Robin Schumacher

Robin Schumacher

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Robin Schumacher is an accomplished software executive and Christian apologist who has written many articles, authored and contributed to several Christian books, appeared on nationally syndicated radio programs, and presented at apologetic events. He holds a BS in Business, Master's in Christian apologetics and a Ph.D. in New Testament. His latest book is, A Confident Faith: Winning people to Christ with the apologetics of the Apostle Paul.

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  • What must you believe to be a Christian?

    What must you believe to be a Christian?

    Maybe it’s Premillennialism vs. Amillennialism. Or Arminianism vs. Calvinism. Or young earth vs. old earth. Or ransom theory of Christ’s atonement vs. penal-substitution.  Take your pick, debates and divisions occur all the time in Christianity over matters of doctrinal belief.

  • Do I offend you?

    Do I offend you?

    I find that I still irk the world from time to time. And when I do, it’s usually for one of three reasons.

  • Two keys to understanding God and evil

    Two keys to understanding God and evil

    “Is He willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then He is impotent. Is He able, but not willing? Then He is malevolent. Is He both able and willing? Whence then is evil?”

  • Jesus was a leftist?

    Jesus was a leftist?

    I enjoy talking politics about as much as I enjoy licking an ashtray, which is to say I avoid it at all costs. Occasionally, however, something is said to you as a Christian that mixes politics with theology and you have no choice but to engage.

  • Does your faith have to ‘work’?

    Does your faith have to ‘work’?

    Jumping in the swimming pool is a logical necessary condition for getting wet and getting wet is a logical necessary condition of jumping in the swimming pool.

  • 'Perfect' Christians wear me out

    'Perfect' Christians wear me out

    Every time you talk to them, their lives just couldn’t be going any better. Their kids are perfect. Their jobs are perfect. Their chocolate chip cookies come out of the oven perfect every time.

  • Loving and praying for your enemies is hard

    Loving and praying for your enemies is hard

    Over the decades that I’ve been a believer, I’ve learned one thing about Christianity. Whether it’s in the area of cerebral-based apologetics or just practical living, Christianity’s answers aren't hard to find; instead, they are sometimes hard to accept.

  • What about the pygmies?

    What about the pygmies?

    A few years back one of my friends was trying to share the gospel with a guy who, after a while, started almost screaming at him, “What about the pygmies?? What about the pygmies??”

  • When to be intolerant and narrow-minded

    When to be intolerant and narrow-minded

    It’s very unfashionable these days to admit that you’re intolerant and narrow-minded, however it’s extremely common for people to act intolerant and narrow-minded.

  • Jesus and the Karens

    Jesus and the Karens

    One of my favorite Christmas gifts this year came from my oldest daughter. It was a black T-shirt displaying one simple message: “Shut up Karen”.

  • Beating sin in 2021 and beyond

    Beating sin in 2021 and beyond

    What follows are some suggestions on beating sin not only in 2021, but for as long as the Lord decides to keep us in this life.  

  • You can beat depression. I did

    You can beat depression. I did

    My emotions would redline over the smallest thing; I would drop a fork and fly into a rant about it. The coup de grâce was the dark thoughts that would enter my head and come out of my mouth (e.g. “where’s a fatal car wreck when I need one?”)

  • The failing comforts of censorship

    The failing comforts of censorship

    I’ve been involved in Christian apologetics for many years now and one thing I’ve noticed is that the underlying motivation in most all arguments against God is the need to stop the uncomfortable feelings that come from acknowledging that an absolute moral Creator exists.

  • Life has claws

    Life has claws

    2020 has been a miserable slog of a year for just about everyone. Because of that, it seems the whole world goes to bed and wakes up angry about everything.

  • The saddest verse in the Bible

    The saddest verse in the Bible

    That particular revelation from the Apocalypse is beyond depressing to read. It’s not just a few of those alive during the Millennium that rebel against Jesus, but so many that you can’t count them. How awful is that?

  • What makes election fraud possible

    What makes election fraud possible

    Our increasingly anti-God society has embraced a post-truth worldview and that has short-circuited any hope of arriving at a real standard of good and evil.

  • Fruit of the Anti-Spirit

    Fruit of the Anti-Spirit

    I’d bet the farm that you know about the Anti-Christ, but do you know about the Anti-Spirit?

  • When to say ‘no’ to government

    When to say ‘no’ to government

    Fortunately, Scripture is clear on our duty to government along with when a Christian’s disobedience to that government is warranted.

  • Why you’re angry with God

    Why you’re angry with God

    Admit it – you’ve been angry with God in the past, haven’t you? Maybe you’re even angry with Him right now?

  • Forgetting who we were

    Forgetting who we were

    My youngest daughter is a sophomore at a very liberal university and is currently getting an up-close-and-personal view of the secular cesspool in which our unbelieving Generation Z swims.

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