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The Growth of Pietism and Secularism’s Inevitable Dominance
Pietism and secularism lead to the same thing: a secular society devoid of Christian influence. As I’ve argued here previously, Pietism and secularism are two sides of the same coin; one requires the other, and each contributes to the other. This is an odd notion for...
This is Us, Alzheimer’s and the Programming of Modern Medicine
My wife and I recently watched a TV series called This is Us, and one of the main characters came down with Alzheimer's. Given I’ve had a health epiphany because of Covid, I now see portrayals of disease like this differently than I used to. This Is Us was a series...
Trump, A Great Awakening, and the Refounding of America
If you’re not one of my multitude of fans, all three of them, you won’t know this is the subtitle of the book I published last year, Going Back to Find the Way Forward. As we see things unfolding in Trump’s second term, I’m thinking I might be some sort of prophet....
Articles on Theology
I Corinthians 13 – This is Love
I'm working on a post about how Christianity completely transformed the world. In my other writing obsession, I've been writing my way through the Bible since April 2014, one of the best things I've ever done. God's word is a bottomless well of profundity that gets...
Why Reading the Bible and Prayer EVERY Day is the Best Apologetic-A Personal Story
Eight years ago or so I got on my knees, feeling like the miserable Christian I thought I was, and committed to God that I would read the Bible and pray every day. Whatever I could or couldn't do, I knew I could at least do that. I had been a Christian for 30 plus...
Reformed Theology and Building Our Children’s Faith
Those of you who are parents know those moments Madison Avenue has coined as "priceless." I had one the other night that thrilled my soul when my son said something to the effect, "I'm so glad that God is my salvation." The subtitled of my book gets at why this was so...
Articles on Explanatory Power
Notable Quotation
What is the materialist creed? Modern materialism denies that we have a soul and reduces us to a mere body. In doing so, it assumes that all our actions are determined by physical forces, and therefore denies that we have free will. It therefore declares to be unreal...
Modern Science Makes Belief in God More Plausible Than Ever
I came across an article today entitled, "The Astounding Truth About the Hubble Space Telescope's Most Famous Image." In it was an image pretty much like the one on the left. We learn in the piece that: The specks of color and light you see are not stars; they are...
Science is Becoming God’s Best Friend
We live in a secular age, at least in the West, in which the dominion of science for all the good it has done has essentially replaced God for many people who find religion untenable. If "Science" says it, people believe it, few questions asked. In a little discussion...
Articles on Culture
Secularism and Mass Shootings
I've been on a bit of a secularism kick of late, and as you may know I'm not a fan. I thought of secularism, and its discontents, as I heard of the latest American mass shooting in our new home state of Florida. Seventeen people killed in the prime of life, not by a...
Secularism and the Berlin Wall, Part 4 – Secularism Unmasked
In my previous post I dealt with why secularism might be appealing in our modern context. I argued that it's not anything inherent in secularism that makes it more appealing than Christianity, but the cultural messaging machine that promotes it. That's why it's a...
Secularism and the Berlin Wall, Part 3 – The Appeal of Secularism
I ended my last post claiming that secularism is no less a paper tiger than the Berlin Wall. That's quite an assertion in the face of a secular cultural hegemony that seems to approach absolute. Everywhere we look, people who claim the name of Christ are on the...
Articles on Apologetics
The Moral Argument for God’s Existence
Some time ago listening to an apologetics talk I heard something that was so obvious I wondered why I had never thought of it just that way before. I probably had to some degree, but it never made as much sense in the context of evidence for God's existence. The...
“Risen” Trailer Available
I learned about this movie called "Risen" coming out next spring, obviously around Easter. It looks very promising, with a big name lead, Joseph Fiennes, and obviously excellent production values. From the piece at Empire: Kevin Reynolds’ film, which he co-wrote with...
Notable Quotation
[M]oral relativism implies that neither cultures (if conventionalism is in view) nor individuals (if subjectivism is in view) can improve their moral code. The only thing they can do is change it. Why? Consider any change in code from believing, say, racism is right...
Articles on Parenting and Family
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