C.S. Lewis dedicated the Screwtape Letters to his good friend J.R.R. Tolkien, beloved author of the Middle Earth stories. But did Tolkien even like the Screwtape Letters? Unrelated, what was the cave where Tolkien and Lewis’s spent so much time together? Were these two authors into spelunking? And why didn’t Tolkien’s wife let him hang out at C.S. Lewis’s house?…...
Read MoreHere's Your Worldview Reader with links to articles, essays, reviews, & videos I consider to be interesting or important from a biblical worldview. Join me on the first & third Friday every month as I discuss topics from the post with Carmen LaBerge on My Faith Radio around 7:40AM (EST). ⊕ Theolatte Live ⊕ The Apologetics of Food & Gladness ⊕ Three Undeniable…...
Read More"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold," Tolkien wrote in the Hobbit, "it would be a merrier world." You might not think of these simple pleasures of food and cheer as an evidence of God. But in Acts 14, the Apostle Paul uses them as an argument for God's existence. While Paul and Barnabas…...
Read MoreDon't be fooled. You can deny anything you want. That, of course, doesn't change reality. Reality doesn't care what you accept or deny. You can deny gravity, but you're still going to hit the ground if you jump from a high point. All of this to say, my title of three "undeniable" facts requires some nuance. In addition to being…...
Read MoreTheolatte Live is a weekly streaming program on Friday mornings featuring caffeinated conversations about the convergence of theology and philosophy. The program consists of (1) a Psalm for the day, (2) an introduction to an old book out of my personal library, a (3) a highlight from R.C. Sproul's book The Consequences of Ideas: Understanding the Concepts that Shaped Our…...
Read MoreHere's Your Worldview Reader with links to articles, essays, reviews, & videos I consider to be interesting or important from a biblical worldview. Join me on the first & third Friday every month as I discuss topics from the post with Carmen LaBerge on My Faith Radio around 7:40AM (EST). ⊕ Mere Caffeination: Episode One ⊕ Atheism in the Lip, Not the…...
Read MoreNothing comes off more presumptuous than telling someone they don't really believe what they claim they do. There was probably a time I would rush in with an atheist friend to tell them they really believe in God. I never found that to be an effective strategy at nurturing meaningful conversations, if I'm being honest. Francis Bacon, an English philosopher…...
Read MoreG.K. CHESTERTON once said, "the tendency of recent culture has been to tolerate the smile but discourage the laugh." It's not that G.K.C didn't like smiling, he simply didn't prefer it over laughter. Here's why. In his essay "Laughter," Chesterton outlines three reasons why a laugh is better than a smile: 1. The smile can easily turn into a sneer,…...
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