cover some of these same points. You will find a link to the video in the comments below.

01/17/2026

This is an excellent, thought-provoking commentary by Pastor Josh Howerton re: the ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Of particular note is that he exposes and explains the worldview that drives this and similar events in our culture that always result in division, chaos, confusion, and a misguided hatred and resentment toward law enforcement.
Even though the subtitle to this podcast is "How Christians Should Respond," I would hope that everyone who sees this post would take a few minutes to watch and listen. This particular topic begins at 1:14:30, and I would encourage you to listen all the way to the end. Also, because this is SO important, please be sure to share this with others. You will find a link in the comments below.

01/10/2026

As always, a great response from Cliffe K. to the question about God and the problem of evil and suffering. Also, I would like to add the following: 1) If there is no God, then every form of suffering in the world (warfare, famine, natural disasters, murder, genocide, disease, death, etc.), ALL of that is nothing more than "natural selection." In other words, all of it is simply nature's way of "weeding out" that which is unfit for survival. If that were the case, then there is no such thing as "evil," nor can we say that death is "bad”; in this view, death is "good" because it eliminates the weak and is the very process that supposedly allowed us to "evolve."
2) When the unbeliever raises this question, they are essentially saying, even if there IS a God, if He has the power to stop such evil, then why doesn't He do so? But as I always point out to the unbeliever, I've noticed that God's critics are always insisting that He only remove the evil in this world that offends them. That is, they expect God to overlook and ignore the various forms of evil that they enjoy, approve of, promote, take pride in, and participate in. However, it doesn't work that way. God is holy, and when His final judgment falls, He is NOT going to judge evil on our terms, according to our arbitrary standards. Rather, this God who is absolutely holy and just will do so on His terms. As someone has said, "If God answered your request to 'remove all evil by midnight tonight,' where would you be at 12:01?"
Don’t forget to watch the video clip with Cliffe Knechtle, which you will find at the link in the comments below.

01/03/2026

It's important to love God and love people, but what's even more important is that we begin with a proper understanding and definition of "love." This includes understanding the difference between God's definition of love and the world's definition of love because they are not the same thing. If we're going to love someone in a genuine manner according to God's definition, it means that we should want for that person what God wants for them. The problem is that genuine love is on a collision course with the world's definition of love which says, "If you really love me, you should want for me all of the things that I want for myself."
A person who holds to that definition of love expects you to agree with, affirm, and approve of everything that they say and do. They expect you to never say or do anything that would disagree with them, correct them, upset them, or offend them. But just a moment's reflection on this should tell us that the world’s definition of love not only shows a great deal of immaturity, it is totally unrealistic.
Be sure to take the next 2 minutes to listen as Frank Turek explains why genuine love does not require approval. You will find a link to the video in the comments below.

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