apologetics

Book Review: A Practical Guide to Culture

If you are looking for a good primer on culture and worldview, John Stonestreet and Brett Kunkle have written a real gem. A Practical Guide to Culture comes close to being a must-read for parents and anyone who works with young people. The book is very readable and engaging with wit and humor mixed in. Stonestreet …

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Book Review: Why Trust The Bible?

Our student ministry always gives books as a graduation gift. This year the gifts included an ESV Study Bible for anyone who didn’t already have one and a collection of other books that Luke (@LukeTolbert), our student pastor, hand selected. Among those books was Why Trust The Bible? by Greg Gilbert. This is a short book …

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Truth Matters

Truth Matters is a new book by Andreas Kostenberger, Darrell Bock, and Josh Chatraw aimed at equipping college students to defend their faith (or cling to their faith) against the liberal attacks they will experience in liberal religion classes. The book is one that I strongly suggest for any college student and really for anyone who …

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8 Steps for Defending Your Faith In The Classroom

I got a call early this morning informing me about one of our middle school students who was told in class yesterday that the Bible is not a trustworthy source because of the Gilgamesh Epic. I do not have the time or space to go into Gilgamesh today, but you can find some information here. Rather …

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Book Review: Why God Created the World

I have good friends, the kinds of friends that will recommend good books and occasionally mail me a book without solicitation. This month represents the first time that a friend mailed me a book and assigned me homework.  The enclosed note: “read this and write a review.” Well, I have completed the reading part and …

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Believing: The Path To All Knowledge

In a recent article for First Things, Christian Smith writes about the natural, but not necessary tendency toward religion for mankind.  The article is well worth your time and in it, Smith argues that religion is natural to humanity, not because religious practices are universal, but because religious practice exists in every arena where the …

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Loving Within The Church

Would Jesus visit with our churches and discover that our definition of healthy fits his definition of healthy?  We love, but do we love as God loves?  Jonathan Leeman says, “We assume not that God is love but that love is God.”  The church of Christ is a community where her members love each other …

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Monday Musings

If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said?  The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead. Tim …

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Tim Tebow and the Implications of a Secular Worldview

Tim Tebow has become a polarizing figure.  Of course, as far as I can tell, it is difficult to see how.  He is young, athletic, humble, hardworking, clean cut, and articulate.  He is the kind of player that most coaches dream of having on their teams, and yet it is becoming obvious to many that …

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Revelation, not Experience Should Drive Our Apologetics

Don Piper’s book, 90 Minutes in Heaven has been on the New York Times’ bestseller list since it was released in 2004.  Though I have not read the book, Michael Patton argues that this form of apologetical argument is insufficient and dangerous. One of his strongest arguments against this form of apologetics is that Piper’s …

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