So many people in our modern evangelical culture assent to a set of propositional truths about God but in their hearts are practical atheists. I believe that Scripture gives us examples of people of this category — people who were doctrinally sound but whose lifestyles did not bear out their professed beliefs.
The Art of Biblical Integrity for the Christian Intellectual Read More »
Mattick himself is no proponent of intelligent design. But his willingness to state upfront that a common argument against ID has been “threatened in the face of growing functional indices of noncoding regions of the genome” deserves commendation.
Biologist John Mattick on Junk DNA, ENCODE, and Intelligent Design Read More »
Without having intellectual grounding for belief, one is left with nothing to differentiate truth from falsehood.
On the Dangers of Fideism Read More »
In this article, I want to provide a definition of this important doctrine, explaining what exactly the Trinity is, as well as what is isn’t. I shall then examine the Scriptures to see whether they provide adequate substantiation of this concept.
The Trinity Defended Read More »
In this article, I want to draw attention to yet another old testament parallel to Christ. This one occurs in the book of Ruth.
Christ in the Story of Ruth Read More »
In this article, I want to consider yet another remarkable Old Testament foreshadowing of Christ, this time from the book of Zechariah.
Jesus Foreshadowed by Joshua the High Priest Read More »
Christianity is the only theistic worldview in which God has suffered with His Creation. Christianity is also the only religion in which one cannot say that God has done nothing about the problem of evil. Rather, God has dealt with it in a just fashion. He has extended the offer of salvation to humanity, made possible through Christ’s work on the cross.
If God, Why Suffering? Thoughts on Theodicy Read More »
In this article, I want to consider another well-known example of this category of evidence: The Passover, an event which has been celebrated by Jews for thousands of years.
Beyond the Shadow of a Doubt: The Passover as a Foreshadow of Christ Read More »
The Zeitgeist movie has been circulating on the internet since 2007. In the video its director, Peter Joseph, seeks to persuade viewers that the authors of the New Testament essentially plagiarized the concept of the virgin birth, December 25 as Christ’s birth date, the twelve disciples, the miracles, the crucifixion, and the resurrection from astrological sources and pagan mythology.
What’s Wrong with the Zeitgeist Movie? Read More »
Just as one needs the Box Top to make sense of a jigsaw puzzle, so one needs Christ in order to properly understand what’s going on in the Old Testament. In this article, I present one of those foreshadows.