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Focusing on the Trinity Enhances Christian Devotion

Have you ever asked the specific question: Who is Jesus Christ? … read more
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Answering 10 More Questions about the Christian Faith

I mentioned in a previous article (“Answering 10 Questions about the Christian Faith”) that, as a university professor and a Christian… read more
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Does Reading Lead to the Good Life?

Here’s a question for you to consider: How important is reading for achieving success in life? … read more
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Responding to More Objections to Original Sin

I’ve never met a perfect human being. Even extraordinary Christian people I’ve known who are uncommonly humble, gracious, and loving… read more
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Should Christians Use Analogies for the Trinity?

How often do you use analogies when trying to explain things? I’ll bet you do it more often than you realize. … read more
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Reconciling God’s Sovereignty with Human Choices and Evil

One of the hotly debated topics within Christian theology is the question of how God can be sovereign and yet allow evil in the world. Two people… read more
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How to Evaluate Religious Experiences

Many people claim to have had religious experiences with God—a phenomenon that has been true since time immemorial. How can a person think… read more
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Encountering a God of Mystery

“Who can fathom the Spirit of the LORD, or instruct the LORD as his counselor? Whom did the LORD consult to enlighten him, and who taught him… read more
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Getting to Know RTB Scholar Ken Samples

Having been an author, professor, Sunday school teacher, and radio talk show host over my thirty-five-year professional career, I’ve been asked… read more
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Why Would a Perfect God Risk Creating Others?

Ancient Christian church father St. Augustine (354–430) articulated the provocative idea that the Trinity makes God perfect in a love that is… read more
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In Apologetics Encounters, Be Winsome or Lose Some

As a Christian thinker and apologist, I have talked with many non-Christians about my Christian faith over almost the past four decades. Some of… read more
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Reasoning through JFK Assassination Theories

Conspiracy theories never seem to go away. Especially the ones that are said to involve clandestine plots of the United States government. It seems… read more
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Revelation Versus Religion: Can Religious Pluralism Be True?

Why can’t all the world’s religions be true? … read more
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A Fourth Branch of Christendom?

Historic Christendom is generally thought of as consisting of three main branches: Orthodoxy, Catholicism, and Protestantism.1 Yet as a serious… read more
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What Is the Relationship between Judaism and Christianity?

Since I teach courses in comparative religions at Biola University and through Reasons Institute, people sometimes ask me what I think about the… read more
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How Did the Son’s Incarnation Impact the Trinity?

The doctrines of the incarnation (Jesus Christ as God in human flesh) and the Trinity (one God in three persons) are two of historic… read more
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A Memorial to My Professor Martin Schramm

One of the very best and most supportive professors I had in college, Rev. Dr. Martin Schramm, died recently of cancer. Dr. Schramm was one of the… read more
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12 Life Parallels between St. Augustine and C. S. Lewis

When I was a Roman Catholic in my younger days I heard a priest say: “Find a saint in church history that you greatly relate to and follow him… read more
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