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September 2015

September 06, 2015

The Lesson of Eustace

“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do...

August 2015

August 26, 2015

Christians should wake up to the junk food problem

In First Peter we are told to “Be sober and vigilant; because your adversary the...

August 19, 2015

China: the future of Christianity?

Today the greatest Christian evangelism movement ever to occur in any country in the world...

August 16, 2015

Great article on threats to the church

I appreciate this article by Dr. Russell Moore, which highlights what I think is probably...

August 07, 2015

On Learning to be Quiet

I am going just to come out and say it, to get it over with....

August 03, 2015

Ted Cruz: The Most Interesting Presidential Debater

A lot of people are fixated on Donald Trump going into the first Republican...

July 2015

July 26, 2015

I’m still an evangelical because God is living and active

At the center of my evangelical faith is the conviction that God is a living,...

June 2015

June 27, 2015

How to Respond to the Court’s Same-Sex Marriage Ruling

No one likes to be on the losing side. In the case of same-sex marriage,...

June 21, 2015

The Next Mass Shooter

Right now, even as I write this, the next mass shooter is noticing the media...

May 2015

May 04, 2015

A Terrible Tragedy, A Moving Hymn

One of my favorite hymns in the Christian tradition is the Horatio Spafford hymn “It...

April 2015

April 27, 2015

What is true religion?

What is it like to meet a humble, self-sacrificial person? I have met a few...

April 01, 2015

Sexual Imperialism: our gift to the 21st century?

One thing that fascinates me today about the homosexual marriage movement is the utter confidence...

March 2015

March 25, 2015

Grace is not supposed to be cheap

Jesus didn’t die for us so that we could continue to wallow in our sins....

March 23, 2015

Why am I not further along in my Christian walk?

Have you ever wondered why God’s sanctifying power has not been more significant in your...

March 15, 2015

Dolce and Gabbana: the end of intellectual freedoms?

In case you have not been following the story, this last week the high-end Italian...

March 13, 2015

Here are 4 ways to know God: My Final Remarks for My ‘Head to Head’ with Ryan Bell

RYGER / Shutterstock.com This post is part of a new feature from Patheos called Head...

March 11, 2015

Atheism Requires More Faith than Theism: My Response to Atheist Ryan Bell

RYGER / Shutterstock.com This post is part of a new feature from Patheos called Head...

March 09, 2015

A God Who Love and Cares: I go Head to Head with Atheist Ryan Bell

RYGER / Shutterstock.com This post is part of a new feature from Patheos called Head...

February 2015

February 28, 2015

When to borrow your ideas from non-Christians

When should Christians borrow from the ideas of the non-Christians in their surroundings? Sometimes doing...

February 26, 2015

Is God a sexual killjoy?

A widespread narrative that one encounters in the culture these days is that the Christian...

February 23, 2015

Separating ourselves from same-sex marriage

In recent months, among conservative and religious participants in the same-sex marriage debate, an idea...

February 20, 2015

Ways to be free from anxiety

“What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short. From now on...

February 18, 2015

Why God wants you – a Biblical example

In Jeremiah 1:5 and 1:8 we read how God, speaking to Jeremiah, gives him a...

February 16, 2015

How to talk to your secular friends

Since I am a conservative Christian and a professional philosopher, I am sometimes asked how...

February 13, 2015

The secret of scheduling life

Ecclesiastes 3:1-2, and 8 are some of the more famous verses in the Old Testament:...

February 10, 2015

50 Shades of Grey: when consent is not enough

Consent is not enough. It is not enough to justify BDSM or any other exploitative...

February 09, 2015

A horrific scenario

Imagine that you are a passenger on a ship, that your ship sinks in a...

February 07, 2015

God and morality: the answer

Today I want to explore once more the ‘Euthyphro’ [you-thi-fro] problem. Remember, this problem is...

February 06, 2015

One of the great philosophical dilemmas

One of the oldest philosophical dilemmas is called the ‘Euthyphro’ [you-thi-fro] problem. It was first...

February 04, 2015

American waterboarding and ISIS pilot-burning: not as different as you think

This last week the world was horrified to watch a video of the Jordanian pilot...

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