What Plato Can Teach Us About Public Opinion and Politics
Plato’s The Republic continues to be read, taught, and studied many centuries beyond its writing. It endures because of the way it raises fundamental questions about politics. Many Christians have been exposed to The Republic through C.S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man. When Lewis writes that the head rules the body through the chest, he…
The Cultural Signs of Progressive Christianity
What are the Cultural Signs of Progressive Christianity? Have you ever picked up a popular book at your local Christian bookstore, only to be confused when you read statements like, “The Bible is primarily a human book”? Or perhaps you’ve listened to a prominent Christian speaker only to be stopped in your tracks by their…
“The Apostles May Have Died as Martyrs, but this Proves Nothing.”
One of my favorite arguments for the reliability of the apostolic testimony is their willingness to suffer and die for their belief that Jesus had risen from the dead. I spend over 300 pages considering the historical evidence for their martyrdoms in my recent book The Fate of the Apostles. While we cannot show that…