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Unapologetic Christianity from Chris Sinkinson: A day at the museum
For our UK readers or those passing through the capital, London offers a priceless resource for studying the background to the Bible. The British Museum first opened in 1759 and since that time has...
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Unapologetic Christianity from Chris Sinkinson: Bananas singing?
Apologetics is the discipline of answering objections and providing reasons to believe. As many people note, it is not the most helpful word in our Christian dictionary. It implies being apologetic or...
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Unapologetic Christianity from Chris Sinkinson: Playing the percentages
Opinion polls make very interesting, if unreliable, reading. This is demonstrated in the WIN-Gallup Religion and Atheism survey. Based on responses from 51,927 participants in 57 countries during 2012...
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Unapologetic Christianity from Chris Sinkinson: Hoaxes and hogwash!
Every now and then there is a buzz of excitement. When teaching Old Testament a student will ask me if I have heard that Pharaoh’s chariot wheels from the exodus have been located in the depths of the...
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Unapologetic Christianity from Chris Sinkinson: Defending Daniel
Some Bible books have a harder time being accepted as historically reliable than others. Among the Old Testament books, Daniel often takes a beating. The critical reaction frequently reflects a...
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Unapologetic Christianity from Chris Sinkinson: An immoral Bible?
Did you watch the epic TV mini-series The Bible during December? If you did you will have been reminded of just how much violence the Old Testament records. For the average non-Christian viewer it may...
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Unapologetic Christianity from Chris Sinkinson: Missing towns of Jesus
Bethlehem and Nazareth are the places most associated with the life of Jesus prior to his public ministry. Therefore, what better way to dismiss the Christian faith than claim that these towns never...
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Unapologetic Christianity from Chris Sinkinson: Hollywood apologetics
These days it is quite common to be shown a film clip as part of a sermon or Bible study. It may be a famous scene from a classic movie, or a YouTube download of an advert that has gone viral. For...
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Unapologetic Christianity from Chris Sinkinson: BBC turns fact to fiction
(view original article here) The BBC’s latest religious documentary is a two-part series, The Bible Hunters. Jeff Rose, an American archaeologist, takes us on a tour of Egypt following a quest for...
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Unapologetic Christianity from Chris Sinkinson: Moonshine
(view original article here) Fulfilled prophecy can be a powerful part of apologetics. The Old Testament offers many predictions. These include the fall of Israel and Judah, the rise of King Cyrus...
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Unapologetic Christianity from Chris Sinkinson: My moment with the PM
(view original article here) David Cameron ruffled some feathers this Easter. This time they were those of a few of the New Atheists, with his public declaration that we live in a Christian country...
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Unapologetic Christianity from Chris Sinkinson: A change of mind
(view original article here) If you are a Christian, how old were you when you came to faith? If you became a Christian as a child then you are in the majority. A recent Barna study in America showed...
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Unapologetic Christianity from Chris Sinkinson: God and war
(view original article here) This summer we will rightly remember the outbreak of the First World War. My grandfather, a Dorset farmer, served in the cavalry during this war. He died when I was very...
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Unapologetic Christianity from Chris Sinkinson: Child sacrifice?
(view original article here) How bad were the Canaanites? The Israelites original arrival in the land of Canaan, after the exodus, brought a military judgment and destruction on the inhabitants of a...
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Unapologetic Christianity from Chris Sinkinson: Angry with God
Stephen Fry |photo: Wikimedia (Brian Minkoff – London Pixels) Stephen Fry’s recent angry outburst about God has been circulating on social media. It occurred during an exchange on an Irish public TV...
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Unapologetic Christianity from Chris Sinkinson: Getting the message over
istock The dust is settling on the 2015 General Election campaign. At this time it is useful to reflect on the effectiveness of debate in persuasion. Politicians are involved in a form of apologetics:...
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Unapologetic Christianity from Chris Sinkinson: The God of fire
photo: iStock An atheist told me last month that though he did not believe in God, but if he were to believe ‘it would have to be the God of hell and brimstone.’ He was sharing a general distaste for...
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Old Gezer
Solomonic gate at Tel Gezer | photo: http://www.telgezer.com The last few months have seen an extraordinary number of archaeological discoveries that shed light on the biblical record. As the dust...
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Cave time
Chris Sinkinson with the grandson of Kando, the dealer who brought the Dead Sea Scrolls to light, and one of the few original Dead Sea Scroll jars. February 2017 saw the announcement across all news...
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The not-so-lonely planet?
photo: iStock In April astronomers announced the discovery of an earth-like planet.Filed under: Regular Column, Unapologetic Christianity Tagged: Creation, Creator, earth, planets, Science, space,...
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