Anyone who knows me well will tell you that I am a huge fan of methodologies. I love to take processes, workflows, and ideas that others have found useful and adapt them to my own needs. Examples of such strategies I have successfully implemented into my own daily...
3 Strategies for Navigating Spiritual Conversations
If you've been a reader of my blog for any amount of time, you are likely aware that I'm convinced the Bible teaches us to use presuppositional apologetics. That is, to give a defense of the faith while admitting our bias, standing on God's revealed truth, and...
3 Reasons Our Ministry is Changing Creation Learning. Forever.
Since the beginning days of the modern creation science movement, creation learning has come a long way. As a student of the greats such as Dr. Henry Morris, Dr. Gary Parker, and those who have followed in their footsteps, I have taken a keen interest in promoting the...
Aberrant Christianity: What is a Jehovah’s Witness?
The first chapter in John’s gospel gives us clear insight into the Person of Jesus Christ. In verses John 1:1-3, we find these words: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things...
Quick Response: Are Thoughts and Prayers Enough During Times of Tragedy?
It is no surprise that we live in a culture that has forgotten God, redefined morality, and suddenly is wondering "what went wrong?" As a Christian living in the world today, we expect this! Jesus Himself taught that we should expect to see times of tremendous...
Aberrant Christianity: What is Mormonism?
Ephesians 6:12 teaches us, "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Throughout the centuries, and even since Christ was...
Grasping the Gravity of Sin in a Relativized Culture
In May of 2015, the Internet and the airwaves were abuzz with breaking news. Josh Duggar--a member of one of television's most famous Christian families--had committed an egregious crime against his own sisters. What ensued was, as you can imagine, an Internet...
Quick Response: Stand to Reason on Distant Starlight
In July of 1998, Greg Koukl of the Christian apologetics organization Stand to Reason posted a Solid Ground publication titled Star Light & the Age of the Universe. On a recent episode of the organization’s bi-weekly podcast, a caller referenced the 1998 article...
If the Earth is Young, Why Does it Look Old?
For nearly 1800 years, the majority position held within the Church has been that of young-age creation—or, the teaching that our Earth and even the universe is just over 6,000 years old and was created in just six ordinary days. Some claim that this teaching began...
5 Myths of Higher Education and Peer Review
Has this ever happened to you before? You’re having a discussion about spiritual matters with someone who has a higher level of education than you do, and almost immediately, your ideas are dismissed as primitive or untenable. Or, you send an article supporting your...