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  • Triumvirate of Tribulation

    One of the most common criticisms of Christianity is its struggle to explain how an all-loving, all-powerful, and all-knowing God could permit so much evil, pain, and suffering in the world. However, this issue is not unique to Christianity because… Continue reading

  • Time’s Up

    Time’s Up So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it’s sinking.Racing around to come up behind you again.The sun is the same in a relative way, but you’re older.Shorter of breath and one day… Continue reading

  • Easter Surprise

    Easter Surprise When the disciples traveled with Jesus, they were on a messiah high. However, as He drew closer to fulfilling His mission, His followers began to experience withdrawal. The disciples witnessed growing opposition to Jesus and wondered if His mission was failing.… Continue reading

  • Audience of One

    Audience of One Why do we consider an audience when contemplating our purpose? Are we performing for a father or mother who believed we never lived up to our potential, peers who mocked us as children, a boss who denied… Continue reading

  • The Common Good

    The Common Good Apologetics has served as a fitting foil to the modernist atheist critique. However, I worry that as our culture becomes increasingly postmodern, those lofty abstract arguments will fall on deaf ears. Our efforts to encourage people to… Continue reading

  • Blame Therapy

    Blame Therapy Culture has drifted from the time-honored concept of accepting the consequences of one’s actions to the troubling recent notion that we must blame others. The fruity belief that we are gods has fermented to the point where we… Continue reading

  • Life on the Death Star

    Life on the Death Star Our presence in this vast universe is stunning. We inhabit a planet brimming with plant, animal, and human activity, while the remainder of the universe is orbiting rocks; we are an oasis of life in… Continue reading

  • Apologetic of Absence

    Apologetic of Absence The renowned British journalist, Malcolm Muggeridge, was profoundly influenced by a visit to Cold War Russia, where he witnessed firsthand what it meant to live without God. “Mysteriously, the cross full of glory seems to haunt the first city in… Continue reading

  • Art of Conversation

    Art of Conversation It is becoming clear that if we want to reach our young people, we need to make apologetics more relational. The old approach of lecturing and preaching left little room for an extended question-and-answer period. Well-intentioned teachers… Continue reading

  • Backseat Driver

    Backseat Driver I have only had one experience in my life when I distinctly heard God speak to me. My son was about four, and his school was holding its annual preschool Harvest Festival. I desperately wanted to attend, so… Continue reading