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April 21, 2020
Volume 30 • No. 1 • January-February, 2020 Download PDF
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December 20, 2019
Volume 29 • No. 6 • November-December, 2019 Download PDF
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December 18, 2019
Volume 29 • No. 4 • July-August, 2019 Download PDF
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March 20, 2018
Volume 28 • No. 1 • January-February, 2018 Download PDF
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March 22, 2017
Volume 27 • No. 2 • March—April, 2017 Download PDF
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March 22, 2017
Volume 27 • No. 1 • January—February, 2017 Download PDF
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November 30, 2016
Volume 26 • No. 5 • September-October 2016 Download PDF
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June 15, 2016
Volume 26 • No. 1 • January-February 2016 Download PDF
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May 1, 2013
Volume 23 • No. 2 • March-April 2013 Download PDF
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July 3, 2012
Volume 22 • No. 3 • May-June 2012 Download PDF
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September 1, 2010
AREOPAGUS PROCLAMATION Volume 20 • No. 5 • September-October 2010 Download PDF
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September 1, 2009
AREOPAGUS PROCLAMATION Volume 19 • No. 5 • Sep-Oct 2009 Download PDF
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May 1, 2009
Volume 19 • No. 3 • May-June 2009 Download PDF
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January 1, 2007
by Daryl E. Witmer If the title of this article itself qualifies as a really tough question, then the answer is a definite “yes,” because we’re answering it here in […]
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September 1, 2006
by Daryl E. Witmer Every human has an intellect that is intended to be fully, constructively used. To disengage the mind can actually prove disastrous. Adolf Hitler once said “What […]
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May 1, 2006
by Daryl E. Witmer Is humanity intrinsically good, or is humanity by nature in deficit to a holy God as the result of a great moral Fall in early human […]
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April 1, 2006
by Daryl E. Witmer Critics of the Bible often allege that Scripture contains internal contradictions. Over the years we have responded to many of those allegations in this paper. This […]
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June 1, 2005
by Daryl E. Witmer In the course of my work as a Christian apologist I am asked many questions about the Christian faith. For answers, I often refer folks, or […]
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February 1, 2005
by Daryl E. Witmer From one end to the other, the Bible refers to miracles. There’s the story of Moses parting the Red Sea in Exodus. There’s Elijah calling down […]
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January 1, 2005
by Daryl E. Witmer The following exchange is typical of the pattern and content of an actual conversation of this nature between a Christian and a skeptic, based on personal […]
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April 1, 2004
by Daryl E. Witmer Christian apologetics isn’t just for theologians, educators, or adults. What follows here is a compilation of apologetic resources for youth (toddler to teen), all of which […]
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July 1, 2003
by Daryl E. Witmer Here’s our best effort at tackling some of the stickier, trickier questions that come our way from time to time. Try these on your friends as […]
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January 1, 2002
by Daryl E. Witmer Historically, Christian orthodoxy has derived its definition of sin from the Bible. And the Bible has this to say about sin: Psalm 51:5 “Behold, I was […]
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January 1, 2001
He wouldn’t, He hasn’t, and He won’t -not by ideally preferred choice, that is. Yet in order to honor and preserve the moral, volitional nature of man, God does and […]
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December 1, 2000
by Richard B. Keyes Dick Keyes is director of L’Abri, a residential study center in Southborough MA – one branch of an inter-national ministry founded in Switzerland by the late […]
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November 1, 2000
On December 17, 1999, I received an e-mail from a man living in south London which said (in part), “I choose not to believe in the incredible hotchpotch of superstition […]
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July 1, 2000
Each of the following questions were posed either by our readers (via mail or e-mail), or by those in attendance at one of a number of forums in which AIIA […]
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October 1, 1999
by Daryl E. Witmer, AIIA Executive Director In late October, 1998, we received an e-mail message from a good friend and supporter of AIIA. She’d just had a conversation with […]
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April 1, 1999
by Daryl E. Witmer, AIIA Executive Director Years ago a man told me that although he didn’t share my faith in Jesus Christ, he admired it.” It’s always good to […]
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November 1, 1998
compiled by Daryl E. Witmer During this final quarter of 1998 the PROCLAMATION has been featuring excerpts from the teaching of three of the most highly revered definers and defenders […]
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October 1, 1998
compiled by Daryl E. Witmer During this final quarter of 1998 the PROCLAMATION is featuring excerpts from the teaching of three of the most highly revered definers and defenders of […]
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September 1, 1998
compiled by Daryl E. Witmer During this final quarter of 1998 the PROCLAMATION is featuring excerpts from the teaching of three of the most highly revered definers and defenders of […]
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June 1, 1998
This month, instead of our regular feature, we are publishing a comprehensive index of every issue of the Proclamation printed since our inaugural edition in April of 1991. Original copies […]
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June 1, 1997
In the final analysis, Christianity cannot be proven. The truth about what Jesus taught, and who He was (and is) must be accepted by faith. But not blind faith.The preponderance […]
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May 1, 1997
Can Christianity be proven? No. The Bible says that “…without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that […]
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June 1, 1996
This month I’m writing with a special word to those of you among our readers who, to date, remain skeptical about the unique claims of Jesus Christ. Some of you […]
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May 1, 1996
Actual excerpts compiled by Daryl E. Witmer, AIIA Executive Director James R. Spencer once wrote that apologetics are only needed when dealing with hard cases. Then he said, “If they […]
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April 1, 1996
Last June (1995) we asked our readers to submit examples of the kind of tough questions that they are typically asked about Christianity. We received a good sampling of questions […]
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March 1, 1996
Last June (1995) we asked our readers to submit examples of the kind of tough questions that they are typically asked about Christianity. We received a good sampling of questions […]
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February 1, 1996
Last June (1995) we asked our readers to submit an example or two of the kind of tough questions that they’re typically asked about Christianity. We received a good sampling […]
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May 1, 1995
The haunting lyrics from the famous 1966 film Alfie, with rather wistful desperation, seek for some viable sense of meaning in the oft times gray, grinding routine of life: “What’s […]
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November 1, 1993
In last month’s Proclamation we ran an excerpt from a widely publicized debate between a Christian and an atheist conducted at the Willow Creek Community Church in Willow Creek, Illinois, […]
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October 1, 1993
The following excerpt is transcribed from the audio version of a debate held before about 8000 persons at the Willow Creek Community Church (WCCC) in Willow Creek, Illinois, on June […]
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January 1, 1993
The hall is packed. A feeling of anticipation, even suspense, is in the air. It would seem that the stakes are high. A number of attendees, to date on record […]
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August 1, 1992
Dear Ted, We have been sending you our monthly thoughtletter for just over one year now. I trust that it has, in fact, been coming before you, and that you […]
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May 1, 1991
Volume 1 • No. 5 • August, 1991 Download PDF
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