Kenneth Samples

Getting to Know RTB Scholar Ken Samples

July 26, 2022

Having been an author, professor, Sunday school teacher, and radio talk show host over my thirty-five-year professional career, I've been asked thousands of questions...

People

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Why Would a Perfect God Risk Creating Others?

July 12, 2022

Ancient Christian church father St. Augustine (354–430) articulated the provocative idea that the Trinity makes God perfect in a love that is found within...

Theology

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In Apologetics Encounters, Be Winsome or Lose Some

June 28, 2022

As a Christian thinker and apologist, I have talked with many non-Christians about my Christian faith over almost the past four decades. Some of...

Theology

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Reasoning through JFK Assassination Theories

June 21, 2022

Conspiracy theories never seem to go away. Especially the ones that are said to involve clandestine plots of the United States government. It seems...

Culture

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Revelation Versus Religion: Can Religious Pluralism Be True?

May 31, 2022

Why can't all the world's religions be true? The challenge of accepting the idea that all religions are true (religious pluralism) stems from the...

Worldviews

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A Fourth Branch of Christendom?

May 17, 2022

Historic Christendom is generally thought of as consisting of three main branches: Orthodoxy, Catholicism, and Protestantism.1 Yet as a serious student of Christianity I...

Theology

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What Is the Relationship between Judaism and Christianity?

May 3, 2022

Since I teach courses in comparative religions at Biola University and through Reasons Institute, people sometimes ask me what I think about the relationship...

Theology

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How Did the Son’s Incarnation Impact the Trinity?

April 19, 2022

The doctrines of the incarnation (Jesus Christ as God in human flesh) and the Trinity (one God in three persons) are two of historic...

Theology

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A Memorial to My Professor Martin Schramm

April 5, 2022

One of the very best and most supportive professors I had in college, Rev. Dr. Martin Schramm, died recently of cancer. Dr. Schramm was...

People

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12 Life Parallels between St. Augustine and C. S. Lewis

March 22, 2022

When I was a Roman Catholic in my younger days I heard a priest say: "Find a saint in church history that you greatly...

Theology

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How Close Are the Middle Eastern Monotheistic Religions’ Views of God?

March 8, 2022

Among the world's major religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are known as the great monotheistic traditions. But exactly how close are these religions in...

Theology

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Responding to Islam’s Objection to the Trinity

February 22, 2022

The doctrine of the Trinity (one God in three persons) is one of historic Christianity's most distinctive teachings. This view of God's nature separates...

Theology

by Kenneth Samples Read