Identity Founded in Grace
Last week, Fellows Class 18 read John Lynch’s The Cure. This book examines how humans choose to pursue “good intentions,” attempting to please God rather than choosing to love and follow God. We lose sight of God’s desires for us and strive to attain the lives of “good believers.” Often, we fail to remember that…
The First Question You Need to Answer in 2017
All the confetti is now cleaned up, the ball has dropped, and you are back to daily grind. Welcome to 2017. But before you dive back into business as usual, I want to encourage and challenge you to hit the pause button and ask a question. You don’t have to keep doing the same things…
Did Christians Lie About the Martyrdom Accounts of the Apostles?
In my recent book The Fate of The Apostles, I discuss the historical evidence that the apostles of Jesus were all willing to suffer and die for their belief that they had seen the risen Jesus. Yet as soon as this argument is made, a common objection is: “But Christians wrote the martyrdom accounts? How…