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Forgive the cheeky title. But the topic is so heavy, I figured a little levity might help. I agree with C.S….

For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a…

I still remember the lines from an old D.C. Talk cassette tape I had back in the day. If you’re under…

The following video by Tim Keller on how anxiety requires pride, and lightheartedness requires humility and trust, is gold. Check it…

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Please pray for Dr. David Kasali in the Democratic Republic of Congo. After completing his PhD in New Testament at Trinity…

In 1945, C.S. Lewis gave a talk to young ministers and youth workers in Wales. The title of his presentation was…

I recently heard someone describe non-Christians as their enemies. It didn’t sit well with me for a lot of reasons, one…

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It’s been a minute since I served on a church staff. When I was seventeen I made a decision at a…

A Prayer Guide from a theological leader from the underground church in China: For security reasons, I will only use my…

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I’m starting a new column called “Three for the World” where I will feature short posts you can typically read in…

“What about gluttony?” the person standing next to me shouted towards the stage. There was a large man near the platform…

If your theology makes you mean, it’s probably not your theology. You might be a jerk. If your politics make you…

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I was doing my old man work out earlier today, rocking out on an elliptical, when I noticed the message on…

Finding Nemo taught us that all drains lead to the ocean. Maybe that was a metaphor for what happens to our…

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The Protestant Reformer Martin Luther once wrote that God does not need our good works. He went on to say that…

The recent hit song “Believe” by Brooks and Dunn featuring Jelly Roll offers a good summary of where a lot people…

Christian author John Dickson posted this on social media recently and it caught my eye. He shared a passage from a…

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The New Year marks a lot of hope and restored commitment for many people. We set resolutions. We download diets. We…

It’s not a crisis, it’s an opportunity. A friend shared those words with me when discussing what many experience as a…

In the midst of Job’s suffering he lamented “anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty”…

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Forgive me for raising a question which has likely never crossed your mind. My mind works a little differently, I suppose….

“Once in our world, a stable had something in it that was bigger than our whole world.” —C.S. Lewis “What if…

Christmas plays a powerful and pivotal role in making sense of Narnia, where under the Witch’s curse it was “always winter…

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I have an exciting personal announcement that might require a little context. I’ll begin by getting to the point. After twenty…

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The human experience is lived in a body, but it’s filled with non-physical values. That’s why it’s hard for me to…

Do we really need God? I’ve known plenty of people who don’t believe, or if they do believe no longer practice…

This song speaks candidly about trauma with the powerful refrain, “The damage has been done, so this I pray, God give…

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I had the opportunity to speak at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, MO, for their chapel service earlier this week. I…

I’ve always wanted a Jeep. I finally got one. It’s almost five years old with 70K miles, but it’s new to…

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I took Amazon’s advice while running on the elliptical the other day. I often watch something on Prime to pass the…

I think there are a lot of followers of Jesus in America who feel a little homeless. Of course, I can…

C.S. Lewis could cook up a metaphor like my mom baking a meatloaf masterpiece. We’re talking perfection. I’d still dump a…

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I vividly remember the buzz around four individuals who described themselves as the “four horsemen of the atheist apocalypse”. There…

The following is a short article on true religion that appeared in both a Missouri and Ohio paper in 1842. The…

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I’ve posted the video below from a talk I recently gave at SBU as a part of the series “Why Believe…

Last night my son Josiah asked me to play a song by the artist Thomas Rhett. It’s a sweet song about…

Living in a small village in Ohio makes it rather unlikely that your community will make international news. And yet it…

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This last week, the Wall Street Journal featured an obituary in their review section. It was nearly a full page about…

Good grief, the new Peanuts movie is brilliant. I loved it. And so did my kids. But it really does depart…

What are the lies you tell yourself? How do you respond to your inner critic? Listen to how artist Jelly Roll…

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A friend recently sent this to me on Facebook. I think it’s worth considering when it comes to finding effective ways…

I’m writing this post from a Starbucks in my hometown. My son Josiah and I have been camping at a lake…

I recently stopped by Walgreens to pick up a prescription for my son who is battling a poison ivy breakout. He…

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Singer/song-writers are the poets of our generation. If you want to see how an idea looks like with skin on, read…

You can add my name to the long list of people who are dreading this election season. Like you, I’ve grown…

I stopped being embarrassed about my joy of sketching shortly after meeting Gilbert Keith Chesterton. The introduction was made by none…

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The Apostle Paul describes the believer as an artistic creation when he says, “For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created…

I’ve written about the rap turned country artist Jelly Roll here before. His songs are filled with religious references from “Son…

She describes herself as a “Bible believing, powerlifting, cancer surviving, PhD astrophysicist.” I’ve followed Sarah Salviander on social media for a few…

The poet William Herbert Carruth, after extolling the beauty and mystery of nature, notes how humans respond in different, yet similar…

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Do you ever find yourself reading the Bible with something less than enthusiastic belief when it comes to stories about talking…

It’s stuck with me all these years later. The well-known theologian began his talk with the words, “I’ve written more about…

“Pied Beauty” by Gerard Manley Hopkins Glory be to God for dappled things— For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; For…

I’ve never used the Bible to learn how to change the oil in my car, build a bookshelf, or fix…

You’ve seen the style. Some of you love it. Some of you hate it. It’s the notorious man bun, donned by…

Last week I stood beneath C.S. Lewis’s rooms at Magdalen College in Oxford and shared the story of his journey from…

In the middle of WW II, C.S. Lewis gave a couple sermons at St Mary the Virgin University Church in England…

“Well, at any rate, we now have less chance of dying of cancer,” quipped C. S. Lewis in response to learning…



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Science was born on the 28th day of the month of May in 585 BC. The Greek philosopher Thales was the…



When asked which kind of God Richard Dawkins would want to believe in, the famous atheist cited the Christian God. “I’d…



A Better Resurrection By Christina Rossetti  I have no wit, no words, no tears; My heart within me like a stone…

There are questions that need to be answered and answers that need to be questioned. The slogan “Jesus is the answer…

When I was in junior high school I entered a national art contest and won a scholarship to take correspondence courses…

Even if you disagree with the guy, I bet you can’t outdo C.S. Lewis in his ability to illustrate an argument….

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What do you do with your doubt? Do you ignore it? Are you ashamed of it? Do let it rule you?…

Do you have a soul? Can science say anything about it? Can science disprove it? Brian Cox, the musician turned professor,…

I had dinner last week with a friend who works in the Netherlands. I was intrigued by a word he used…

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What do you believe? How do you know it’s true? What are your reasons for believing it? What even counts as…

The influential 19th century British pastor, Charles Spurgeon, once said, “Few men repent of being silent.” Those words will cut you…

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In this series I’ve talked about some ways we don’t fit in. Maybe it’s your quirky personality. Maybe you’re infected with…

Someone once said, “When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears…

If you have to radically change who you are to fit a place — you’re changing the wrong thing. Full stop. To…

Have you ever felt like you don’t fit in? Like, in a round-hole-kind-of-world, you’re more of a square-peg-kind-of-a-person? What if your…

Beauty and brains and virtue never dwell Together in one place, the critics say Yet we have known a case You…

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Clint Eastwood’s 1985 film “Pale Rider” is about a mysterious preacher who shows up, apparently, as the result of a little…

Have you ever done an autopsy on the positive change you’ve experienced in life? What did it look like? What caused…

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Death follows hard after breathing beings. He ain’t stopping ’til he freeze your feelings. Or seize your nerves and leave you…

Last week I felt compelled to say something I’ve felt, and thought about, for quite a while now. I posted it…

I sometimes break the law. I’m not trying to brag. It’s not the general law I break, it’s a couple very…

I’ve been encouraged to post my recent series “Making Your Way in the World Today” as an Advent reflection. While that…

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So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.  (1 Corinthians 13:13) According to…

Bob hates Hope. Bob is the name I’ve given to that negative voice inside my head that tells me lies. Maybe…

My favorite definition of faith comes from the late pastor R.C. Sproul who described the virtue as “well-reasoned trust.” I like…

“Nothing is more powerful than beauty in a wicked world,” sings artist Amos Lee. He’s not wrong. The theologian in me…

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to meet with a group of leaders on Zoom and I was asked to share a…

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I came down with a nasty head cold a couple weeks ago while speaking at a conference in Detroit. If you…

Dear Reader, It’s taken me a long time to learn that joy and sorrow aren’t mutually exclusive. The truth is, we…

I work at McDonalds a lot. Well, to be clear, they don’t pay me. I mostly get coffee and use their…

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One of the current joys of my life is serving alongside a dear friend, Rob Rosenbalm, in the teaching ministry of…

Do you ever wonder how your life might have been different? I sometimes do. For example, I sometimes wonder what life…

What is the kind of person God uses? Are they tall, short, skinny, not-skinny, female, male, Asian, Caucasian, African American, Latino,…

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Have you ever seen someone so moved by emotion that you could tell their brain had kind of checked out? Maybe…

Earlier in the week, I decided to move a fallen tree on my own and it decided to fight back. The…

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In Colossians, the Apostle Paul explains to his readers how to stand firm in their faith in the midst of plausible…

Luke said it was an angel. Joe, the first century Jewish historian also known as Josephus, calls it an owl. The…

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Recently I was driving through another state for a speaking engagement when I noticed a road sign with a rather smart…

The Joshua tree is an iconic symbol of life in the Mojave Desert. It’s a tree straight out of a Dr….

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In a recent post for The Times, journalist Rod Liddle laments the loss of Christianity. It’s not because he’s a Christian,…

“Hangin’ in there, just barely. Throwin’ up prayers, like Hail Mary’s. If You’re still there, Lord, spare me,” sings Jason DeFord (known…

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He was totally right. Adam, that is. He’s a fellow church member who told me I’d love my time in…

I’m thrilled to have KB and Flame joining us at SBU for our fall worldview conference. Spend the day with us…

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A recent article in the weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal highlights the work of epidemiologist Tyler VanderWeele, who serves…

I only recently learned the literal meaning of the expression “adios.” I had always assumed it meant goodbye or see you…

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I had a blast chatting with Rush Witt from New Growth for the first season of their podcast Straight to the…

There are about a million ways to get God wrong, and the path to getting him right is extremely narrow. That…

There are about a million ways to get God wrong. As the rap artist Andy Mineo once said, “God made you…

I am thrilled that “C.S. Lewis: The Writer Who Found Joy” comes out next month — July 11 to be exact….

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The first season of the Mere Caffeination podcast is now in the books, in which we survey the Screwtape Letters and…

In a recent piece at the Big Think website, Peter Cave, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, author of How…

Last week, I took my sons on a camping trip for fathers and sons put on by our church’s student ministry….

Several years ago I heard a speaker compare a Christian’s personal witness with concentric circles. Their testimony is the first circle…

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The Wall Street Journal recently commemorated the 50 year anniversary of the Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s The Gulag Archipelago: An Experiment  in Literary…

It is true that we are far too stingy when it comes to doling out grace to others and far too…

What would you say if you could preach just one sermon? This is the topic of a collection of works published…

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The Apostle Paul tells us we’re all going to worship one of two things. We will either worship the Creator, or…

There have only been a few new shows April and I have really enjoyed throughout our marriage. For the most part…

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Lewis knew a thing or two about love for God and country. He served in the first World War. He was…

Ameen Hudson is a writer and speaker who focuses on the intersection of theology, art, and culture. He’s also the co-host…

The Wall Street Journal recently carried the story “Our Many Jesuses” by journalist Francis X. Rocca. The piece discusses the diverse…

The days are what they are. Some are good, some are bad, most are remarkably forgettable. All of them are flying…

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Joyner Lucas is a gifted lyricist and rapper. Like most memorable songwriters, his music mixes autobiography, story, and cultural commentary. He…

Years ago I visited with a popular writer and speaker whom I knew from his regular appearances at large youth ministry…

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I had the opportunity to talk to Christianity Today about the new research out by the Pew Research Center. Their survey…

In her recent article, Americans Warm Up to Every Religious Group Except Evangelicals, Kate Shellnutt reports on the Pew Study that…

My son Josiah loves Kane Brown’s music. Like with my other kids, I try to listen to music by artists they…

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I was interviewed by The Pathway about C.S. Lewis’s influential work The Abolition of Man. This February marked the 80 year…

In his monumental book The Resurrection of the Son of God, British scholar N.T. Wright tells the story of a king…

I had an atheist friend ask me how I could live with the narrow claims of Christianity. “How do you feel…

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In the Broadway play “Dear Evan Hansen,” there’s a powerful scene at the end of the story that illustrate a deep…

Several years ago I attended a conference to hear a talk from an artist I admire. His name is Makoto Fujimura….

We have meaning below because there is a God above. If there were no god above, we would have no meaning…

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Thomas Jefferson died on the fifty year anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a document for which he…

C.S. Lewis’s Screwtape Letters tell us a lot about Heaven from a hellish point of view. With Valentine’s Day coming up…

It always ends the same way. Either they kill us, or we kill them. All our hypotheticals about a future with…

Was evil C.S. Lewis’s favorite apologetic? It was evil that led him into atheism, and, ironically, what led him out. How…

Santa is watching, the song tells us. So, you better be good for goodness sake. The favored children’s Christmas song sends…

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The House of Christmas by G.K. Chesterton There fared a mother driven forth Out of an inn to roam; In the…

I love all the Christmassy stuff. The smell of indoor pine trees. The colors. The movies. The music. You can say…

“If there were less good will,” C. S. Lewis often said in December correspondence, “then we might have more peace on…

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If you were of a PG-13 age in 2009—you likely saw first hand, or at least heard of—the hullabaloo surrounding the…

Over Thanksgiving break I tricked my family into watching a movie I hoped to skip. Maybe it was kind of a…

Not long ago, I wrote a post about how a passionate speech by Hitler and boring Sunday sermon inspired C.S. Lewis’s…

C.S. Lewis dedicated the Screwtape Letters to his good friend J.R.R. Tolkien, beloved author of the Middle Earth stories. But did…

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“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold,” Tolkien wrote in the Hobbit, “it would be…

Don’t be fooled. You can deny anything you want. That, of course, doesn’t change reality. Reality doesn’t care what you accept…

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Nothing comes off more presumptuous than telling someone they don’t really believe what they claim they do. There was probably a…

G.K. CHESTERTON once said, “the tendency of recent culture has been to tolerate the smile but discourage the laugh.” It’s not…

It’s now live! After a whole lot of effort figuring out how a computer works with an external microphone, which evidently…

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It was a hot dry summer in 1940 in Oxford, England. That ended in July when the heavens opened up with…

This morning started with the kind of cold rain that tends to wash away the colors of Autumn. Winter seems to…

In a recent visit to a bookstore one of my kids found a small hardback, filled with short, funny descriptions of…

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Imagine buying a pair of sunglasses on a summer vacation to the beach, but never wearing them. You find the perfect…

I’ve heard it said that true friends don’t stab you in the back, they stab you in the chest. While this…

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Everybody believes. So says the recent article “All Humans are Believers” at Big Think by Marcelo Gleiser, which describes belief as…

Many first came to meet C.S. Lewis through a magical wardrobe. They may have been surprised to discover there was something…

In my new role as a Senior Fellow at Southwest Baptist University, I’m finding creative ways to connect with students while…

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On a Sunday in September, over ninety-years ago, C.S. Lewis took a walk that forever changed his life. He was enjoying…

Some country songs get it more right than others. In this case, it couldn’t get it more wrong. But I do…

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George Bernard Shaw was a public intellectual who opposed Christianity yet was close friends with Christians of his day like G.K….

The second light in our little town tells the whole story. “Summer is over,” it reminds us when it turns from…

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Some articles get you with the title. This one got me with the picture (above). The recent piece in the Wall…

You may have seen the new campaign featured recently by Christianity Today called “He Gets Us.” It’s a movement to reach…

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Is Christian belief mere wishful thinking? Is the faith of the New Testament based on blind allegiance to an irrational worldview?…

When asked if he could preach only one sermon in life, G.K. Chesterton responded it would be one against pride. Pride…

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Our small group at church has been meeting outside in the morning shade of some large pine trees by the church…

Dorothy Sayers’ prophetic speech “Creed or Chaos” offers a timely reminder. Sayers gave her to talk to a group in England,…

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I posted on social media a few years ago the following statement, “At school students study economics and trigonometry, but at…

What would it look like if humility and grace sat down for a chat? Author Jason Gay gives life to a…

My family and I absolutely love the students of Cedarville University. That’s what makes an announcement like this bittersweet. We’ve loved…

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There’s nothing I enjoy more than getting my kayak into a stream before the sun comes up. It’s all therapy for…

Fire up the grill, don the swimsuit, get ready to vacay, but don’t waste your summer. The warm weather and renewed…

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C.S. Lewis has led generations through the wardrobe and into the magical land of talking Fauns, lampposts, and the benevolent lion….

What is the role of reason in the life of faith? Should a believer simply walk by faith and defy all…

This last Sunday I had the honor and joy of baptizing my son Josiah. He has been asking a lot of…

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Spring is in the air. There’s a pep in our proverbial step. But what if there’s not? What if the…

Over the weekend several Christian leaders decried the news of a church in Canada that hosted the euthanasia ceremony of one…

Standing in the garden, tears streaming down her face, I imagine Eve let out a breathless scream when the Creator confronted…

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At the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, a large conference held in Australia in 2015, an audience member asked the question, “What…

Christians believe Jesus literally rose from the dead as a real event. They believe his crucified body began breathing air in…

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In a recent interview with Joe Rogan, the public intellectual and celebrity Jordan Peterson described an Old Testament story he believes…

There’s an unbreakable link between the Christian belief in Easter and the Bible. “That Christ died for our sins according to…

Sometimes the title of an article tells a story of its own. This last weekend the Wall Street Journal carried a…

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Jesus was an amazing story teller. He could turn something as simple as a fig tree into an pointed parable with…

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There’s no faith crisis brewing on the college campus, at least not the type depicted movies like “God’s Not Dead,” argues…

The Atlantic recently carried as story about a speech by the son of the most recent U.S. President “We’ve turned the…

The website “The Big Think” offers ideas about the everything. I call them ideas because, though they are offered alongside of…

I don’t know why it has taken me so long to learn a simple phrase that I think is helpful in…

The following video is a panel discusssion I moderated with three Christian artists on the topic of Christian faith and creativity….

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C.S. Lewis believed pastoral candidates should be required to translate a theological work into contemporary language before they could be ordained….

The following video is from our recent conference on the witness of the Christian imagination. I was profoundly grateful for all…

The following is a message I shared at Cedarville University. It’s a part of the series through the Gospel of John…

When I was a kid, people called me Danny. When I got to college I took the opportunity to upgrade to…

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The musician James Taylor once described a feeling like the clenching of a fist. Those words communicate because we immediately understand…

King Solomon once said there is more wisdom to be found at a funeral than a party. That seems to be…

How does a student’s faith commitment affect her performance in the classroom? That’s the question addressed by the new book God,…

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The year was 1965. Martin Luther was scheduled to speak at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, the school his wife…

Last week Pope Francis addressed the governing body of the Catholic Church, called the Holy See. He spoke on a number…

This weekend I made a sketch to illustrate one of my favorite Martin Luther King, Jr. quotes. King said, “Darkness cannot…

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On one occasion, G.K. Chesterton debated his atheist friend George Bernard Shaw. Chesterton’s paper, fittingly named G.K.’s Weekly, worked on a…

Human values require faith. G.K. Chesterton described this sort of faith as “the superstitions of the sceptic.” Even those who deny…

The fourteenth chapter of John’s gospel reads like a Q&A time at a Christian conference. John records Jesus responding to perennial…

This last year we bought our youngest son and daughter hamsters for Christmas. They were thrilled. They had both been asking…

One of our family’s favorite animated Christmas movies is Arthur Christmas. It tells the funny tale of an inter-generational Santa Claus…

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Charles Dickens is an author who needs no introduction. Those who may not know him well likely still know of his…

“If there were less good will,” C. S. Lewis often said in December correspondence, “then we might have more peace on…

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You’ve probably heard it said of someone acting like a Grinch or Scrooge that they don’t have a soul. There are…

Yesterday I had the opportunity to do an interview with a local Fox News station on the topic of Hanukkah. To…

Thanksgiving is a blockbuster holiday. Producers aim to release around or on this important day of feasting. One of the highlights…

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“Does modern cosmology prove the existence of God?” is the title of an article on the website “The Big Think.” To…

I’ve heard it multiple times now, “You know, once you start streaming worship services it just makes it easier to keep…

In the New Testament, Peter tells us to always be ready to answer questions. Paul, on the other hand, encourages us…

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I can’t think of a time when I felt underdressed at a movie theater. Nor do I remember the last time…

The following post is an old newspaper review of G.K. Chesterton from the “The Sun: Books and the Book World,” published…

I found this video helpful in considering how the current struggles over the role of politics in American Evangelicalism looks to…

The following video is a conversation I had with the award-winning artist KB. This is our second seminar for the semester…

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Steven Pinker, Harvard University cognitive psychology professor and best selling author, beats a familiar drum in his most recent book “Rationality:…

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Okay, so I’m really talking about Walt Disney, the creator of the mousy spokesperson for the well-known, overpriced, theme park. There’s…

Have you ever wondered what Bible Jesus used? Was Jesus’s Bible, the Jewish Scriptures, different from the Old Testament we use…

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Someone said it well on social media that keeping up with the Marvel Universe went from feeling like a treat to…

This last weekend the world remembered the heroes and the victims of September 11, 2001. It’s been twenty-years. It’s hard to…

A lot of people find our trust in the Bible misplaced. What should we think? Here’s a summary list I recently…

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Not long ago I tweeted the following, “Both liberalism and fundamentalism are never satisfied. They will always demand more. It will…

Why would an atheist be chosen as the new president of chaplains at Harvard University? The school was founded for the…

There’s a small country church I’ve preached at a lot over the last few years since we’ve lived in Ohio. It…

Arguments over the relationship between faith and science are as old as Galileo. Though he didn’t invent the telescope, he’s the…

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I remember a friend in high school who nearly drove into one of those giant-yellow-flashing-arrow signs that tell you your lane…

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How many Christians does it take to make a difference? You may have asked that before. Perhaps you’ve been the only…

It was right there in front of my eyes, and I missed it! I’ve written a book about it. And I…

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C.S. Lewis described his idea of Mere Christianity, those irreducible beliefs that all Christians agree upon, as being like a sort…

Everyone knows when you play a board or card game at someone else’s house, you are subject to different rules. You…

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Philosophy is humanity’s best attempt at truth. The word philosophy means a love of wisdom. But the sort of wisdom philosophy…

Someone once posed the most absurd example to me in an podcast interview in what seemed to be an attempt to…

Most Americans celebrated the fourth of July yesterday, a fact social media could not pass over. Twitter was chirping all day…

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Well, fundamentalism is as fundamentalism does. For anyone who grew up around religious fundamentalism, the secular orthodoxy of the New Atheist…

Time is an enigma. Dr. Suess once asked, “How did it get so late so soon? It’s night before it’s afternoon….

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A few years back a friend mentioned on social media that I should make my sketches available on Etsy. My wife…

My presets on my car radio include KLove, NPR, an oldies station, and a couple country ones as well. It’s always…

In his helpful book on theology, author Millard Erickson outlines two different approaches to talking about God in our modern day….

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The song-writer turned singer, Michael Hardy, tells the story of a man saying goodbye to a good friend in his song…

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Every semester I wrap things up with a talk I call “Towards a Theology of Science.” This is a way of…

As long as their have been humans, there have been big questions to fill their heads during the day and haunt…

The Marvel Comics Universe (MCU) continues to expand in fascinating ways. I’ve really enjoyed the most recent series with actors Anthony…

A few weeks back I participated in a discussion about the recent Gallup data regarding church membership with a journalist from…

Last weekend I experienced the joyful cognitive dissonance of returning to a movie theater. It’s one of the simple pleasures I…

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This is the second part of my lecture “Mere Creation.” I begin with basic elements that are explicit in Genesis 1-2…

I recorded my theology lecture this morning for a later section of the same course. The lecture is “Mere Creation,” and…

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How did the first disciples of Jesus talk about the resurrection? There’s a rather clear answer to that question that has…

A recent Gallup poll reveals a sobering reality, those who belong to a religious community are no longer the majority in…

Some people take an interesting route to get in line behind Jesus. In his book The Rage Against Faith: How Atheism…

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When it comes to the Trinity, there’s a lot of ways to get it wrong. If you look at church councils…

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The following video is from the most recent apologetics seminar hosted by Cedarville University’s Center for Apologetics and Public Christianity. I…

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In 1653 the Dutch artist Rembrandt completed a project depicting three epic figures from history (painting above). The original work is…

The amount of literary evidence for the New Testament never ceases to amaze me. The New Testament stands in a league…

You’re a bundle of hopes and expectations. Be honest, you’ve got some pretty specific things you want to accomplish or obtain…

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“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone,” the French philosopher Pascal once wrote….

The rapper Lil Uzi Vert chose to have a twenty-four million dollar diamond implanted in his forehead. Everywhere he goes, he…

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The parables of Jesus are far more powerful and controversial than most realize. These explosive stories cut through the thickest of…

A couple years ago I was interviewed by the Dayton Business Journal about Christianity in the workplace. How does a Christian…

The Greek poet Homer was thought to be blind. He lived about seven or eight hundred years before Jesus. His writings…

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“I have been suspected of being what is called a Fundamentalist,” Lewis wrote. Some would consider the term misapplied to the…

The Marvel Universe is expanding. So is the real universe, by the way. The Marvel movie world has been multiplying…

Mere Caffeination is a weekly open forum “coffee talk” at Cedarville University hosted by the Center for Apologetics & Public Christianity….

Journalist Amanda Mull laments the loss of seemingly insignificant relationships in her most recent article “The Pandemic Has Erased Entire Categories…

The theme of love is so pervasive in the New Testament, I don’t think someone who consistently ignores it can be…

Every semester I kick of my introduction to theology course with the same lecture. I needed to record it today for…

Toni Jo Terzaghi May 1, 1961 – Jan 11, 2021 Aunt Toni was one tough Italian cookie. She was tough. She…

Like many others, I shared an article by Dr. Russell Moore this last week. Moore is the president of the Ethics…

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The term “eulogy” is the combination of two Greek words “eus,” meaning good and “logos,” meaning word. A eulogy is a…

Sara Walker, associate professor at Arizona State University, explores the question of what constitutes life, or intelligent life, in the first…

A lot of people think even if God did exist, there would be no way to know him. If there is…

Jesus is incredibly influential. There are breadcrumbs from his legacy everywhere you look. That’s why your best defense of the Christian…

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This last summer I took my twin sons on a road trip down Route 66. While we were in Santa Fe,…

I don’t know why I’m always so surprised to see how widely Jesus is respected. Christianity may be out of vogue…

There fared a mother driven forth Out of an inn to roam; In the place where she was homeless All men…

The following poem, The Eternal Goodness, is by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892). I hope you find it as encouraging as I…

God has a long history of wanting to be king of his people going all the way back to a garden…

The following video is the last apologetics seminar of the calendar year for Center for Biblical Apologetics & Public Christianity at…

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I like to read the Wall Street Journal weekend edition. I don’t often spend much time in their obituary section, but…

Have you heard the popular internet pronouncement that Jesus is really just a remix of the Egyptian god Horus? While it’s…

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I’m not talking about “The Santa Clause,” although Tim Allen’s character in the movie did spend some time in the locker….