Rick Mattson

Are you new to graduate school and looking for ways to respond when people around you ask questions about faith? Or searching for some helpful shorthand to distill your years-long study of apologetics into a brief conversation? In this series,  Rick Mattson shares some ideas from his extensive work in apologetics.  Click here  for the rest of the series.   … [Read more...] about Elevator Apologetics, Part 4: Proof and Packages

Are you new to graduate school and looking for ways to respond when people around you ask questions about faith? Or searching for some helpful shorthand to distill your years-long study of apologetics into a brief conversation? In this series,  Rick Mattson shares some ideas from his extensive work in apologetics. Click here for the rest of the series.   One evening after doing an outreach event at a large campus in the Midwest, I was packing up my gear and a student approached me and said, “I can do good in … [Read more...] about Elevator Apologetics Part 3: Do you need faith to do good?

Are you new to graduate school and looking for ways to respond when people around you ask questions about faith? Or searching for some helpful shorthand to distill your years-long study of apologetics into a brief conversation? Sometimes we only have a moment to share a question or idea that can be a springboard to later conversations. In this new series, Rick Mattson shares some ideas for these moments from his extensive work in apologetics. In my prior post I noted that in apologetic dialogue (making a case … [Read more...] about Elevator Apologetics, Part 2: Religion equals ignorance?