I wrote a few whimsical Valentine messages to honor the Dutch reformed theologian, Cornelius Van Til. His devotion to the Christian faith during his 43 years of teaching at Westminster Theological Seminary resulted in many lectures, sermons, and books, several of which I have on my reading list this year. […]
Art and Apologetics “Self, 1991”, Marc Quinn at the Yale Center for British Arts, 2022 By Scarlett Clay British artist, Marc Quinn, began a series of self-portraits comprised of his blood in 1991, and creates a new blood-head every five years. He makes a mold of his head, fills it […]
Kehinde Wiley is a classically trained African American painter who attempts to remake the western canon of art. Since the history of European art predominantly features people with fair skin, Wiley attempts to rectify this perceived injustice by copying the Old Masters and replacing light-skinned people with dark-skinned people. In […]
Happy New Year! I have written a small book for Ratio Christi on art and apologetics. Here is the description: In Arts and Apologetics, human creativity takes center stage in the defense of the Christian faith. Through a collection of arguments from the arts and aesthetic experience, the wonders of […]
The eternal Son assumed a human nature. This is a profound component of the doctrine of Christ. Who was Jesus Christ? God, man, or both? The branch of theology which studies Christ is called Christology, and the position of the historic, orthodox Christian faith comes from the Council of Chalcedon […]
Young C.S. Lewis pled with his father, ‘Please take me out of this as soon as possible…’[1] It was March 1914 and Lewis was referring to the public school he was attending, and at this early stage, we see seeds of kinship between Lewis’ views of education and modern Christian […]
Apologetics goes to the movies! Grab some popcorn and learn how Hollywood’s most memorable heroes shine the spotlight on the ultimate hero of the universe, Jesus Christ. In their new fast-paced work, Hollywood Heroes: How Your Favorite Movies Reveal God seasoned apologists Frank Turek (Crossexamined.org) and his son, Captain Zach […]
“If God takes human dignity and freedom seriously, then when man decides to plant corn, he won’t bring up strawberries.”[1] I heard this quote in a lecture recently and I began to think of ways to help our children think more deeply as we plant seeds down into the soil […]
Q: Why do we love to imitate nature? A: Because we are created in the image of the Creator of Nature and experience joy as we create after the pattern of our Creator. Psalm 104:24 O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all (Paper […]