Taxes are the backbone of government funding, supporting everything from infrastructure and education to healthcare and national defense. Yet, the world of taxation is complex,…
As a Christian writer considering the use of satire, I find myself at a crossroads. On one hand, satire can be a powerful tool for…
One of the most interesting of epistemological arts is the art of debate. While we all like a good fight, we also like a fair…
It has been recently admitted that child and female sex trafficking make nearly equal money for the drug cartels as drug trafficking, around $13B. 1 …
In the realm of moral philosophy, the father-son duo of R. M. Hare and John E. Hare present two distinct approaches to understanding and applying…
Previously, I outlined the major writers of the five waves of historical feminism. However, with each movement came perceived excesses and over-reaches, especially the rejection…
Every metaphysical system with any cogency and appeal has some points of strength, and all have weaknesses. The question is which have more strengths and…
How should we view religions other than our own? Do they contain truth at all? Or some truth? Is that truth just offered as part…
If we ignore for the moment the scientific claims for the age of the universe, and only look at scripture, especially the creation story in…
Every metaphysical system with any cogency and appeal has some points of strength, and all have weaknesses. The question is which have more strengths and…
In his 2011 book God On Mute: Engaging the Silence of Unanswered Prayer, Peter Greig gives us a short outline of why God has legitimate…
One of the things which discourages me as an author is the many great books that are forgotten or go unnoticed, often by people much…
In Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life (1991), Don Whitney provides a thorough and thoughtful catalog of the many possible and prescribed disciplines of the…
In The History of Theological Education (2015), historian Justo Gonzalez examines the historical events and ideologies that influenced the Christian approach to theological and general…
In The Shepherd Leader: Achieving Effective Shepherding in Your Church (2010), Witmer provides biblical and practical teaching for prioritizing and accomplishing genuine spiritual care within…
In The Fate of the Human Spirit in an Age of Disbelief (2006), Huston Smith (d. 2016), the lifelong religion scholar and Professor of Philosophy…
The question of how Christians can and should approach our interaction with believers from other faith traditions is an important theological, if not tactical issue…
Augustine wrote The Trinity over twenty years, ending with a text so enormous that it was published in parts, in rough form, and later revised…
Augustine lived through what became obvious was the end of the millennium-long Roman empire. It would seem hard to fathom that such a kingdom could…
Learning to hear the voice of God in our hearts and minds is a practice that we get better at as we mature. We can…
In Created in God’s Image (1994), Anthony Hoekema (1913-1988) appraises Biblical anthropology in a comprehensive way, but also brings to light modern thinking on the…
Alvin Plantinga is a modern luminary of philosophy, known especially for his successful defeater for the logical problem of evil, a truly historic achievement in…
In Our Idea of God, Thomas V. Morris explores how we might think about understanding the idea and person of God without the Bible. He…
A Little Book for New Philosophers: Why and How to Study Philosophy, by philosopher and apologist Paul Copan was, for this aspiring philosopher, an inspiring…