If we, as a culture, are to begin thinking critically about our faith and really learn how to defend it in the marketplace of ideas, we are going to have to start forming some good habits. Did you know that habits are typically more effective than goal-setting? There...
If you couldn't tell, I love apologetics. I think it so cool to be able to take the gospel, which many disbelieve, and prove beyond a reasonable doubt that it really is true! In fact, I think that you really begin to fall more and more in love with God as you learn,...
In this great age of ideas we are living, it can be hard to know what anyone really believes about the world. In this extremely eye-opening study, the Barna Research Group made some staggering discoveries about what practicing Christians believe. Here are just a few...
At one time, "end of days" prophecies were limited to religious fanatics. But not anymore. In a new documentary titled Expedition New Earth, Hawking makes the outrageous claim that factors such as climate change will force us to look for another planet to inhabit....
There exists a huge divide and disconnect inside of the greater Christian community today. Unfortunately, the philosophy of the world has begun to creep its way inside of the church over the last few centuries, leading many pastors and other church leaders to reject...
All of my life, I have been in Independent Baptist Churches, Amen! One of the things we have always taken very seriously and very literally is the Genesis creation account. Growing up, I really didn't believe this to be a point of contention at all! Sure, I was just...
The sanctity of life is an issue being debated front and center right now in our culture. As Christians, we believe that human life--ALL human life--really does matter. Black lives matter, white lives matter, yellow lives matter, big lives matter, and little lives...
The rise of social media and what we in the technology industry call "Web 2.0" has had many side effects on our culture. Not the least of these has been the way that even Christian brothers and sisters have been treating one another. Nothing will discredit a...
In a recent post, we looked at the validity of the discipline of apologetics from the perspective of the Bible. In essence, we asked and answered the question, "is apologetics biblical?" I believe it is, but there is also a second fundamental question that must be...
Biblical Apologetics is a branch of theology that deals with defending--or "answering"--the Christian faith. But in the context of the church, apologetics has not been widely accepted yet. It was for that reason that I felt sort of strange when I first began to feel...
