Category: apologetics
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I was privileged to grow up in the Philippines. In 1991 Mt. Pinatubo in the central Philippines experienced a catastrophic eruption that forced the U.S. to abandon and close nearby Clark Air Base and Subic Naval Base. This powerful documentary shows what happened and how the USGS flew in to…
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Here is a powerful sermon by Timothy Paul Jones, the apologetics professor at Southern Seminary. “Live faithfully in the world-as-it-is by living for the world-as-it-will-be.” It’s a timely message for the church today.
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In my humble opinion, The Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture is the best available commentary on the market. It’s not cheap, but you get what you pay for. The Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture (ACCS) lets you explore the writings of early church fathers for yourself. Organized by the books…
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(This is from my upcoming book.) In 2005, reputable researchers Christian Smith and Melina Lundquist identified the predominate worldview among American teenagers as Moralistic Therapeutic Deism (MTD).1 They determined the creed of this worldview from interviews with 5,000 teenagers as consisting of five tenets:1 A God exists who created and…
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Andrew Walker penned an insightful article here entitled “Criticism isn’t cancellation”. He argues that American pluralism doesn’t require Christians to celebrate sin. “In French’s view, Christians shouldn’t object to this because American evangelicals need to take the log out of their eye and leave judgment to those inside the church.…
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Who was Theophilus to whom Luke addressed both his gospel and Acts? There is a fascinating video here that sheds possible light on this question. The evidence is quite convincing.
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Hunter Baker, PhD, has an excellent opinion article here entitled “The house always wins”. He opines about the destructive gambling industry that preys on the people that can least afford it. “I once sat in a Hardee’s that had a lottery ticket vending machine. A woman in a bathrobe and…
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The Didache is the earliest post-apostolic Christian church teaching that we possess. Britannica notes that it is “the oldest surviving Christian church order.” It is informative to see what the very early church taught regarding abortion. In chapter 2 we read “You shall not murder a child by abortion nor…
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(This remarkable story is related by Dr. Reggie Anderson in his book Appointments With Heaven. He was the family physician of Stephen Curtis Chapman when the tragedy happened with their adopted daughter. “Lois” in this story was a blind elderly patient of his.)
Christian Apologetics 