“Today Christianity is the most successful single phenomenon, statistically considered, in all of history.” – Paul L. Maier,  “Introduction” in Eusebius; The Church History, 9.

I was recently trying to explain to a friend of mine some of the basic principles upon which I base my philosophy of government. I was amazed to read a verse this morning (which I don’t remember reading before) that seems to explain one of these principle very well. “If you see in a province [...]

I recently watched one of the old Sherlock Holmes movies starring Jeremy Brett. In it, he made this statement: “If you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” – Sherlock Holmes About a week later I watched the new Star Trek movie. It was a very cool moment when, in a [...]

“What Darwinism has never been able to account for is human kindness or altruism. . . . The evolutionary explanation for altruism is really just selfishness in disguise. . . . But that, of course, isn’t altruism at all. . . . In contrast, Christians understand that while all of us are born with the [...]

“Apologetics is a very powerful too, but it’s ultimately janitorial. . . . You are doing no more than clearing away debris that blocks the door to faith, and ultimatley it is God’s love that has to work its way into a heart.” – Dinesh D’Souza

One of my favorite class discussions in our Public Speaking class at Appalachian State is on “Building Powerful Arguments.” In it we talk about logos, pathos, and ethos, and deductive and inductive reasoning. In order to demonstrate how a logical appeal (logos) can be made with a deductive argument, we use the topic of abortion. [...]

“The struggle for religious liberty across the centuries has been long and arduous, but it is not a novel idea or recent development. The nature of religious liberty is grounded in the character of God Himself, the God who is most fully known in the life and work of Jesus Christ. Determined to follow Jesus [...]

After talking with a person reputed to be wise, Socrates reflected as he walked away, “Well, I am certainly wiser than this man. It is only too likely that neither of us has any knowledge to boast of; but he thinks that he knows something which he does not know, whereas I am quite conscious [...]

“Otherwise, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf?” 1 Cor 15:29 Here is a notoriously difficult verse. There are two reasons for its difficulty: 1) “There is no historical or biblical precedent for such baptism,” [...]

There are three great questions that humans have asked through the ages: Where did we come from? Why are we here? Where are we going? It is striking to me that people have assumed, or at least hoped, that there is something more than our brief time on earth—some greater cause, some purpose, some destination. [...]