Over the last few years, movies about Christianity have begun to trickle into the theaters with more frequency. We’ve had Old Testament stories like Noah (2014) and Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014). We’ve had contemporary family dramas like Courageous (2011)…
The response to my piece on the Ligonier statement was interesting. So far I haven’t seen any critical engagement with the content of my criticisms, though many have asked why I did not also critique the statement for not affirming the…
The word ‘confessing’, I confess, is a little bit vague. We use the word when we are admitting that we could have done better, or when owning that we’ve actually done wrong. In places where a life dedicated to Christ…
The word ‘confessing’, I confess, is a little bit vague. We use the word when we are admitting that we could have done better, or when owning that we’ve actually done wrong. In places where a life dedicated to Christ…
Since writing and submitting the series of posts (beginning here) on the pervasive Christological confusion in China, I have received a communication confirming that my caution about attributing to our brother the view suggested by his assertions is well founded. As…
How should Christians act and speak in the midst of this loud and divisive political season? While websites devoted to politics and news give you the latest buzz, polls, and minute-by-minute analysis, you will find Place for Truth slightly different,…
All historic Christians confess the Nicene Creed, which posits that we believe “One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church.” However, one of the crucial differences between the Protestant tradition and the Roman and Orthodox varieties is how we reckon what it…
In the first of this series, and last time, I set out to explore Professor Katherine Sonderegger’s Systematic Theology, Volume 1: The Doctrine of God. Having established the meaning of the fundamental and perfect Oneness of God, she next turns to…
In 2004, Alister McGrath published The Twilight of Atheism, where he contended that ‘the sun has begun to set’ on an empire of the mind: ‘Atheism’, a phenomenon which ‘seems to have lost so much of its potency in recent…
In 2004, Alister McGrath published The Twilight of Atheism, where he contended that ‘the sun has begun to set’ on an empire of the mind: ‘Atheism’, a phenomenon which ‘seems to have lost so much of its potency in recent…
