BIG ISSUES with Sean McDowell and Brett Kunkle
Matt interviews Sean McDowell and Brett Kunkle about some of the big issues that youths are dealing with in today’s culture. Screen time, digital media, and how we deal with … Read more
Perceptions of the Kingdom: The easy yoke
Dallas Willard reminds us that Jesus tells us to take his yoke upon us, learn from him, and we will find rest for our souls (Matthew 11:28-30). This does not … Read more
What does it take to truly believe in Christianity?
Matt Burford interviews Travis Coblentz and Joel Schwartz about Christian belief. Travis and Joel are regular contributors on our website, as well as Travis being our Executive Director. Travis and … Read more
Interviews ‡ Philosophy ‡ Podcast ‡ Theology
Perceptions of the Kingdom: Spiritual Disciplines
The work of Dallas Willard has been a great source of understanding for me in this. Willard draws from Aristotelian ideas of virtue formation to help us do this. For Aristotle, one of the key means to become a virtuous person is to do the things that virtuous people do. As Christians, if we want to see the world as the Triune God does, then we should try to do the things that Jesus did.
Neil Shenvi on Critical Theory and Intersectionality
Neil Shenvi joins us on our podcast to talk about Intersectionality, Critical Theory, and Critical Race Theory. How should we think about these theories and can we use them in … Read more
Perceptions of the Kingdom
With Christians, Dallas Willard made the case in multiple places that discipleship is too often treated as an optional good for those who are really committed. The mindset is that actually living out the principles of the Sermon on the Mount are only for those “super-Christians”, clergy, or even no one, showing us how far we are from God.
Bananas (and Duct Tape) for Science! Faith, Science, and “Men without Chests”
Review So far in this series of blogs, we’ve looked at the problem of faith and talked about how faith is used in contexts that are not necessarily religious, as … Read more
Is the Manger a Myth?
Matt Burford has a discussion with Doug Powell on the nativity and if the manger is a myth. Join us as we dig into a Christmas tradition as old as … Read more
Greg Koukl Interview
Get ready for something to chew on. Matt Burford got a chance to catch up with our long time friend and associate Greg Koukl about his 10th anniversary edition of … Read more
You See What You Want? Science and Faith
In the previous article on faith, entitled Overlapping Magisteria, we saw various ways that faith is used in non-religious contexts. They invariably relate to belief in a person—in that person’s … Read more