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.

    Articles by Michael Horner

    Ultimate Questions: Can Objective Morality Exist Without God?

    Can’t people who don’t believe in God be just as moral as those who do? Why say that the existence of human morality points to the existence of a “Higher Power”? Track with the live debates and get more info at our Youtube channel If God does not exist then objective moral principles and obligations do not […] Read More >

    Understanding the Cross

    “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him!” Romans 5:8-9 Philosopher Michael Horner discusses the importance of understanding God’s justice and love. Question: What […] Read More >

    We Don’t Have the Original New Testament Documents. Is This a Problem?

    We don’t have the original New Testament documents. Is this a problem? In my early years of investigating the trustworthiness of the Bible I discovered that even though a lot of people at the popular level thought this was a problem, the scholars who worked in this field (called textual criticism) did not think it […] Read More >

    Who Did Jesus Think He was Anyway?

    There are only four options for the identity of Jesus Christ. He was a legend, a liar, a lunatic—or Lord and God. Legend? Those who support the legend hypothesis say that the claim to be God was a result of the religious imagination of the early church, and as such, was written back into the […] Read More >

    Who Did Jesus Think He Was?

    There are only four options for the identity of Jesus Christ. He was a legend, a liar, a lunatic—or Lord and God. Legend? Those who support the legend hypothesis say that the claim to be God was a result of the religious imagination of the early church, and as such, was written back into the […] Read More >

    Why I Didn’t Grow Spiritually

    I’ve written in this blog about how, as a 2nd year university student, I heard Josh McDowell explain to me how I could be transformed from the inside out through a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ. But there is another significant event that has had a major part in radically changing my life. […] Read More >

    Why Is There Evil and Suffering?

    This is part 1 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 1: Why is there evil and suffering? There is no question that the world is filled with an appalling amount of evil and suffering. […] Read More >

    Why Me? Why Not Me?

    I have cancer – or at least I did and may still have it. I had my prostate removed a little over two years ago but the surgery did not get it all. I then had a month’s worth of radiation treatments that seems to have eliminated the remainder of the cancerous prostate cells. There […] Read More >

    Will God Condemn People Who Have Never Even Heard About Jesus?

    A way of answering your question might be to answer the following: “How were people saved prior to Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection?” People then were saved by responding positively to God’s revelation. In other words, people are held accountable for what they know. How much light has a person received from God? Whatever that is, […] Read More >

    You do not have to be a moral relativist to avoid moral dilemmas

    You may have been confronted with the story of the Nazi soldier coming to the door of the family who are hiding some Jewish people in their home and asking them point blankly, “Are there any Jews here?” The person telling the story then asks you, “What would you say?” or more precisely, “What should […] Read More >


    Talk to Someone

    Latest Tweets by @michaelhorner3

    Archives

    Copyright © 2026 Power to Change Ministries. All rights reserved.