TOPIC INDEXPractical Theology (22)

  1. Christian Freedom, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Neighbor

    book
    10/09/20
    10 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Understanding that I am completely free in Christ allows me to read the injunction to “love my neighbor as myself” as a promise instead of a threat.

  2. Season 2, Chapter 3, Episode 3 With Michael Ramsden

    book
    07/13/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis Debi Winrich
    On this episode of the Soul of Christianity, Debi and Dan chat with Michael Ramsden, President of Ravi Zacharias Ministries. Michael is a treasure trove of anecdotes from his own life as a non-believer turned banker turned apologist.

  3. Season 2, Chapter 3, Episode 2 With Cameron McAllister

    book
    07/13/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis Debi Winrich
    On this episode of the Soul of Christianity, Debi and Dan chat with author and speaker Cameron McAllister of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries. Their discussion revolves around Cameron’s story of leaving the church and coming back. From Swedish Death metal to philosophy and parenting, this conversation is sure to help those dealing with kids who have left the church.

  4. Like A Kid On Christmas

    book
    12/25/19
    14 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    As Christians, we are not cold ascetics, depriving ourselves in the here and hereafter. We are given good things from our heavenly Father in heaven, and even a foretaste of the things to come.
  5. book
    11/17/19
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Lutheranism (For the Rest of Us)

  6. A Look at 1 Peter 4: Suffering for the Sake of Jesus

    book
    09/19/19
    12 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    In the suffering of Jesus, we have an example of trusting in the promises of the Father.

  7. Christmas in August and Handel's Messiah

    book
    08/21/19
    14 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this Day Handel Begins Composing Messiah, and 5 Things We Can Learn From It

  8. Is America A Christian Nation?

    book
    08/14/19
    14 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    A person, not a nation, can be a Christian because only a person can be saved by grace through faith in the work of Christ.

  9. I Confess: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and the Gospel

    book
    03/13/19
    17 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy works for me, not because it substitutes a temporal and flimsy antidote to my problems but because it points me to the God who has adopted and baptized me

  10. Seculosity with Dave Zahl

    book
    11/22/18
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis David Zahl Jeff Mallinson
    This is the kind of interview that could have been 4 hours and ranged from everything from ethics to REM to “virtue signaling” and Bob Dylan. David Zahl is the founder of Mockingbird Ministries which does some of the kind of stuff we like to do here at Virtue in the Wasteland, in fact, we like to think of them as our more distinguished East Coast colleagues