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• A Reading Plan for Christian Apologists – Part 3.22

  

  Alexandria, Egypt was a major center for Christianity in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. Coptic Christians believe that John Mark (author of the Gospel of Mark)... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2018 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Convince Me There’s A God: Lessons From Classical and Evidential Apologetics

  

  I began this exciting journey more than five years ago (October 2012). The journey is explaining what convinced me to leave atheism for theism (Christianity). Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2018 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Life of an Apologist – On the Importance of Love

  

  A Christian who determines to spend their life as an ‘apologist’ is committing to a life-long ‘defense’ of the Christian worldview. Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2018 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Book Review: The Story of Reality

  

  I love the title! The Story of Reality: How the World Began, How It Ends, and Everything Important that Happens in Between (Zondervan, 2017). Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2018 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• A Reading Plan for Christian Apologists – Part 3.21

  

  We are currently looking at the writings of 3rd century Christian apologists. We started with Hippolytus and Clement of Alexandria. Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2017 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Book Review: Theistic Evolution – A Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological...

  

  I have written many times during our ongoing series of Book Reviews that “you should buy this book.” I meant what I wrote about those previous books, but “you... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2017 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• A Reading Plan for Christian Apologists – Part 3.20

  

  We began this series, A Reading Plan for Christian Apologists, 18 months ago for the purpose of emphasizing the importance of reading for apologists – “Christia... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2017 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Book Review: Leaving Mormonism – Why Four Scholars Changed Their Minds

  

  Leaving Mormonism: Why Four Scholars Changed Their Minds (RatioChristiBooks/Kregel Publications, 2017) is the best book I’ve read about the inner workings of... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2017 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Developing An Apologetic That Works

  

  Three questions I hear often are: What martial arts style do you teach? What church do you attend? What apologetics method do you use? Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2017 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Book Set Review: The Lightfoot Legacy

  

  J.B. Lightfoot was one of the first names I heard as a young Christian studying about the Greek text of the New Testament. His name came up again and again as a... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2017 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Convince Me There’s A God – Archaeology 36

  

  In the last part of our series about archaeology we began looking at archaeological evidence for the Old Testament writings of Hebrew prophets Haggai and... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2017 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Book Review: Meet Generation Z

  

  Meet Generation Z: Understanding and Reaching the New Post-Christian World (Baker Books, 2017) by James Emery White is about our children and grandchildren,... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2017 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• A Reading Plan for Christian Apologists – Part 3.19

  

  We are looking at Christian apologists of the 3rd century. In our last study, we looked at Hippolytus of Rome, who is probably best known for writing ten books... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2017 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Street Epistemology – Take Two

  

  I began writing about an atheist evangelistic project called “street epistemology” four years ago. A friend emailed me about a new book that was about to be... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2017 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Book Review: How to Read and Understand the Biblical Prophets

  

  How To Read and Understand the Biblical Prophets (Crossway, 2017) by Peter J. Gentry is an excellent book for any Christian who wants to understand the Old... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2017 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• A Reading Plan for Christian Apologists – Part 3.18

  

  You will find many lineages in the Bible (also called genealogies). Genesis chapters 4, 5, 10 and 11 are examples. The first several chapters of 1 Chronicles... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2017 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Book Review: Know Why, What and Who You Believe

  

  I usually review new or recent books in this ongoing series recommending writings for Christian apologists to read. However, it’s also good to remember some of... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2017 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• A Reading Plan for Christian Apologists – Part 3.17

  

  We recently completed looking at some of the leading Christian apologists of the 2nd century AD. We move now to apologists of the 3rd century. The early... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2017 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Book Review: Conversion – How God Creates A People

  

  Conversion: How God Creates A People by Michael Lawrence (Crossway, 2017) is part of the 9Marks: Building Healthy Churches series from Crossway. Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2017 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• A Reading Plan for Christian Apologists – Part 3.16

  

  We’ve been looking at 2nd century Christian apologists for several months and after this post will move into the 3rd century. There are several more apologists... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2017 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY