What is Substitutionary Atonement? When it comes to understanding the Christian faith, there aren’t many ideas more central to grasp than this one. Those words can sound intimidating, so let’s break them down. To “substitute” is to stand in the place of or take the place of. To “atone for” is a multifaceted biblical term […]
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Christians can ask the hard questions. Questioning the Bible isn’t always comfortable. In fact, it can be downright scary. If we dig underneath “because the Bible says so” what will we find? Have we based our lives on a bunch of fairytales? How we view the Bible is no small matter. A lot is at […]
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What is true tolerance? True tolerance is where we extend to each other the right to be wrong. False tolerance, on the other hand, naïvely asserts that all ideas are created equal and this must be rejected. Not only is this obviously false, it’s unlivable. Unfortunately, as Stephen Prothero has put it, “The ideal of […]
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What’s the difference between knowing and showing Christianity is true? I was first introduced to this helpful distinction by Christian philosopher William Lane Craig. The Bible teaches that a believer knows Christianity is true on the basis of the internal witness of the Holy Spirit. The Testimony of the Holy Spirit Passages like Rom. 8:16 […]
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What is the purpose of spiritual gifts? Talking about spiritual gifts can be confusing and at times controversial. But what does the Bible teach? 1 Peter 4:10-12 says: “As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of […]
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Why Knowledge Matters for Christians. Unfortunately, many people today think that you can’t know religious or moral truths. Why? Because if physics, chemistry, biology, or genetics doesn’t deal with a topic, then they assume you can’t know it. In other words, it’s fine for you to say you believe that Jesus is God but not […]
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How do we know that Jesus rose from the dead? Is believing in the resurrection like believing in fairytales? In this short animated apologetics video, you will find some powerful evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus. Watch it with your kids and then share it with others! Enjoy! And Happy Easter! Animated Resurrection Video For […]
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What is the Role of the Holy Spirit in Interpreting the Bible? Can a non-Christian grasp the content of the Bible? Yes and no. Yes, if we mean the text can be understood by employing a sound approach to literature—to the basic grammar, context, and content of a passage. But an unbeliever cannot fully appreciate […]
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Why listening matters when sharing your faith.If you want to have more effective spiritual conversations, then learn to listen.Francis Schaefer once said:"'If I have only an hour with someone, I will spend the first fifty-five minutes asking questions and finding out what is troubling their heart and mind, and then in the last five minutes I will share something of the truth."Our temptation is to unload all the facts we’ve ever learned in one conversation.....
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Learning to think in a culture ruled by feelings. The words we use to talk about our faith shapes how the people around us approach Christianity. Have you ever noticed how often people start talking about Jesus, the Bible, or God With “feeling” language? “I just feel that Jesus would…” “It doesn’t feel like God […]
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Here is a short video I did for Impact 360 Institute on “What is Faith?” I also unpack this biblical definition more in Questioning the Bible.
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Many Christian teens are simply unprepared for the world that is waiting for them. With the best of intentions, we bubble wrap our kids and create Disney World–like environments for them in our churches, and then wonder why they have no resilience in faith or life. Students are entertained but not prepared. Students Are Entertained But […]
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Feelings reign supreme in our culture. So many people have bought into the lie that how you feel determines what’s real. What we need is more thinking. We need to love God with our minds. One of my mentors J.P. Moreland, put it this way: “The spiritual journey is certainly more than loving God with […]
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Do you want to hear from God? Then you must learn to study and read the Bible for yourself. Don’t worry, you can do this! I know the Bible can be intimidating. It can be hard to know where to start. Reading the Bible is not just for scholars and Ph.D.’s, but that doesn’t mean […]
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What is a worldview? It’s the way we view the world. Worldviews are like glasses or contact lenses. A good worldview helps us see reality more clearly and bring it into focus. Everyone has a worldview—most people just don’t know it. We all have assumptions about whether God exists or not. Where we came from. […]
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Do all religions lead to God? If you’ve ever had a conversation about your Christian faith, then you probably have encountered this slogan. But is it true? No, and here’s why. Isn’t it interesting how people tend to create special rules when investigating spiritual or moral questions? Sometimes we make it more complicated than it […]
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Why are you a Christian? If you ask a lot of Christians you’ll usually get one of these answers—I was raised in the church, my parents were Christians, I had a powerful experience or God changed my life. And I’m grateful for these answers. But at the end of the day, the reason why I’m […]
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What is atheism? Contrary to what you may hear in pop culture or see on YouTube, atheism is not merely the absence of belief. Or as the popular atheist, Christopher Hitchens put it, “Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith.” But even with a delightful British accent—saying it’s so, doesn’t […]
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Where do human rights come from? You may have noticed that everyone is not the same. Look around your classroom, workplace, or on social media and you quickly realize that people are, well, different…Men, women, big, small, different cultures and ethnic backgrounds—we don’t have equal abilities, power, talents, strengths, or intellect. So why treat everyone […]
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The Christian life is active, not passive. It’s so easy to start letting life happen to us. There’s so much to do. Information to process. Schedules to manage. Emails to check. Laundry to fold, practices to get to and homework to be done. The pace is crazy. If we’re not careful, we can become passive […]
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How were people saved in the Old Testament? That’s a good question and one that many of us wonder about. Was it by good works or was it by faith? But here’s the big picture. When we look at the Scriptures, this is the pattern that emerges. Salvation is always… Offered by the grace of […]
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Fortnite. It’s kind of a thing. You may not know what skins, emotes, mats, minis, meds, bots, squads, duos, and tryhards are, but your kids do. Especially if they play the wildly popular Battle Royale version of the game. As Moms and Dads, you’ve probably been asked to buy a battle pass and some V-Bucks. […]
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How do we overcome hurry sickness? Dr. Richard Swenson is a futurist who writes about the social and personal factors that afflict America. Swenson has diagnosed the problem of our day as “overload.” If you were to take an MRI of our lives, here is what you would see: “We have too many choices and […]
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Is Science our only Source of knowledge? With the rise and success of modern science (and these advances have been beneficial in many ways), some people have unfortunately come to believe that science, and science alone offers true knowledge of reality. Famous atheist Bertrand Russell put it this way: “Whatever knowledge is attainable, must be […]
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What Are Spiritual Disciplines? Right off the bat, we need to acknowledge that Paul commands us to discipline ourselves “for the purpose of godliness; for bodily discipline is only of little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come” (1 […]
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