apologetics Archives

Telling a Better Story

Engaging Others with Christ Author: Joshua D. Chatraw In the western world today, the old-time apologetics just don’t fit anymore. Society does not share the same baseline assumptions, and so a rote repetition (or “dump truck” load) of facts, names, dates, places, and historical evidence leave most secular audiences glazed over, their questions unanswered and their imaginations unengaged. Winning souls is not about following a tract or 12 step program. It’s about engaging the imagination, listening, and understanding the underlying questions of our time. It’s about conversation. It’s about a story. In Telling A Better Story: How to Talk About God [...]

Frances Carden2024-11-23T15:40:13-07:00November 23rd, 2024|Tags: apologetics, book review, Christian, read, reading|

Confronting Christianity

How Can You Believe; How Can You Not? Author: Rebecca McLaughlin Have you ever wondered if the world would be better off – more peaceful, more accepting – without the specter of religion? Have you ever wondered why God seems so interested in what goes on in the sanctity of our bedrooms, why He allows good people to suffer, and why a loving God created an eternal Hell? If so, then this book is for you. I came to Confronting Christianity through my studies with the C.S. Lewis Institute as part of the Year 1 Fellowship study, which is essentially an [...]

Frances Carden2024-06-09T11:48:12-07:00June 9th, 2024|Tags: apologetic, apologetics, book review, Christian, Christianity, read, reading, religion|

Prodigal God, The

A New Look at a Beloved Parable Author: Timothy Keller We’re all familiar with the story of the prodigal son. It’s a Biblical parable that gets repeated often, but we rarely spend time on the elder brother – the one who is left, distanced and angry at the rampant forgiveness of his errant, spendthrift brother. The parable is about unconditional grace, about flagrant forgiveness, after all, and the aside about the elder brother is just that – a reminder that a good person forgives his brother. Author Timothy Keller, however, has a completely different view of the parable, not the “forgiveness [...]

Frances Carden2023-06-11T13:13:48-07:00June 11th, 2023|Tags: apologetics, Bible, Christian, nonfiction, parable, read, reading|