Western culture has gone through a cultural revolution seemingly overnight. In the past thirty years, we've transitioned from a world where gay marriage and transgender surgeries were minority, if not…
The problem of evil is older than the book of Job. And for many people, it's the biggest reason that faith in God is difficult - or even impossible. It…
The word 'pastor' means many things to many people. For some, it's the one who gets up on Sunday morning, opens the Bible, and proclaims the gospel. For others, it's…
The Problem with Interpreting Revelation “Interpreting Revelation is just impossible. We’re not meant to understand it and it’s not practical.” “There are too many different views – and I don’t…
Introducing 'Desiring the Kingdom' and James Smith's 'Cultural Liturgies' Series Warning: this is going to be a long discussion/review of Desiring the Kingdom by James Smith. I apologize in advance…
I enrolled in a philosophy class during my freshman year of college. The teacher was everything you'd expect from a college philosophy professor - a button-up shirt with one too…
In 'For the Life of the World', a contemporary Orthodox classic, Fr Alexander Schmemann sets out to "remind its readers that in Christ, life – life in all its totality…
Even with all the warnings, sometimes you judge a book by its cover. I know I did when I first came across Mark Jackson’s ‘A Closer Look at God’s Church.’…
Thomas Nagel isn't like most atheists. And it's not just because he has serious doubts about Neo-Darwinism's ability to explain the complexity of life on planet earth (though that certainly…
One of the first books I remember buying after I began following Jesus was Josh McDowell's massive tome, 'The New Evidence that Demands a Verdict.' It was a 750-page Christian…