bryan14 hours ago5 minEcclesiastes: What is the Meaning of a Book about Meaning?Recently a friend asked me a question about Ecclesiastes—one of my favorite books of the Bible. Perhaps the word “vanity” owes its curren...
bryanMar 162 minSymphony: An Insufficient MetaphorDid you know that the universe is finely-tuned for the existence of life? Our universe, galaxy, solar system, and earth itself, like ever...
bryanJan 252 minLiturgy and PrayerSome of us are poorer for the loss of liturgy: a rich source of theological truth and a salve to souls who grope for the right words in p...
bryanDec 29, 20192 minIs Christianity a Copycat Religion?I recently asked our "Third Thursday" high-school apologetics fellowship to help me by writing a summary of Chapter 11: "Is Christianity ...
bryanDec 29, 20193 minWhy Am "I" Not My Brain?I am not my brain. In our world, psychology, neuroscience, and secular philosophy say that I am my brain. To modern science, everything I...
bryanDec 29, 20192 min"Is the Bible Sexist, Racist, Homophobic and Genocidal?"I recently asked our "Third Thursday" high-school apologetics fellowship to help me by writing a summary of Chapter 9: "Is the Bible Sexi...
bryanNov 2, 20192 min10 Questions for Your Biology TeacherTen questions to ask your biology teacher about evolution:[1] ORIGIN OF LIFE. Why do textbooks claim that the 1953 Miller-Urey experiment...
bryanAug 28, 20193 minCan Lies Protect Us?Lulu Wang’s “The Farewell” explores how a family conspires to deceive its beloved matriarch about a diagnosis of terminal cancer. Only af...
bryanAug 10, 20195 minMoral Relativism Doesn't Make SenseIf two students give different answers on a math test, we can't say neither student is right simply because their answers are different.
bryanJul 20, 20194 minHow Do I Know I'm Saved?In 23 years as a Christian, I have struggled at times with assurance of salvation. In my personal experience, it's so easy to slip into d...
bryanJul 9, 20191 minChapter 7: Wasn't There Another Way?Couldn't God have given us free will while also preventing evil? But we aren't omniscient. To answer such a question, we would have to kn...
bryanJun 4, 20191 minChapter 6: Is Free Will Worth It?God has given human beings the capability to choose for ourselves. But to freely choose means that if we can choose good, we must also be...
bryanMay 28, 20191 minChapter 5: How Can Eternal Punishment Be Fair? (continued)“Whatever we think hell might be like or why eternal punishment might be fair, we should always remember that the God who created hell al...
bryanMay 21, 20191 minChapter 5: How Can Eternal Punishment Be Fair? If it seems unfair that hell awaits those who reject the good news, we should consider that our emotions are an unreliable guide to truth...
bryanMay 4, 20191 minChapter 4: What is the Destiny of the Unevangelized?The Gospel has been spread throughout the world, but the word is suppressed. In surprising ways, God propagates the Gospel, but even so, ...
bryanApr 23, 20191 minChapter 3: “Are There No Good People?”This chapter asks whether there are any good people, examines what Jesus said about the problem of evil, and concludes with many reasons ...
bryanApr 16, 20191 minChapter 2: “Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?”Man's inhumanity to man is a characteristic that is all too human. Chapter 2 enumerates several of the worst recent examples of human evi...
bryanApr 9, 20191 minChapter 1: “Why Do We Suffer for Adam’s Sin?”The first chapter of Why Does God Allow Evil? examines: how sin entered the world through Adam the origin of natural evil a possible reas...
bryanApr 3, 20191 minWhy Does God Allow Evil? Our Men's Bible study group has decided to read and study the book Why Does God Allow Evil? by Clay Jones. We will post our weekly study ...