David Hume (1711–1776) was a Scottish philosopher and historian well known for his arguments against traditional Christian theism that had a great impact on the Enlightenment. Read more…
Elevator Apologetics, Part 5
Ever wish you had a quick and thoughtful reply ready when you get a hard question about faith? Rick Mattson explores some ways to be prepared. Read more…
Elevator Apologetics, Part 4: Proof and Packages
Does God have to prove himself? Read more…
Elevator Apologetics Part 3: Do you need faith to do good?
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 society without God’s help. I don’t need God in order to be a good person and serve others.”Read more…
Elevator Apologetics, Part 2: Religion equals ignorance?
Let’s consider a common skeptic’s objection: “Religion is nothing more than superstition and ignorance.”Read more…
Elevator Apologetics, Part 1
Sometimes in apologetic dialogue (making a case for Christian faith) we don’t have the luxury of extended conversation where we can explain our points thoroughly.Read more…
Getting started with “How Faith Is Like Skydiving” (Excerpt)
Many books on apologetics do well with the arguments, but have little on how to present them. Faith Is Like Skydiving combines reason with rhetoric, clarity with intellectual depth. It provides a vast array of arguments and a host of imagesRead more…
Faith Is Like Skydiving: Interview with Rick Mattson
When Faith Is Like Skydiving: And Other Memorable Images for Dialogue with Seekers and Skeptics came in the mail from InterVarsity Press (IVP) I just had to drop my colleague Rick Mattson[1] an email to enable us to learn more about his new publication.Read more…
“Lord, I Believe; Help Thou Mine Unbelief:” The Meaning of Christian Scholarship
We conclude our guest series from Richard Hughes on the vocation of Christian scholars. The following post is adapted from Richard’s book, The Vocation of a Christian Scholar: How Christian Faith Can Sustain the Life of the Mind (Eerdmans, 2005). Ever since I enteredRead more…