Michael Horner

Philosopher Michael Horner promotes and defends Christianity on university and college campuses. His lectures and debates provide convincing arguments for the Christian faith. He is an author and the recent producer of a DVD called "Crossing Culture".

Articles by Michael Horner

What about all the wars that have been caused in the name of Christianity?

This is part 5 to a 7 part series: Questions About God – Canadian philosopher Michael Horner responds to seven of the most commonly asked questions about God and Christianity. Question 5: What about all the wars that have been caused in the name of Christianity? When responding to this question, we need to remember [...] Read More >

Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead? (Part 1)

This is Part 1 of a 4 part series – Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead? Christianity stands or falls on the event of the Resurrection! If Jesus Christ was not raised from the dead, even the apostle Paul admitted that the Christian faith is worthless. Since they are not really forgiven by God, [...] Read More >

Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead? (Part 2)

This is Part 2 of a 4 part series – Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead? The appearances Most scholars agree that, even though there is interdependence between much of the gospel accounts, the appearance accounts are independent of one another. The evidence from five independent historical sources indicates that on 12 separate occasions [...] Read More >

Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead? (Part 3)

This is Part 3 of a 4 part series – Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead? Anti-gnostic argument? Every appearance of Jesus in the gospels is physical. Since the gospel appearance stories are widely accepted as independent, this multiple attestation provides strong support for the historical credibility of a physical, bodily resurrection. This could [...] Read More >

Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead? (Part 4)

This is Part 4 of a 4 part series – Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead? The origin of the Christian movement Even the most skeptical of scholars admit to the existence of the belief that Jesus rose from the dead. That is, the Christian movement began based on the belief in a resurrected [...] Read More >

Do Evil & Suffering Disprove the Existence of God

watch video by Michael Horner Not only are we unable to prove a contradiction, or inconsistency between the existence of God and evil, but we can actually prove that God and evil are logically consistent. The atheist presupposes that God cannot have a morally sufficient reason for permitting evil, but that is not necessarily true. [...] Read More >

Do Evil & Suffering Disprove the Existence of God?

watch video by Michael Horner Relative to the full scope of the evidence God’s existence has not been shown to be improbable. God’s existence may be improbable with respect to just evil but probable with respect to something else. Seeing only one square inch of a masterpiece may look ugly, but seeing it in the [...] Read More >

Do Evil & Suffering Disprove the Existence of God?

watch video by Michael Horner Turning the Tables There is a fundamental fallacy in the argument against God based on evil. Either our grounds for criticizing God are an ultimate moral standard or not. If not, then we can’t criticize God on the basis of only some relative, subjective likes or dislikes. If our grounds [...] Read More >

Do Evil And Suffering Disprove the Existence of God?

watch video by Michael Horner Why would a loving God allow such horrific evil and suffering as the recent attacks on the USA? Couldn’t an all-powerful God stop them, if he existed? Doesn’t this show that such a God cannot exist? For many people the existence of evil and suffering is their number one objection [...] Read More >

Does a Loving God Condemn Those Who Never Heard about Jesus Christ?

This is part 4 to a 7 part series: Questions About God – Canadian philosopher Michael Horner responds to seven of the most commonly asked questions about God and Christianity. Question 4: Does a loving God condemn those who never heard about Jesus Christ? Although the Bible does not give us the complete answer to [...] Read More >


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