A Real Halloween Horror: Hell House and Evangelism
(Lisa Robinson) As Halloween approaches, you can bet the discussions will increase amongst Christians concerning whether Christians should participate. One faction promotes...
How (Not) To Help the Poor
In a First Things editorial entitled “What Should We Do About the Poor?”[1], the editors discuss alternatives to addressing poverty. Though this essay is about twenty years...
The Sufficiency of Probability in Christian Faith
I often play a game with my kids that drives them crazy. Sitting in the room, with no one but us, while they are not looking I will slap them on the rear and act like I did...
Why I Hate Aph Hymon
Mom senses a bit of the problem. I don’t want her to. I want her to think she is no trouble at all. I want her to know that changing her diaper is a joy for me. I want...
The Five Responses to the Problem of Evil
This is an unedited excerpt from my upcoming book with Crossway: The Discipleship Book: Now That I Am a Christian. Chapter title: “Pain and Suffering” (book name...
A Cure for the "Most Christians" Blues
(Lisa Robinson) Well, here’s something the Lord has been convicting me of lately; the use of “most Christians” or “many Christians” when...
Eight Ways to Go Wrong in Bible Study
1. Lucky lotto: (eyes closed) – “Umm . . . I will read this verse” You may be tempted to simply ask God a question, open up the Bible, fix your eyes on the first verse you...
Theology Unplugged: Coffee With Scholars – Paul Copan, Part 2
[display_podcast] Join Michael Patton and Tim Kimberley as they welcome Paul Copan to Credo House for a session of “Coffee with Scholars”
My Two Moms
In 2006, my mother had a brain aneurysm. Since then she . . . Wait. I am getting ahead of myself. I need to back up. Growing up, my mother was a very strong figure in my life....