by Douglas Groothuis, PhD Ecclesiastes is perhaps the most misunderstood book in the Bible. In these articles, I explain why its wisdom has ministered to me so deeply over my Christian life.   1.       A Primer on Ecclesiastes https://www.douglasgroothuis.com/post/a-primer-on-ecclesiastes-beyond-information-to-a-philosophy-of-wisdom 2.      Fear Not Ecclesiastes https://www.patheos.com/blogs/evangelicalpulpit/2018/01/fear-not-ecclesiastes .   3.      Cast Your Bread on the Wa

by Douglas Groothuis, PhD Easter commemorates and celebrates a historical event unlike any other: the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. But what is the significance of the resurrection? And how can we know it really happened? The four Gospels report that Jesus predicted his death, burial, and resurrection. He was born to die. All of his wondrous teachings, healings, exorcisms, and transforming relationships with all manner of people—from fishermen to tax collectors

by Douglas Groothuis, PhD Schaeffer wrote this in a book about God’s judgment on ungodly nations and hope for Reform according to the gospel and a Christian worldview. It is a passionate call to endurance for the truth. May we heed it!   My concluding sentence is simply this: The world is lost, the God of the Bible does exist; the world is lost, but truth is truth. Keep on! And for how long? I’ll tell you. Keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on, and then KEEP ON!   Schaeffer, Fra

By Douglas Groothuis, PhD The Spirituality Needed for Philosophy and all of Life   1 .       Francis Schaefer, True Spirituality 2 .      J. I. Packer, Knowing God 3 .      A. W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God   On Philosophy for Christ   4.      Paul Copan, A Little Book for New Philosophers 5.      Garrett DeWeese, Doing Philosophy as a Christian   History of Philosophy 6 .      Gordon Clark,  Thales to Dewey 7 .      C. Stephen Evans,  A History of Western Philosophy 8 .     

By Douglas Groothuis, PhD Moses, the man of God, wrote but one Psalm. In it he writes something pertinent to those in their later years, like me.           Our days may come to seventy years,     or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,     for they quickly pass, and we fly away (Psalm 90:10). This Psalm has been a source of inspiration, mediation, and lament for me over many years, especially during the time of my first wife’s te

By Douglas Groothuis, PhD The first edition of Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith was published by InterVarsity Press in 2011. Some years before that, my predecessor at Denver Seminary and mentor, Gordon Lewis, told me that if you teach a subject for a decade, you should be able to write a book on it. So, about ten years after I started teaching apologetics at Denver Seminary every year, I began writing a book that was to be called What Matters Mo

by Douglas Groothuis, PhD This was one of my first interviews about the Internet or what we called cyberspace. It relates to my book, The Soul in Cyberspace (Baker, 1997). Perhaps an historical perspective can give us some wisdom from the Lord.

By Douglas Groothuis, PhD The New York Times  ran an article recently in which people allow themselves to be identified as having been in long-time romantic "relationships" with AI chatbots. It's bad enough to do this (by forfeiting your humanity to a machine), but you'd think people would try to hide it. They don't. They mug for the camera and speak of their "relationships" with non-human computer apps (which, of course, are sexually attractive avatars).   One man claims th