Why Care About Theology Amid Cultural Crisis?
During the Great Depression, the Presbyterian theologian J. Gresham Machen was troubled to find that some Christians were downplaying the importance of teaching the gospel in favor of focusing on people’s physical needs (food, housing, clothing, education, etc.). Certainly, the concern for people’s physical needs is noble, reminding us of the book of James. But Machen realized that, while Christians must care about and seek to meet...
Is Inerrancy Important to Apologetics?
Apologetics and theology should be the closest of disciplines. One might even argue, given that theology is the “queen of the sciences,” apologetics should rightly serve under that theological rule. For this reason, scholarship has given much attention to the relationship between these two disciplines. A plethora of books have been written on apologetic methodology, which often gives specific attention to theological influences. For...
Recommended Books (Autumn 2024)
This autumn we would like to share some good reads we discovered over the past few months. These selections represent a wide array of topics that we think will interest you. Some selections will be great for personal reading, others for family time. Most of all, we think they will broaden your understanding of God’s creation and His work in it because they have had that result in our lives. Please leave us your favorite reads in the...
Recommended Books (Autumn 2023)
Beautiful autumn days beckon us to spend our afternoons and evenings out of doors. Amid all the hustle and bustle of daily life, especially if you have children in school or are in school yourself, it can be difficult to devote time to reading. But good books bring extra light into our lives and open new vistas of understanding about the world around us. So we recommend taking a book out to the porch swing or a favorite clearing in...
Recommended Books (Summer 2023)
The dog days of summer have been punishing this year in much of the United States. The extreme heat and, in the South, high humidity have strongly incentivized each of us to find shelter inside air-conditioned buildings. The increased time indoors before the crisp days of Autumn arrive provide us with some good opportunity for reading. Below, you will find reading suggestions from our group that come from a wide range of disciplines...
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