Sacred Trash Pits and Holy Garbage
By Mark Duerr
09/24/26
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Sacred Trash Pits and Holy Garbage

The Israelite God was different from all the other gods, thus, the worship of Yahweh differed from that of all other gods.
Psalm 15: Who Abides in God?
Steven Paulson
Steven Paulson
09/23/26

Psalm 15: Who Abides in God?

David finally found the truth that it was not his seed of kingship but the promise made to Abraham that made him holy. From that, David refused to be moved and wrote this Psalm by the necessity of the Spirit as the assurance of faith. The law never made a man holy, not even one as robust as David; yet faith did this great thing without lifting a finger.
Political Polarization and Cultural Christianity
John W. Hoyum
John W. Hoyum
09/18/26

Political Polarization and Cultural Christianity

Today, the longing for cultural Christianity on both the left and the right hearkens back to an older version of Christendom that was a mixed blessing for the church in the western world. The cultural mediation of Christian views on created order has certainly benefitted the civilization we’ve inherited. But the gospel itself isn’t something that can be reduced to cultural mediation either. Instead, the gospel as a message stands apart from all human accomplishments and achievements, no matter how beneficial they might be.

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Sam P. Schuldheisz
Sam P. Schuldheisz
04/21/15

Legos and Apologetics: Imagination, Art, and Sub-Creation (Part 2)

It is Tolkien's adept ability at combining imagination with Sub-Creation to give his fictional world of Middle-Earth that ‘inner consistency of reality’ which points to the truth of the Gospel.
Brandon Hanson
Brandon Hanson
02/09/15

The "Matrix" Moment

Have you ever watched The Matrix? Crazy movie, right? The thing that continually keeps reminding me of that movie is the last thing you’d probably think of, even though the movie is rife with motifs, themes, and analogies of it.
Sam P. Schuldheisz
Sam P. Schuldheisz
02/04/15

Baptism Is Your Damascus Road

Paul's conversion is a death and resurrection story. And in reality, so is every conversion, whether it was an awe-inspiring experience like Paul's or not. Dead to sin and alive in Christ.
Daniel van Voorhis
Daniel van Voorhis
12/24/14

Death and Christmas

I know it’s a rite of pious holiday passage to complain about the commercialization of Christmas and to remind everyone to keep the “Christ” in Christmas. And don’t forget the secular “war on Christmas." Whatever.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
12/10/14

Heaven's Gaze in a Child's Eyes: An Eight-Month-Old Teaches Us How God Loves the Outcast

As God is prone to do, He sometimes shows us who He is through people whom we would never think of as teachers, much less imitators of God.
Sam P. Schuldheisz
Sam P. Schuldheisz
10/24/14

Legos and Apologetics: Imagination, Art, and Sub-Creation - Part 1

Every child builds. Some build castles out of wooden blocks handed down from an older sibling. Some construct forts out of blankets, chairs, and miscellaneous living room artifacts.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
10/08/14

A Letter from Demon to Demon on the Art of Temptation

Over time, any inclination the cupbearer might have to speak a good word to Pharaoh on Joseph’s behalf will seem less and less of a moral necessity.
Daniel Deen
Daniel Deen
09/09/14

Cognitive Martyrdom: The Independence Model For The Relationship Between Science And Religion

One gets science or religion, but not both. Today’s model swings to the other end of the pendulum, flirting with an extreme inclusivity. One gets science and religion, as long as they are properly understood.
Sam P. Schuldheisz
Sam P. Schuldheisz
08/26/14

Good Storytellers Make Good Apologists

God wired us to be storytellers. God made man in his own image and that image includes a rational mind that communicates in large part through stories.
Jeff Mallinson
Jeff Mallinson
08/14/14

What's Wrong with Apologetics: Barthian Compromise (Part 3)

Barth's ideas resulted in a movement known as neo-orthodoxy, sometimes called dialectical theology, theology of crisis, or simply Barthianism.
Mark Pierson
Mark Pierson
08/12/14

The Lasting Legacy of C.S. Lewis: Why Imaginative Apologetics Matter

Imagine a world in which it is always winter but never Christmas. Imagine a place where Deep Magic from the dawn of time requires the blood of the innocent be shed to save the guilty.
Rick Ritchie
Rick Ritchie
07/22/14

Life Together Under the Cross (Part 4)

"For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst." This should therefore be our starting place for understanding the basis of the doctrine.
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