As this is the last week of classes, my attention is taken again to final words I want to leave with my students. For them it's just the end of another semester. For me, as their professor, I see it as something more decisive. Since I mostly teach one course in our Bible minor, an introduction to theology, I likely…...
Read More“When it comes to life," G.K. Chesterton once said, "the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.†Surprisingly, it is often those things that are taken either for granted or with gratitude that point us to God. The Apostle Paul once made this the basis for a talk he gave about evidence for…...
Read MoreHere's Your Weekend 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). ⊕  What Do We Owe Our…...
Read MoreMere Caffeination is a weekly open forum "coffee talk" at Cedarville University hosted by the Center for Apologetics & Public Christianity. I meet with students in our campus coffee shop to talk about what's going on in the world of worldview. Out of an abundance of caution due to COVID, Mere Caffeination will be online for now - streaming on…...
Read MoreThe following video is from a seminar hosted by Cedarville University's "Center for Biblical Apologetics & Public Christianity." I'm thankful to Dr. Neil Shenvi for joining me for a discussion about theories shaping the culture and how Christians can cultivate a careful, charitable, and winsome gospel witness. You can download a free copy of the book Dr. Shenvi co-authored called…...
Read MoreShould we have a Christian political party? Believe it or not, C.S. Lewis wrote an essay devoted to that question by the title "Meditation on the Third Commandment." You can read it in its entirety here. I had a student give a presentation on this essay earlier this week and was reminded of how timeless C.S. Lewis continues to be.…...
Read MoreAs we pulled into the gravel driveway my youngest son asked if the owner of the house was even a Christian. He asked because the cabin we rented for a long fall weekend had a yard sign out front for a different candidate other than the one my nine-year-old thought we should be voting for. It's funny what my kids…...
Read MoreHere's Your Weekend 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). ⊕  The Dangers of National Repentance …...
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