Faith-Affirming Articles on the Truth of Christianity
IMPORTANT: Everything you need to know about Critical Race Theory
I have to admit—I was shocked. Don’t get me wrong, I understand that we are living in quite a volatile cultural moment… I also understand that most people—sadly, even many Christians—are walking around with an unbiblical worldview. But Critical Race Theory is an...
Persuasion to a point of view is ethical and necessary
Have you ever encountered the absurd idea that it is somehow unethical to persuade someone? I think it must be a byproduct of the cultural moment we are in… But lately, it seems I am seeing this sort of mentality crop up all around. ”No, you can’t offer a suggestion...
The Surprising Bit of New Testament Theology Most People Miss…
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. (2 Cor. 5:17) The Apostle Paul had a robust theology of Christ’s union with the believer. This is something, argues Pastor Rankin Wilbourne in his...
Recent Appearance on the Mentionables
Many Christians struggle with knowing how to react when skeptics begin to attack their faith — can you relate? As much as we heard in Sunday School “for the Bible tells me so,” there remains a large portion of the world unwilling to accept the Bible as evidence. Now,...
Worldview as the issue
On yesterday’s podcast episode I discussed my approach to apologetics… For those who didn’t listen—briefly, I take what many call a presuppositional approach to apologetics, although I sort of despise the term for two reasons: It almost begs to be misconstrued (even...
My approach to apologetics
A recent question from a reader of mine sparked the idea that it may be time to bring up the issue of apologetics methodology again… Here is something insightful that my friend Jonathan had to say: I see then the value of tearing down false authorities which compete...
The gospel truth in gospel love
This might sound a little silly for a Christian to say, but here goes: Lately, I’m becoming quite enamored with the life and ministry of Jesus. Understand something… I’ve been a Christian for very long time—but I believe a person’s love and understanding for Christ...
Integrity to keep you from sin
We all have different backgrounds… Some of you reading have been followers of Christ for a very long time, others a fairly new in their walk… Me, I have been a follower of Jesus for over 25 years (though I am only 30 years old). The fact is this: Navigating life’s...
Be Kind. No, like, Actually.
We often see t-shirts, signs, and other paraphernalia promoting biblically based concepts… That have been ripped entirely of their biblical context and used to promote unbiblical ideas. While this is unfortunate, it happens ALL the time. What can be done? Promoting...
Actually FOLLOW Jesus
So I was born in 1989… Which means I grew up in the 90’s. The 90’s were…interesting…for a variety of reasons…most of those utterly irrelevant to today’s topic. One of the concepts embraced by the church (but especially youth) writ large during that period was this...