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The Resurrection Effect

Tom Wright talks about the importance of the resurrection of Jesus Christ for the message of Christianity.

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Evil and the Evidence for God

Daniel Howard-Snyder considers whether the theoretical problem of evil makes belief in God unreasonable.

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Vernon C. Grounds on Jesus of Nazareth

Jesus of Nazareth, without money and arms, conquered more millions than Alexander, Caesar, Mohammed and Napoleon; without science and learning, He shed more light on things human and divine, than all the philosophers and scholars combined…

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Meditation in a Toolshed

Does being a Christian forever disqualify you as an appropriate authority on the truth of Christianity? If I wanted a true account of the Christian religion, would I do better to try see things as a Christian, or as a fair-minded secular religious studies professor? C. S. Lewis provides a helpful illustration in “Meditation in a Toolshed”

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God, the Cosmos, and Necessary Existence

If theists can claim that the existence of God is necessary, why can’t naturalists claim the same for the cosmos? Charles Taliaferro and Elsa J. Marty disagree, and argue that there are several reasons why we should think that this move is improper.

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Faith and Doubt

Tim Keller discusses why it is important to take doubts and doubters seriously.

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In a Million Years

Essayist and literary critic C.S. Lewis discusses the Christian doctrine of hell.

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Crowns Rolling in the Dust

British journalist Malcolm Muggeridge explains how the Christian view of the world is neither optimistic nor pessimistic, and why this yet energizes us for work that has eternal significance for the community and our God.

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History's Greatest Communicator

Joe Carter and John Coleman describe the unlikely impact of Jesus in their book How to Argue Like Jesus.

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Authority and Application

John Frame discusses how to apply the Bible and the false distinction that is often made between the meaning of the text and the application of the text. He argues that to “apply” the specific statements of Scripture is to merely learn more of what is already in the text.

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Why Truth Matters

Senior fellow of the Trinity Forum, Os Guinness argues that the idea of objective truth is vital for Christianity and our witness to the world.

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Indignity and indecency: Pascal on human nature

Seventeenth century Christian philosopher and mathematician, Blaise Pascal suggests that we never come to terms with the human condition unless we look beyond ourselves.

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Our Greatest Need

A quote by Don Carson on God’s purpose in entering history and how this reminds us of our greatest and most desperate need.

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Revelation and our mode of understanding

Dr. Scott Oliphint, professor of Apologetics at Westminister Theological Seminary, discusses what it means for God to accommodate Himself in his communication with us, and what this means for our understanding of Biblical passages that talk of God changing his mind.

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Truth and Integrity

David Wells on the relationship between truth and integrity.

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The God who condescends

Dr. Scott Oliphint, Professor of Apologetics at Westminister Theological Seminary, discusses the condescension of the Christian God in the incarnation.

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