The Clean Sea Breeze of Centuries Past

If we don’t think carefully, we will take for granted the assumptions of contemporary culture. And if we expend no effort to seek the truth, eventually we will accept everything the world tells us. In fact, this is the easiest thing we can do—because
no effort is required to accept everything contemporary culture tells us about the past.
By contrast, Christians have a higher duty: to seek the truth, and never let it go.

Remaking the World by Andrew Wilson: The Dark Ages

After reading Andrew Wilson’s new book “Remaking the World: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West” I struggled to take stock of the many false notions, prejudices, and half-truths I have believed for most of my adult life about the rise of Western Civilization. Wilson, a teaching pastor at King’s College London, offers a well-researched, engagingContinue reading “Remaking the World by Andrew Wilson: The Dark Ages”

The Role of Women In Christian Growth

I’m delighted to publish a guest post today by a member of our high-school apologetics fellowship, Claire Wilkerson. After reading Chapter 5: “The Role of Women in Christian Growth” of the book The Rise of Christianity by sociologist Rodney Stark, Claire Wilkerson submitted the following essay: The Rise of Christianity by Rodney Stark Chapter 5:Continue reading “The Role of Women In Christian Growth”

Nothing New Under the Sun

As one of the activities for this year’s scholarship competition, I asked volunteers from our high-school apologetics fellowship to write concise summaries of book chapters and post them on my blog. After reading Chapter 6: “Nothing New Under the Sun” of the book Another Gospel? by Alisa Childers, Claire Wilkerson submitted the following essay: NothingContinue reading “Nothing New Under the Sun”

How the Reformation Shaped Your World

As one of the activities for this year’s scholarship competition, I asked volunteers from our high-school apologetics fellowship to select a PragerU video that interested them and write a summary of it to post on my blog. Claire Wilkerson submitted the following essay: How the Reformation Shaped Your World – by Claire Wilkerson It allContinue reading “How the Reformation Shaped Your World”