CHRISTMAS PRESENTS- Introduction Gift-giving at Christmas is a tradition steeped now in crass commercialism. Should Christians participate in the exchanging of Christmas presents? CHRISTMAS PRESENTS- Origins The giving of gifts...

ARE CHRISTMAS TREES IDOLATROUS?- Introduction An argument against Christmas which you hear quite a bit these days is that Christmas trees are condemned in the Bible. Is this really true? ARE CHRISTMAS TREES IDOLATROUS?-...

SANTA CLAUS- INTRODUCTION Perhaps the thing about Christmas that bothers Christians more than anything else is Santa Claus. Is Santa a hopelessly pagan idea, or can Santa Claus be saved? SANTA CLAUS- A Nonessential Santa Claus...

THE CHRISTIAN AND CHRISTMAS- INTRODUCTION Santa Claus. Christmas trees. Exchanging gifts with people you really don’t care about or even know. Office parties which involve drinking and immorality. Is Christmas really Christian...

THE CANAANITES- Introduction Have you ever heard a skeptic point to the violence chronicled in Scripture and then try to discredit God and His Word? They point out the fact that God commands the Israelites, for example, to wipe...

THE SIGN OF JONAH- Introduction In Mark 8:11-13, Jesus tells the Pharisees that a wicked adulterous generation asked for a miraculous sign — they’re not going to get one. But in the parallel passage in Matthew 12:38-40, Jesus...

THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS- Introduction In Matthew 12:40 Jesus prophesies that He would be dead “three days and three nights.” The fact of the matter is he was dead for only two nights and one full day. THREE DAYS AND THREE...

THE PROPHET JONAH- Introduction You wouldn’t normally expect Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons, and skeptics to agree on much of anything. Yet all three share a similar opinion regarding, of all things, the Book of Jonah. Can you...

THE GENEALOGY OF JESUS- Introduction As far back as the third century A.D. people have wrestled with the question of who Joseph’s father was. Here in Matthew it says: Joseph is the son of Jacob, — in Luke it says Heli is...

IS HUMAN CLONING ETHICAL- Introduction Why all the hoopla over cloning? Shouldn’t human cloning be a perfectly legitimate, albeit extraordinary, form of reproduction?The CRI Perspective in a moment… IS HUMAN CLONING...

ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM- Introduction “You don’t need a bunch of head knowledge to serve the Lord — all you need is experience. Don’t think too much… feel…” Sounds pretty spiritual to me. ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM- Inner...

WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY- IntroductionThe Metropolitan Community Church claims to be an evangelical Christian church. There’s only one problem: they endorse homosexuality. What does the Bible have to say about...

ATTENDING CHURCH- Introduction Have you ever heard someone say, “I don’t need to go to church to be a Christian.” Well, how do you respond to something like that? Do you really have to go to church to be a true believer?...

ARE YOU A CULTURAL CHRISTIAN- Introduction Did you know that not everyone who embraces Christian doctrine, lives by Christian morals, and attends a Christian church, is really a Christian? How in the world can that be? ARE YOU A...

KARLA FAYE TUCKER- Introduction The most powerful testimony to the grace and goodness of God I have ever witnessed is that of Karla Faye Tucker. While she has openly confessed to the ax murders of two human beings, she also...

THE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT DEBATE- Introduction Christians who believe in capital punishment and Christians who don’t believe in capital punishment use the same Bible to support their positions. So who’s right? THE...

THE BIBLE AND ABORTION- Introduction Abortion (as a medical procedure) is never mentioned in the Bible. So that must mean that the Bible has nothing relevant to say on the subject, Right? THE BIBLE AND ABORTION- What Does the...

THE PRO-LIFE ARGUMENT- Introduction Those who are pro-abortion or, as they prefer to be called, “pro-choice,” argue that the pro-life position on abortion is unfair. Is it really? THE PRO-LIFE ARGUMENT- Unfair Advantage to the...

CHRISTIAN MARTIAL ARTS- Introduction Are Christians free to participate in the martial arts? Some say no because of the Eastern mystical origins of the martial arts. Others disagree. What is a biblical approach to this subject?...