Philip Ryken

An excerpt from this week’s sermon on Luke 24:1-12, a propos of James Cameron and the “The Lost Tomb of Christ.” How could the women know that this was true?…

  Rarely has one man stood up against so many opponents–or against so great an evil–for so long and with so little encouragement, before finally meeting with such a complete…

I am very pleased to announce that Dan Doriani’s commentary on James has just been released — a very handsome volume.  In the interests of full disclosure, I should mention…

No doubt the blogosphere will be agog today over James Cameron’s announcement (he of Titanic fame) that he has found the tomb of Jesus (and his son, of all people). …

In doing a little research on William Wilberforce this week (in anticipation of this week’s release of the film Amazing Grace, which marks the 200th anniversary of the slave trade…

A ref21 reader has written to remind me of another good use for apologetics.  According to Calvin, we need apologetics not so much “to convert the hearts of the ungodly but…

During Sunday evening (!) worship a few weeks ago, I was refreshed to hear again a hymn by Derek Thomas and Paul Jones.  The hymn is entitled “Our Father Bless’d, To…

I don’t know if the discipline of apologetics is overrated or not, but one aspect of apologetics seems to be underappreciated.  While apologetics may be useful in the exercise of…

Readers who lament the undeserved popularity of Richard Dawkins’s book The God Delusion will be heartened by the sharp criticism the book receives in the January 11 issue of The…