Why Team Jesus? Part II

Check out part II of my primer on apologetics for Athletes In Action. Why Team Jesus? Part II

A Primer on Apologetics

Check out my latest post which is a primer on triperspectival apologetics for the Athletes In Action blog  

How to Avoid Being Theologically Lopsided – Teachings From Van Til

As humans, we are intellectual, volitional, and emotional beings. We have a rational mind by which to think, we have a will or capacity for agency by which we act, and we have emotions which lead us to punch stuff or eat bad food when we’re upset. But as fallen and finite human beings, we...

What Is Christian Theology?

I initially started this blog because I had some stuff to say about theology and I wanted to say it in creative, down-to-earth ways. But throughout my growth as a thinker, many of my posts have lost their down-to-earthiness. How shall this down-to-earthiness be restored? Are my blog posts no longer good for anything except...

The Fact of All Facthood: God and a Philosophy of Fact

“But I would not talk endlessly about facts and more facts without ever challenging the nonbeliever’s philosophy of fact.” -Cornelius Van Til, The Defense of the Faith, 257. “The result of our historical enquires thus depends on the philosophical views which we have been holding before we even began to look at the evidence. This...

Who Is Man That We Should Be Mindful of Him?

This post was originally a paper I wrote for Dr. Kevin Vanhoozer's class ST 5201 God of The Gospel. We had a 2,000 word limit- so chill. I hope you to enjoy! Leave me your thoughts in a comment. What does it mean to be human? Countless hours have been spent by a legion of...

Reason, Chess, and the Existence of God

There’s an obvious connection between Logic and chess, this is evident from the numerous logic and debate books out there with pictures of chess boards on their covers. If you think of a chess player, you'll think of a very logical, analytic person. When you think of a Logic professor, it’s safe to assume he...

Silly Philology| That’s So Trivial!

“That’s so trivial!” We hear that all the time, but what does it mean? Well, I asked the same question as I was working on my last installment of Silly Philology, I Could Care Less. In that post I brought up the distinction between semantics and triviality or banality, which then led me to question...

Christian Worldview Apologetics: an overview

I'm hesitant to write on apologetics. A common critique of the apologetics I practice is that we spend all our time discussing and debating apologetical methodology instead of actually going out there and doing apologetics. A renowned cultural critic and apologist, Os Guinness, told himself that he'd never write a book on apologetics because he'd...

I’m “Very” Christian, But…

A pervasive part of the post-modern society is personal definitions and self-identification. I've heard lots of people, mostly from my generation, say they're Christians and then espouse a series of beliefs that completely contradict the basic tenets of the Christian faith. One telltale sign that a millennial is about to obfuscate Christianity is when they...

Why I Believe In God

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...

Love the LORD With All Your Mind: pt. 3 Trust in The LORD with All Your Heart

In the third part of my blog posts on Loving the LORD with all your mind we'll look at the last perspective in John Frame's epistemological tool, the Existential Perspective.  Throughout this series we've been looking at Proverbs 3:5-7  "Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding....

Loving The LORD With All Your Mind: pt. 2 Acknowledge Him In All Your Ways

In part one of this three part blog series on Loving the LORD with all your mind we looked at three of God's Lordship attributes and how they can be applied in the realm of knowledge. As Lord, God has all Authority to rule, it is His right to rule. As Lord, God is in...

Loving The LORD With All Your Mind: pt. 1 Fear the LORD

The Greatest Commandment in the Bible comes to us in Matthew 22:37: "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind". I want to take some time to look at loving the Lord specifically with all our minds. What does that mean? What...

The Bible and The Great Commission

(This content is originally from an online post for my Intro To Missions class, the question, quoted below, asks how I can help those in my ministry understand the Great Commission so I figured I might as well post my answer on my blog as well) "In light of what you learned in the biblical...

The Golden Triangle of Freedom

This post is about two concepts colliding during my recent studies. Independently, they are both incredibly interesting but as they came together in my mind I thought my head was gonna explode due to sheer excitement. When I get all fired up about stuff I have to talk about it, so in order to keep...

The Test of Love

A couple years ago someone asked me if I'm a loving person. Well, I figured I was a pretty loving guy but I knew that my answer had to appear humble so I knew I had to depreciate myself a bit. But I was also unwilling to put myself down so much that I would...