"I count myself one of the number of those who write as they learn and learn as they write.” -Augustine via John Calvin
“Unless I believe in God, I can’t believe in thought: so I can never use thought to disbelieve in God.” -C.S. Lewis, The Case for Christianity, pg. 32 C.S. Lewis is one of the most popular Christian apologists of the 20th century, and arguably, one of the most read apologists of all time. His approach... Continue Reading →
What is love? We write all sorts of songs and poems dedicated to this mystical word “love”, but do we know what it is? We’ve heard from recent ad campaigns that love has no genders, love has no race, love has no disability, love has no age, and that love has no religion. We’ve heard... Continue Reading →
What's the purpose of life? Are we a cosmic accident? Is there intrinsic value to human life? Life in general? Why are we here? Why is anything here? Why should we be asking these questions? There are lots of different answers to these questions and they've been debated for - well forever. Ever since mankind... Continue Reading →
God! He run this motha! God! Did you think I'd say girls? Girls are awesome, don't get me wrong, but girls make such terrible gods. Men do too. Think back on any bad relationship you've had, most likely things were so bad because one of you, or even both of you, expected the other to... Continue Reading →
Abortion, white privilege, refugees, pay gap, fake news, illegal immigrants, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Black Lives Matter, all lives matter, taxation is theft, God, Jesus Christ. Are you triggered yet? Good, good... let the outrage flow through you. Now we can begin looking at the morally outrageous evidence for the existence of God. Take a... Continue Reading →
The term "Millennial" is tossed around a lot today, mostly as an insult. While there are lots of millennial trends I'd rather distance myself from, I can't deny that I'm a millennial by birth. Those in other generations are ok but they don't get us in the same way that we get us! They merely... Continue Reading →
The term "Millennial" is tossed around a lot today, mostly with a negative spin. While there are lots of millennial trends I'd rather distance myself from, I can't deny that i'm a millennial by birth. Those in other generations are ok but they don't get us in the same way we get us! They merely... Continue Reading →
The term "Millennial" is tossed around a lot today. Mostly in a pejorative way. While there are lots millennial trends I'd rather distance myself from, I can't deny that i'm a millennial by birth. Those in other generations are ok but they don't get us in the same way we get us! They merely adopted... Continue Reading →
The term "Millennial" is tossed around a lot today. Mostly in a pejorative way. While there are some millennials I'd rather distance myself from, I can't deny that i'm a millennial by birth. Those in other generations are cool and all but I'm not sure they get us like we get us. They merely adopted... Continue Reading →
The term "Millennial" comes with a lot of preconceived notions, it's a real loaded term. What is a millennial? dictionary.com defines a millennial as "a person born in the 1980s or 1990s, especially in the U.S.; a member of Generation Y." This definition will suffice. I'm a millennial. I was born in '91, I grew... Continue Reading →
Why do I believe in God? That's a good question and it's been raised again and again throughout my life. It wasn't until college that I finally started thinking through a reasoned answer to why I believe. 1 Peter 3:15 tells me that I should always be ready to give a defense for the reason... Continue Reading →
If you know me at all, you know I go hard at stuff. If I get into something I really, really get into it. A couple years ago I set my sights on disc golf, or frisbee golf, or frolf or what ever else you wanna call it. I bought tons of discs and a... Continue Reading →
What's the real problem in America? Is it racial division? Is it the battle of the sexes? Maybe class conflict? Is it Government overreach or their lack of action? Is it the abuse of our freedom of speech? Or is it the fascism of the new tolerance? Is it illegal aliens enjoying our social programs... Continue Reading →
(This content is taken from Appendix A of my intro to apologetics book, Defending, Contending & Commending: Worldview Apologetics Made Easy and Biblical) The Problem of Evil is said to be the biggest defeater raised against God, specifically the one true God, the God of the Bible. The "problem" has been stated in many different... Continue Reading →
Do you ever wonder? If you Google the word wonder you'll see two definitions, one a noun and one a verb. Wonder as a noun is a feeling of surprise mingled with admiration, caused by something beautiful, unexpected, unfamiliar, or inexplicable. Wonder as a verb is to be curious to know something or to feel... Continue Reading →
You've heard it a million times. Usually people say it when job opportunities disappear, when people get sick, when someone dies suddenly, when comfort is needed many of us take comfort in believing that "everything happens for a reason". But this expression isn't only reserved for trying situations, we even say it when in situations... Continue Reading →
Everyone is entitled to my own opinion. That's one of my dad's old lines but I'm afraid it's become true of my generation. We all have these preconceived notions, we have presuppositions, we have our own basic heart commitments, we each have a framework by which we view all of life, a worldview. Today we... Continue Reading →
"For me nature's one of the neatest things on this planet" Tell me you've seen the Neature Walk YouTube video! It's so dumb but so funny. Yes, it's a joke but there's some truth there, nature is neat. It's cool, it's exciting, it'll give you the feels. A good nature show can take you through... Continue Reading →
"Their sword shall enter their own heart and their bows shall be broken." Psalm 37:14-15 Over the past two years I've really caught the philosophy bug. I love this stuff. Philosophy means the love of wisdom, who doesn't love wisdom? C'mon. Studying the history of philosophy scratches several itches all at once, I get to... Continue Reading →
Be true to yourself today. I don't mean "be who you are because you're a special snow flake and you deserve the world". That's what secular humanism will tell you. "You can be anything you want, just dream it and believe it, name it and claim it, if it's gonna be it's up to me".... Continue Reading →
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