Apologetics

I Don’t Talk About Jesus Christ In Conversations Much Any More

Whenever people use the word Christian in a conversation, I don’t assume they are using the term correctly (i.e., something that the founder of Christianity, Jesus of Nazareth, would recognize). Again, I’m not being critical here; we just live in a postChristian culture today. There’s simply too much misinformation out there. Moreover, people tend to repeat commonly used slogans or embrace a vision of Christianity that sounds curiously like twenty-first-century American values. In light of that […]

Apologetics

Are People Free To Believe Whatever They Want About God?

Here is the simple, but profound point to grasp—merely believing something doesn’t make it true. Put differently, people are entitled to their own beliefs, but not their own truth. Belief is not what ultimately matters—truth is. Our believing something is true doesn’t make it true. The Bible isn’t true simply because I have faith. Truth is […]

Spiritual Growth

The Indispensable Role of Tests in the Christian Life

Tests. Ugh. Sometimes I wish I had finished with them when I graduated from school. No more homework. No more tests. Sounds great right? Unless there is more to it than that when it comes to the spiritual life. Recently I re-read some words from The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard that helped me rethink this approach again: “First we must accept the circumstances we constantly find ourselves in […]

Apologetics, Podcast

How to Answer Common Questions About Christianity [Podcast]

Have you ever found yourself in a conversation about your Christian faith and just were not sure what to say or how to answer that question? What about God, science, and evolution? How do you answer the problem of evil and suffering? How do you defend the Bible? How do we live out our faith in a culture […]

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