Apologetics

My whole life I've hung out with atheists. Now I'm writing a book with an atheist friend, Tom Jump. Tom is a successful YouTuber with over 30k followers. It's there on his YouTube channel that he debates Christians and...

Part 3 in this series is here In the world of higher education where I work, it's common for Christian students to lose their faith. Why? One reason (among many) is that they lack rationale for their beliefs. Many...

In the prior post I mentioned that evangelicals and liberals* tend to have differing starting points: Scripture as interpreted historically, going back to the creeds (evangelicals); and science along with the best of contemporary culture and learning (liberal theologians)....

Part 1 of this series is here. It's about working with evangelical and liberal students on campus. A few years ago I was sitting in a fascinating seminary class called “Liberal-Evangelical Dialogue.” I’d already been in that dialogue for...

I've been reading the noted historian, George Marsden, professor emeritus at the University of Notre Dame. He tells of the great split that occurred among Protestants in the early 20th c. between "liberals" and "evangelicals." Liberals were concerned to...

Part 2 is here Why is there so much suffering and evil in the world? Why doesn't God do more to heal the sick? Why doesn't he take down all the bad guys? Even little kids wonder about all...

In Part 1 I related how my heart was touched by the holy sites of Israel. I'm definitely not above the innocent wonderment of, say, the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem or the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem. I...

Part 1 is here. How do we communicate the gospel to kids? I'm no expert. But I am an experimenter. Here's the latest: I'm working with two of my grandsons, age 11 and 9. I love them both! They're...

In the prior post, I suggested an overall conversational approach for relating to Gen Z. It involves asking good questions, listening carefully, sharing from our own lives, and using "I" statements rather than definitive "truth" statements. This approach helps...

Having trouble understanding Gen Z these days? In education, Gen Z refers to middle schoolers all the way up through graduate students in their mid-20s. A few Gen Z characteristics include low religious affiliation, mental health struggles, left-leaning political...