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Is it Fair to Think of Christianity as a Western Religion?

In academic circles and in western society more broadly, there is currently a lot of antipathy toward the western intellectual tradition...

David A. Horner, D.Phil.

Jan 7

How Can Students Ask Good Questions When Engaging Other Worldviews?

Learning to ask good questions is an important skill for everyone to learn, especially followers of Jesus. It not only helps us think...

Jonathan Austin, J.D.

Dec 2, 2021

Why, as Christians, are Some of Us Called to Law?

The Hebrew prophet Jeremiah is helpful to modern Christians as they wrestle through the process of working in a fallen world and living...

James Murphy, Ph.D.

Nov 22, 2021

Does Violence Give Rise to Religion?

Many people today are convinced that religion gives rise to violence. But what if we have the essential relation between the two backwards?

Craig S. Keener, PhD.

Nov 2, 2021

Why think the Gospels are historically reliable?

Many factors should predispose us to take the Gospels as historically reliable sources for Jesus. First, they take the form of...

Scott Smith, Ph.D.

Oct 26, 2021

A Very Brief Reflection on Postmodernism

Postmodernism, is, of course, after the modern. One key aspect of modernity is that many moderns, like Kant, held a high confidence in...

John Bloom, Ph.D

Oct 18, 2021

How does Christianity give a basis for science?

In these politically correct times, this may not sit well with some people, but many non-Christian historians of science acknowledge that...

Todd M. Johnson, Ph.D.

Oct 9, 2021

Should Christians embrace global citizenship?

The Christian life is lived out both locally and globally. Obviously, Christians live in a particular city within a particular country,...

Joel Biermann, Ph.D.

Sep 28, 2021

What responsibilities do Christians have towards the world?

Long volumes by some of Christianity’s most gifted thinkers and writers have been offered attempting an answer to this question. It is...

Joel Elowsky, Ph.D.

Sep 20, 2021

Who was Athanasius, and why is he a central figure in the history of Christianity?

Athanasius of Alexandria (ca. 297-373) was bishop of the see of Alexandria from 328 to his death in 373. He often is referred to by the...

Todd M. Johnson, Ph.D.

Sep 14, 2021

Is religion disappearing around the world?

The 21st century began with two big surprises in global religion. First, despite the prognostications of leading academics in the...

Scott Smith, Ph.D.

Sep 11, 2021

Can we have knowledge based on Naturalism?

Very roughly, naturalism is the view that all that exists is natural, which usually is explained in terms of the physical; there are no...

Donald Fairbairn, Ph.D.

Sep 6, 2021

What is the Trinity, and why is it so important to Christians?

Many non-Christians, and likely many Christians as well, are baffled by the Christian concept of the Trinity. We wonder how God can be...

John Bloom, Ph.D

Aug 31, 2021

Are science and the Bible in tension?

One certainly gets the impression from the media, some popular scientists, and some Christians that Science and the Bible are seriously...

Joel Biermann, Ph.D.

Aug 27, 2021

What is virtue ethics, and why should it matter to a college student?

Virtue ethics is a way of thinking about the being and doing of a person that focuses not on a particular norm or list of directives, but...

Peter Nafzger, Ph.D.

Aug 25, 2021

What does it mean to say the Bible is the Word of God?

When people think about the Word of God, they tend to think about sacred writings. Christians believe there are such writings. But that’s...

John Bloom, Ph.D

Aug 24, 2021

Is Earth's situation in the vast universe evidence against the existence of God?

Who hasn’t walked outside under dark sky conditions and felt insignificant against the black vastness of space? It’s perfectly...

Joel Biermann, Ph.D.

Aug 20, 2021

What responsibilities do Christians have towards their wider campuses?

Christians have long been tempted to the error aptly labeled quietism—the studied attempt to bifurcate one’s life and restrict...

Joel Biermann, Ph.D.

Aug 19, 2021

What is the importance of cultivating proper character in one's college years?

The old debate between nature and nurture has, I think, largely been settled: it’s a draw. But the tremendous advantage of the nurture...

Timothy Saleska, Ph.D.

Aug 11, 2021

What are the Psalms, and what can non-Christians learn from them?

I begin with the assumption that the Psalms are poetry. “If this is true,” I ask myself, “Why poetry? And what makes poetry worth...

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