Most of the unbelieving friends I know are convinced that autonomy is true freedom. We must have the ability to do one thing as much as another, to do evil as much as good. We must be a law unto ourselves. Only then, we are told, do we have true freedom. Similar sentiments are obviously [...]

So, what exactly constitutes “Real Apologetics” and “Unreal” or “Poser Apologetics”? Who are helping the cause of Christianity, and who are harming the cause of Christianity? Who needs to be recognized for their contributions in the faith and to the church, and who needs to be exposed for their harm in the faith and to [...]

This ministry isn’t even yet a year old, and I still feel like this essay is overdue – for both itself and the rest of Christian apologetics. God hates pride. He hates it with a passion. Over and over and over again in the Torah and throughout all the Old covenants, God continually says things [...]

Two vital disciplines anchor the Christian in the storm: prayer and immersion in the Word of God. While I can’t make you pray every day, I can suggest five ways to make reading the Scriptures easier and more fruitful for the upcoming year. 1. The Daily Bible by FL Smith: I’ve read through the Bible [...]

It’s funny how the most timely and relevant words usually come from people who are dead. I’m thinking of Huxley’s prophetic Brave New World, Kuyper’s Lectures on Calvinism, as well as the essays of Reinhold Niebuhr, Herman Bavinck,  and a handful of others who lived across 1900 AD. It sometimes strikes us as odd that [...]

After years of preparation and many months of prayer about career goals and the need for ministry experience, through the providence of God, I’m very excited that today I was elected to be the Associate/Youth Pastor of Memorial Baptist Church in Parkston, SD. I’ll be responsible for starting a youth program from scratch and doing [...]

I was asked to give a brief “testimony” in front of my church congregation as part of applying for Associate/Youth Pastor. I presented it this morning: My spiritual journey doesn’t have the aggressive, exciting, roller coaster up and down episodes as some people’s do. I didn’t fall into a life of drugs, wondering, and rebellion [...]