Articles

  1. "Some Preliminaries on Conscience, Morality, and the State." In Conscience and Human Rights, eds. Angus Menuge and Barry Bussey. Supreme Court Law Review, Second Series, vol. 113, Supreme Court of Canada; Ottawa, ON (2023): 9-35. LINK
  2. "Violence in the Bible: Part 1" NAMB Apologetics (September 2023) Link
  3. "Violence in the Bible, Part 2," NAMB Apologetics (October 2023) Link
  4. Guest Posts: "Question of the Week" Parts 1 and 2, on foreign servants in Israel and on the Midianite women in Numbers 31, (October 2023) at William Craig's reasonablefaith.org
  5. Question of the Week #857: "Servitude in Israel (Pt. I)" reasonablefaith.org
  6. Question of the Week #858: "Warfare in Ancient Israel (Pt. II)" reasonablefaith.org
  7. “Interpreting the Law of Moses: Relative, Normative, or Something In-Between? A Review of The Lost World of the Torah, by John H. Walton and J. Harvey Walton” (Christian Research Journal, December 2, 2019) Link
  8. After Twenty Years: Personal Reflections my involvement with the Evangelical Philosophical Society and the 20th anniversary edition of its journal Philosophia Christi.
    Posted with permission from Philosophia Christi. PDF
  9. Armenian translation of the article Who Made God. PDF
  10. Armenian translation of the article Relative Absolute. PDF
  11. How Universalism, 'the Opiate of the Theologians,' Went Mainstream, Michael McClymond decries the rising popularity of an idea Christians have rejected for most of church history. Interview by Paul Copan, March 11, 2019 Link
  12. Deconversion: Why People Leave the Faith and (Re)turn to It. European Leadership Forum, Wisla, Poland, May 2018 Link
  13. A review of Greg Boyd's "Crucifixion of the Warrior God" Link
  14. "The Rest of Genesis" This is from the Appendix of Origins: The Ancient Impact & Modern Implications of Genesis 1–11, c m coauthored by me and Douglas Jacoby (Morgan James, 2018). Link
  15. "Learn How (Not) To Doubt," The Gospel Coalition (April 17, 2017) Link
  16. Quoted in the Daily Beast: "Is There a Christian Double Standard on Religious Violence?" Link
  17. "Just War in an Age of Terror? Issues and Options in Theological Ethics" Philosophia Christi 16/1 (2016): 101-109. Posted with permission from Philosophia Christi PDF
  18. "'Prove-me que Deus existe': Esclarecendo o ateísmo, o agnosticismo e outros assuntos" Link

    Original article: Paul Copan, "Prove to me that God Exists: Getting Clear on Atheism, Agnosticism, and a Few Others Matters" Published by Houston Baptist University. Posted with permission. Portuguese translation by Reginaldo Castro.
  19. "Just War in an Age of Terror? Issues and Options in Theological Ethics." Philosophia Christi 16/1 (2016): 101-109 This article was published as one of several essays by Christian scholars debating the place of just war versus pacifism in an age of terror. Posted by permission of Philosophia Christi. PDF
  20. "Is It Ever Permissible To Deceive? (Or, Is It Okay To Lie to Nazis?)" Link
  21. "Why Are Christians Divided by Denominations?" Link
  22. "Prove to Me That God Exists: Getting Clear on Atheism, Agnosticism, and a Few Other Matters," in the Winter 2015 issue of The City (a publication of Houston Baptist University). Other leading scholars have contributed to this special issue on Atheism PDF
  23. Posted by permission. This article originally appeared on PreachingToday.com (2015) as a series entitled "R-Rated," Link which contains "sermons and skills articles" which are resources for Christian pastors and teachers: PDF
  24. "Paul Copan on winning hearts, not arguments" Q&A | A Christian philosophy professor talks about the real purpose of apologetics, by Warren Cole Smith Link
  25. "On Biblical Ethics: An Interview with Paul Copan." Evangelical Philosophical Society
  26. "Paul Copan on winning hearts, not arguments" A Christian philosophy professor talks about the real purpose of apologetics, by Warren Cole Smith WORLD News Group
  27. Did God Really Command Genocide?: An Interview with Drs. Paul Copan and Matthew Flannagan Jonathan Petersen & Paul Copan, January 2015 Link
  28. "My Genes Made Me Do It': Is Ethics Based on Biological Evolution?" (pages 24-27), Fall 2014 PDF
  29. "Is Ethics Just Doing What I Want? An Assessment of Egoism" Published by Enrichment Journal
  30. "The Greatest Good for the Greatest Number? Assessing Utilitarianism" Published by Enrichment Journal
  31. "'It’s All Relative' and Other Such Absolute Statements: Assessing Relativism" Published by Enrichment Journal (Winter 2014): 24-29
  32. "Did New Testament Writers Misquote the Old Testament?" Published by Enrichment Journal (Winter 2014): 24-29
  33. "If God's Creation Was 'Very Good,' How Could Evil Arise?" Published by Enrichment Journal (Winter 2014): 24-29
  34. Paul Copan, "Grounding Human Rights: Naturalism’s Failure and Biblical Theism's Success." Taken from Angus J.L. Menuge, ed., Legitimizing Human Rights: Secular and Religious Perspectives. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2013. PDF
  35. Paul Copan, "Ethics Needs God." Taken from Debating Christian Theism. Edited by J.P. Moreland, Chad V. Meister, and Khaldoun Sweis. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. PDF
  36. "Is It Wrong To Believe Without Evidence?" Published by Enrichment Journal
  37. "Atheism and the Burden of Proof" Published by Enrichment Journal
  38. "Did the New Testament Writers Misquote the Old Testament?" Published by Enrichment Journal
  39. "Is the God of the Old Testament Evil?" Link
  40. "If God Mad the Universe, Who Made God?" Link
  41. "Is Religious Belief Just a Brain Function?" Link
  42. "A Roundtable Discussion with Michael Licona on the Resurrection of Jesus," Southeastern Theological Review  3/1 (2012). Posted by permission. Link
  43. "Is God Just a Psychological Crutch for the Weak?" Link
  44. "Evil and Justice" – a talk given at Boston College Law School (March 19, 2012)? Link
  45. "If God Made the Universe, Who Made God?" Link
  46. "Questioning Presuppositionalism" Link
  47. "Is Naturalism a Simpler Explanation Than Theism?" Link
  48. "Does the Old Testament Endorse Slavery?" Overview Link
  49. "Does the Old Testament Endorse Slavery? The Difficult Texts" Link
  50. "Why Is the New Testament Silent on Slavery — or Is It?" Link
  51. "Does the Old Testament Endorse Slavery (Part 2)?" Link
  52. "Does the Old Testament Endorse Slavery?" Link
  53. "What the Bible Doesn't Say About Sex" Link
  54. "Who Are You To Impose Your Morality on Others?" Link
  55. "How Could God Command the Killing of the Canaanites?"Enrichment Journal (Fall 2010): 138-43. Link
  56. "If You Cannot Scientifically Prove Your Belief, Is It Meaningless?" Enrichment Journal (Spring 2010). Link
  57. "The Christian and Homosexuality" Audio
  58. "Are Old Testament Laws Evil?" from God Is Great, God Is Good: Why Believing in God Is Reasonable and Responsible, eds. William Lane Craig and Chad V. Meister. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2009. Posted by permission. PDF
  59. "Is God Arrogant and Egotistical?" Chapel message at Columbia International University, Columbia, SC, April 2009 Audio
  60. "Yahweh Wars and the Canaanites: Divinely-Mandated Genocide or Corporate Capital Punishment?" Link
  61. "Is the Trinity a Logical Blunder? God as Three and One."Published in Paul Copan and William Lane Craig, eds., Contending with Christianity’s Critics: Answering the New Atheists and Other Objectors. Nashville: B&H Academic, 2009. Posted by permission. PDF
  62. "Did God Become a Jew? A Defense of the Incarnation."Published in Paul Copan and William Lane Craig, eds., Contending with Christianity’s Critics: Answering the New Atheists and Other Objectors. Nashville: B&H Academic, 2009. Posted by permission. PDF
  63. "Hateful Vindictive Psalms?  Interpreting the Imprecatory Psalms" Link
  64. "Does Religion Originate in the Brain?" Link
  65. "Following a Unique Christ in a Pluralistic Society" (pages 40-52) PDF
  66. "What's Wrong With Gay Marriage?"Chapter 10 of Paul Copan's new book When God Goes to Starbucks: A Guide to Everyday Apologetics. Posted by permission of Baker Books, copyright © 2008. Link
  67. "How Do You Know You're Not Wrong?" A Response to Skepticism. This essay was published in the Oct.-Dec. 2008 issue of Engage Journal (India). PDF
  68. "Following a Unique Christ in a Pluralistic Society" Link
  69. "God—The Best Explanation" taken from Loving Wisdom: Christian Philosophy of Religion PDF
  70. "Comments and Questions on Evil and the Justice of God" A Friendly Response to N. T. Wright Permission has been granted by the editorial office of Philosophia Christi to post this contribution. Subscribe to Philosophia Christi www.epsociety.org/store PDF
  71. "Rediscovering Apologetics" Link
  72. "God, Naturalism, and the Foundations of Morality," in The Future of Atheism: Alister McGrath and Daniel Dennett in Dialogue, ed. Robert Stewart. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2008. Posted with permission from Fortress Press. PDF
  73. Why Science Can’t Explain Morality a book review of The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule, by Michael Shermer. Link
  74. "Is Yahweh a Moral Monster? The New Atheists and Old Testament Ethics" Philosophia Christ New Series 10 (2008): 7-27. Posted with permission from Philosophia Christi. Link
  75. "Apologist: Objective moral values evidence of God's existence" an interview by Marilyn Stewart. Link
  76. "Divine Narcissism? A Further Defense of God’s Humility" Published in Philosophia Christi New Series 8 (January 2006): 313-325. Posted by permission. PDF
  77. "The Necessity of God: A Book Review of The Impossibility of God" PDF
  78. "Hume and the Moral Argument." In Defense of Natural Theology: A Post-Humean Assessment, eds. James F. Sennett and Douglas Groothuis. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2005. Link
  79. "Creation ex Nihilo or ex Materia?" A Critique of the Mormon Doctrine of Creation by Paul Copan Published in The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 9/2 (Summer 2005): 32-54. Posted with permission. PDF
  80. "That's True for You, But Not for Me"" A Brief Response to Relativism. Link
  81. "You Christians Are So Narrow-minded!" A Brief Response to the Charge of Intolerance. Web Link
  82. "If You Were Born in India, You Would Be a Hindu" A Brief Response to Religious Pluralism. Link
  83. "God Can't Possibly Exist Given the Evil and Pain I See in the World!" A Brief Response to the Problem of Evil. Link
  84. Postmodernism: "What Is Postmodernism?" Link
  85. "What Is Wrong (and Right) With Postmodernism?" Link
  86. "The Moral Argument for God's Existence" Link
  87. "The Days of Genesis: An Old-Earth View" Paul Copan (Written in dialogue with Dr. John MacArthur, who takes the young-earth view) Areopagus Journal 5/2 (March-April 2005): 15, 17, 19. Posted with permission from Areopagus Journal. PDF
  88. "Morality and Meaning Without God: Another Failed Attempt" A Review Essay on Atheism, Morality, and Meaning Published in Philosophia Christi New Series 6/2 (2004): 295-304. Posted by permission. PDF
  89. "Christophobia: Confronting the Problem of Religious Discrimination on CampusPDF
  90. "Original Sin and Christian Philosophy" Published in Philosophia Christi, Series 2, 5/2 (2003): 519-41 Posted by permission. PDF
  91. "Whose Land?" Having coedited Who Was Jesus? A Jewish Christian Dialogue, I was asked to contribute to the discussion on the conflict in the Middle East in the *Baptist Standard*. I offer the perspective that the Jewish-Gentile Christian church in Jesus Christ is the new Israel, the people of God. As I weigh Scripture, I myself do not see a political future for national Israel; rather, any theologically significant future for individual ethnic Jews is bound up with their incorporation into the church. Link
  92. "Who Are You to Judge Others?" In Defense of Making Moral Judgments PDF
  93. "St. Augustine and the Scandal of the North African Catholic Mind" PDF
  94. "The Presumptuousness of Atheism" PDF
  95. "Can Michael Martin Be A Moral Realist?: Sic et Non," Philosophia Christi, Series 2, 1/2 (1999): 45-72. Posted by Permission. PDF
  96. "Jesus, Religions, and Just War" CDC Panel Discussion PDF
  97. "Jesus' Followers Fabricated the Stories and Sayings of Jesus" PDF
  98. "Jonathan Edwards' Philosophical Influences: Lockean Or Malebranchean?" PDF
  99. "Is Creatio ex nihilo a Post-Biblical Invention? An Examination Of Gerhard May’s Proposal" Trinity Journal 17.1 (Spring 1996): 77-93. Link, PDF