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  • 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

  • Bargain Bin Spirituality

    Bargain Bin Spirituality Aren’t you a bit curious why so many spirituality books crowd our bookstore shelves? These New Age books huddle together like patrons at a singles bar desperately seeking love. We see our lonely friends and neighbors, desperate… Continue reading

  • Altar Call

    Altar Call Christianity isn’t merely intellectual assent; rather, it is a commitment to a relationship. It isn’t a Jesus admiration society but a nuptial celebration. The seriousness of this decision gives us pause. Unsure if we want to refrain from… Continue reading

  • Bench to Bedside

    Bench to Bedside I find debates about the compatibility of science and faith interesting yet largely unproductive. These skirmishes tend to be theoretical disputes waged on abstract battlefields, whereas the real battle rages on in the trenches. If the combatants… Continue reading

  • Infectious Christianity

    Infectious Christianity In his best-selling book, “The God Delusion,” Atheist Richard Dawkins argued that faith is akin to a deadly virus that has proven extremely difficult to eradicate “It is fashionable to wax apocalyptic about the threat to humanity posed… Continue reading