“Thank God for Philosophy!”—the first words of Paul Copan’s exploration of philosophy’s role in theology in his work Loving Wisdom: A Guide to Philosophy and Christian Faith. This provocative statement brings to life what is often underappreciated in Christian disciplines—that is, the study of philosophy.

Over the course of a friendly exchange with an atheist or agnostic, you might come across the strange objection that your belief in...

Speaking of Heresy…             The word “heresy” is generally within a lay Christian’s arsenal of theological terms, but how frequently...

“How is it fair to say that Christianity is true and all other religions are false?” Christianity inherently represents a moral failure—one of intolerance, exclusion, and prejudice. 

How to handle conversations when the skeptic piles on one objection after another.

Those who answer this question in the affirmative do so by holding to an incorrect, or at least a  very weak, definition of atheism....