Occupation: Philosopher Birth: March 9, 1948
The proper thing to do is to admit that hell is real and to allow our feelings of discomfort to motivate us to action..
Anti-intellectualism has spawned an irrelevant gospel. Today, we share the gospel primarily as a means of addressing felt needs..
I would rather commit a sin of commission than a sin of omission, and the evangelical community is exactly the opposite. The evangelical community wo….
The disciples had nothing to gain by lying and starting a new religion. They faced hardship, ridicule, hostility, and martyr's deaths. In light of th….
We need to admit the mind into Christian fellowship again. We need the mind disciplined in Christ, enlightened by faith, passionate for God and his c….
While the Christian faith clearly teaches that believers are to be involved as good citizens in the state, nevertheless, it is obvious why so many se….
Instead of responding to these attacks with a vigorous intellectual counterpunch, many believers grew suspicious of intellectual issues altogether. T….
God maintains a delicate balance between keeping his existence sufficiently evident so people will know he's there and yet hiding his presence enough….
If you were to force people to do something against their free choice, you would be dehumanizing them. The option of forcing everyone to go to heaven….
Real life does not come naturally. It is counterintuitive. It is a skill we have to learn. That's because the way to real life is not something we ge….
In Scripture, faith involves placing trust in what you have reason to believe is true. Faith is not a blind, irrational leap into the dark. So faith ….
Religion is now viewed by many as a placebo or emotional crutch precisely because that is how we often pitch the gospel to unbelievers.
When God chooses to create somebody, he or she has an impact on other people's choices and it might be that they have an impact on their decisions to….
The soul is the ego, the ‘I,’ or the self, and it contains our consciousness. It also animates our body. That’s why when the soul leaves the body, th….
If we are going to be wise, spiritual people prepared to meet the crises of our age, we must be a studying, learning community that values the life o….
From space travel to organ transplants, one of the most important influences shaping the modern world is science. Amazingly, people who lived during ….
Love God with all your mind..
The contemporary Christian mind is starved, and as a result we have small, impoverished souls..
No one will go to hell simply because all they needed was a little more time and they died prematurely..