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October 7, 2017October 25, 2017

Luther’s Other Reformation

The Protestant Reformation is without a doubt one of the most significant events in history. Even non-Christian scholars can agree…

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September 25, 2017October 25, 2017

Book Review: The Unseen Realm – By Michael S. Heiser

If there is one great noteworthy trend going on right now in the realm of biblical scholarship it is the…

August 8, 2017October 25, 2017

“The Bible was WRONG”… or Not; Religious Illiteracy in West Reaches New Low

Imagine for a moment being told that your history book is wrong because archaeologists digging in Georgia have discovered evidence…

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What is the purpose of apologetics?

What is the extent of the Christian submission to government?

How should Christians interact with the world?

What is the relationship between faith and reason?

Book Review: Hitler’s Theology – By Rainer Bucher

22 May 2017September 25, 2017

There aren't many individuals in modern history more studied - or at least referenced - that Adolf Hitler. As we know from Godwin's Law, "As an online discussion grows longer,…

Christian Living

The Christian and Submission to Civil Government

16 May 2017September 26, 2017

As George Weigel reported in First Things, the past one-hundred years have been “the greatest era of persecution in Christian history,” so much so that “more Christians died for the faith…

Book Review: The Message of Revelation – By Michael Wilcock

12 May 2017September 25, 2017

Michael Wilcock's book The Message of Revelation is - as might be expected - a commentary on the book of Revelation. However, as the editors say in the preface 'commentary'…

Christian Living

Sacred & Secular: How Should Christians Interact With the World?

11 May 2017September 26, 2017

In his classic work Orthodoxy, G.K. Chesterton asks whether one can “hate [the world] enough to change it, and yet love it enough to think it worth changing?”In this quote…

Christian Misconceptions

What Evangelicals Can Learn From Rob Bell (and why they hate him)

10 May 2017September 25, 2017

My new favorite podcast - along with Mere Fidelity and The Partially Examined Life - is Pete Holmes' You Made It Weird. It's an absolutely fabulous podcast, where comedian Pete…

Book Review: Galatians For You – Tim Keller

10 May 2017October 10, 2017

Galatians For You, as might be suspected, is a commentary on the book of Galatians. Timothy Keller's aim with the book is to offer a bible centered, Christ glorifying, relevantly…

Social Commentary

Assessing the ‘X-Plan’ – Giving Your Kids a [Better] Way Out

9 May 2017September 26, 2017

Over the past few months a well-meaning article suggesting a way for parents to help their children escape peer pressure has become moderately popular. The article is called "X-Plan:…

Book Review: The Psychology of Atheism – By R.C. Sproul

5 May 2017October 12, 2017

Much has been written trying to explain the psychology of theism. The foundational text in that field is probably Sigmund Freud's The Future of An Illusion, where Freud theorizes that religion…

Frequently Asked Theology Questions

FATQ: What Difference Does the Holy Spirit Make? Does It Matter?

2 May 2017October 25, 2017

For many of us it's sometimes hard to understand just what difference the Holy Spirit makes. We unwittingly pare the Trinity down to two persons. We find ourselves asking, would our lives…

Frequently Asked Theology Questions

FATQ: Can Science Disprove Free Will?

28 Mar 2017October 12, 2017

There is no shortage of speculation today as to whether science - most often, neuroscience or quantum physics - has successfully disproven the idea of free will. "Free will might be an illusion…