christianity

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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