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 […]
In the early pages of the Bible, we read an ineffable profundity: “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” (Genesis 1:27) It’s difficult to say how much effort and ink has gone into traversing this […]
The Dutch apologist, Cornelius Van Til, made a fascinating apologetic argument from our use of simple sentences. He said every time we predicate we presuppose the God of the Bible. What does that mean? In grammar class, we learned that a predicate is anything that can be said about a […]
Dr. R. Scott Smith, professor of Ethics and Philosophy of Religion at BIOLA University, once told me that he took his daughter to the grocery store when she was young to introduce her to the concept of universals and particulars, or the unity and diversity we see all around us. […]
Before I enrolled in the apologetics master’s program at BIOLA, I had never heard Christians speak of God’s existence as a probability. I was flummoxed from Day 1. In our class lectures and discussion forums, I was introduced to a new way of talking about God. Instead of speaking about […]