Michael Horner
Philosopher Michael Horner is a truth seeker who promotes and defends Christianity on university and college campuses. His lectures, debates and blog (p2c.com/michaelhorner), provide carefully thought through arguments and evidence for the Christian faith as well as answers to objections.
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 All Religions Lead to the Same God?
There is a popular analogy used to show that all religions are valid ways to describe God. Religion professors especially love this analogy, because it equalizes all religions, making all religions equally “true” in their description of God. The analogy is this: there are four blind men who discover an elephant. Since the men have […] Read More >
Do Evil & Suffering Disprove the Existence of God
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. As long as it is […] Read More >
Do Evil & Suffering Disprove the Existence of God?
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 context of the whole picture […] 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?
Why would a loving God allow such horrific evil and suffering? 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 to the existence of God. Sometimes it is communicated in terms of a […] Read More >
Do you also happen to lack the belief that God does not exist?
I want to consider another response to the we only lack the belief in God’s existence strategy of many atheists. Last week we considered the atheist’s allegation that they are merely lacking a belief in God’s existence, rather than believing God does not exist. We responded by saying that they are not actually answering the […] 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 >