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

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…

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

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:…

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

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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…

What are we to do with all our fallen heroes? Would it be better to not have heroes of the faith?…

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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…

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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…

One of my favorite characters in C.S. Lewis’s Narnia Chronicles has to be Lucy. She is the first one to discover…

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….

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

Imagine an elderly Jewish man tucking his grandchildren into bed nearly two thousand years ago. His son is in a Roman…

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Gratitude is a second-order activity. It isn’t merely the immediate pleasure of a thing, the sensations of being full, or the…

In our day many weaponize and monetize polemics. It’s time for a renaissance in Christian irenics. There’s a certain barb in…

As this is the last week of classes, my attention is taken again to final words I want to leave with…

“When it comes to life,” G.K. Chesterton once said, “the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take…

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The following video is from a seminar hosted by Cedarville University’s “Center for Biblical Apologetics & Public Christianity.” I’m thankful to…

Should we have a Christian political party? Believe it or not, C.S. Lewis wrote an essay devoted to that question by…

As we pulled into the gravel driveway my youngest son asked if the owner of the house was even a Christian….

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Can we repent as a nation for sins of our past? Of course we can. There are biblical examples of godly…

You should really vote. Seriously. It’s a big deal. But you shouldn’t tie your identity to the party or person for…

A person posted on social media last week that they did their civic duty and cancelled out the vote of some…

I am so thankful for the opportunity to publish with again with B&H Kids. I’ve had the idea for this book…

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When you hear the date October 31st you probably think of costumes and candy. For some like professor Billy Marsh, they…

Tomorrow is the big release day for The Bright Light and the Super Scary Darkness. My goal in writing this was…

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  George Orwell’s dystopic novel “1984” turned seventy years old in 2019. The book centers on the outcome of the absolute…

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Here’s my podcast interview with “The Bible for Kids” podcast. The co-hosts are bestselling author Amy Parker, and Mike Narwocki, co-founder…

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EEPING up with Old Testament parallels in the New Testament is more important than we often realize. The authors of the…

C. SPROUL defined faith as “well-reasoned trust.” We have good reason to trust God, but faith still requires a personal commitment….

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ERE’S my talk from Dayton Avenue Baptist Church on reasons to trust the Bible. While most Christians place great confidence and…

ERE’S my sermon on “Taking God at His Word” based on Second Peter. I argue that the way we know God…

OCRATES was a Greek philosopher known for asking questions. Four years ago we started an annual event following his methodology, an…

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HIS week news outlets have featured a recent discovery of the possibility of life on Venus. Don’t get too excited though,…

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HEOLOGY is simply that part of religion that requires brains,” G.K. Chesterton once quipped. It’s not that studying God is only…

Y daughter loves otters. I even made her an otter book for her last birthday. That’s why I was excited to…

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ANY  Christians never give serious attention to why they believe the Bible. This isn’t a problem until it becomes one. This…

NCE upon a time, an Italian guy found a treasure in a used book shop. And yes, I’m speaking of myself….

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ARKNESS can be scary. Sometimes it can be super scary! Did you know that the Bible is a big story about…

HE Apostle Peter witnessed Jesus’s glory and heard the voice of God the Father. Mark’s gospel records that Peter was also…

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EAR pastor, I’m completely committed to the authority of the Word of God and to all it teaches including its inspiration,…

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ELL, I’ve always enjoyed being a bit of a late adopter. I need to simmer a bit. I need to cogitate….

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UMMER traditions in the DeWitt family always include a couple visits to the drive in movie theaters. Since most movie theaters…

AST week I published a post about how often religious groups ground their beliefs in the Bible, but then extend the…

HAT is more important, the Word of God or the tradition of man? For conservative Christians, this seems rather straight forward…

perfected my healthy caffeine addiction while pulling all-nighters to finish term papers in college. I really had a healthy caffeine addiction…

NE of the first articles I remember writing for publication was for a magazine about parenting teenagers. I was in my…

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ELL, I never set out to make children’s books. I am uber-thankful to get the opportunity and super-humbled that anyone wants…

N his book The Artist’s Way of Preaching, Charles Denison says, “Most people do not read poetry, but the preacher should!”…

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Here’s the full reading plan for the Route 66 survey of the sixty-six books of the Bible. I organized the material…

Well, we got stuck on the side of a mountain near the Grand Canyon. It was never our plan of course….

ERE’S the second day of the Route 66 challenge to take a trip through the sixty-six books of the Bible. I’ll…

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ERE’S the first day of the Route 66 challenge to take a trip through the sixty-six books of the Bible. I’ll…

ET’S take a road trip! As I’ve mentioned on social media and here at Theolatte, I’m taking my twins on a…

RTHODOX DRAGONS, who would have thought? I have a number of dragon books I’ve self-published for my kids that are inspired…

OR the twins’ thirteenth birthday part of their gift was a road trip down Route 66. We’ve been planning it since…

OLEY Moley was a rolly polly. Josiah the Gentle Giant loved to play with him. But some times, the Gentle Giant…

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HE Night the Wild Things Came Out to Play is of course inspired byMaurice Sendak’s classic children’s story “Where the Wild…

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E’RE stuck in a house! I’m sure you or someone you live with has said this in recent days. Though many…

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ETER spoke his mind a lot. Sometimes that was a good thing. If you’re anything like me, you find a lot…

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AVID liked to talk to himself. A lot. In fact, in Psalm 103, King David talks to himself most of the…

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F God inspired the Bible, then understanding the biblical message is critically important. As theologian Wayne Grudem says, “all the words…

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hroughout the history of the church believers have found it necessary to summarize their beliefs on important topics. This often happens…

.S. Lewis used a variety of methods to share the gospel with a popular audience. In recent years there has been…

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UGENICS is the science of improving the human species. That might not sound too ominous. Who doesn’t like improvement? But this…

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HE history of the Bible is drenched in blood and reeks of burning flesh. It was written mostly by persecuted authors…

ONCE upon a time, April and I lived in a mansion. It was our first full time job after I graduated…

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EA CULPA. That’s Latin for, “I’m an idiot” or something like that. I have a public announcement: I’ve been using old…

ESEARCHERS don’t know what to make of a new study that shows how the universe shouldn’t exist. A perfect symmetry between…

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EN Fuson was a journalist. He dropped out of college to jump at an opportunity to write. He developed a gambling…

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OCIAL media is a lot of things. For me, it’s a way of gathering links to stories of interest, it’s a…

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ILBERT Keith Chesterton seems to be the ideal Christmas icon. He’s jolly. He’s plump. But in his 1926 Christmas essay, all…

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HRISTMAS is all about the birth of Christ. But I bet you’re celebrating with gifts too. And if you have tweenagers,…

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HEOLOGICAL Triage” is a term I first learned at Southern Seminary as developed and explained by Dr. Albert Mohler. It is…

LBERT Einstein famously said, “Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.” His point seems to be that these…

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OST Christians consider C.S. Lewis to be a warm symbol of the holiday season, expecially since he included “Father Christmas” in…

HARLES  Darwin once wrote a letter to Billy Graham. Not the one you’re thinking of. The American evangelist was born thirty-six…

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t’s the book that crushed a political hatchet man, led a world-renowned scientist to faith, and robbed a prideful entrepreneur of…

K. Chesterton once said the worst moment for an atheist is when they are really thankful but have no one to…

couple of weeks ago I preached a sermon on the Apostle Paul’s description of how we should use our gifts in…

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How are we to make sense of humanity in our day? Neuroscientists often reduce humans to brains, leaving no room for…

N July of 1963 C.S. Lewis was in a coma for abour twenty-four hours. It looked as though he might die….

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

G. Wells and G. K. Chesterton were dear friends despite their categorically different worldviews. After Chesterton’s death, Wells said, “From first…

 wish your project heartily well,” wrote C. S. Lewis to Christianity Today, “but can’t write you articles.” Carl F. H. Henry,…

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HERE seem to be no stones left unturned in the life of C. S. Lewis. We even have his diary from…

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AVE you ever just hit a brick wall in trying to understand something in the Bible? Me too. Here’s some things…

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EING angry doesn’t make your case any more appealing. There are indeed appropriate occasions for righteous indignation. But some people seem…

man who alleged poured a container of alcohol into his drink before the show, scared movie attenders in a New York…

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OD doesn’t waste anything in our lives, does he? Even the things we long to see accomplished and established, what can…

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B, the Christian hip hop artist, challenges believers to place their identity in Christ not in politics in his new single…

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iddle school dances gave me massive heartaches. Not of the romantic variety, but the kind that freeze your feelings and leave…

HIS weekend my wife and I had the privilege of heading to Maine to celebrate the marriage of two dear friends,…

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AITH in God and science are like oil and water. The two don’t mix. That’s the impression you often get listening…

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ast week while in Michigan I did an interview on K-Love about my new children’s books “Why God? Big Answers About…

very semester I kick off my theology class with a series of talks about the authority and sufficiency of Scripture. I…

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

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GNORANCE is the first penalty of pride.” So wrote H.G. Wells in his 1920 work The Outline of Human History. Wells…

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HERE are a number of methods for illustrating the trustfulness of the gospel and the inevitable nihilism of alternative worldviews. In…

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AVING grown up in an independent Baptist denomination, of the King James only variety, my “fundi” sniffer is pretty sensitive. To…

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