DOUGLAS GROOTHUIS, PH.D.

What is faith? The word, like many words that fall out of our mouths, is often misunderstood and misused. No little problems result from...

Words often confused us because we fail to press for a definition of the term. Or we can say, words often fail us because we are confused...

One of the secular claims against Christianity is that the modern world’s increasing knowledge of the natural world through science...

The American way of life and civil government are founded on principles that are being renounced, both overtly and subtly. We were...

Many of my friends are suffering terribly in different ways. Bad news is breaking forth everywhere. This is likely true for you as well,...

Hard drives are serviced; automobiles are repaired; houses are cleaned; iPhones are fixed. But what of our souls? How does our mental and...

Ross Douthat wrote it in his book, Bad Religion. On Sunday, February 15, 2015, a New York Times writer, Bob Morris, wrote it in a column...

For I am afraid that when I come I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you want me to be. I fear that there...

Time Magazine, in the February 16 edition, tries to understand the film, “Fifty Shades of Grey.” It releases on day before Valentine’s...

1. Use your own handwriting. Chose a tasteful pen. Write slowly. 2. Write for consolation, encouragement, or to share you life with a...

One cannot know the good and act rightly if one cannot sift evidence and construct sound arguments with a virtuous character. This is...

In America, personality (being charismatic, glamorous) has replace character (being virtuous). We look to the self for meaning, truth,...

David Wells described worldliness as that system of values, in any given age, which has at its center our fallen human perspective, which...

I often tell my students to exegete the Bible, themselves, and their culture. Otherwise, we become worldly and ineffective for ministry....

What is America? What role has she played in history? Has she been a force for more good than for evil or a force for more evil than for...

The biblical position on homosexuality is rooted in Genesis 1-3; this is where foundational principles for religion and relationships are...

One of my interests in the philosophy of technology, which is part of a larger discipline called media ecology, initiated by Neil...

1. Turn off all devices. 2. Listen. 3. Do not interrupt. 4. Ask good questions 5. Find a quiet environment. 6. Add coffee and/or adult...

Turn off all electronic devices and do not turn them back on until you are far, far from the exhibit. You will live without them for a...

In a world scrambled by aimless philosophical speculation and ever-more commercial and marketable religious apostasy and crass...