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One recent morning, in the dream state between sleep and awakening, I was 12 years old again. It was late July, right at the point when summer becomes late summer and a new school year looms in the not-too-distant future. I ran out of the breezeway screen door of my grandparents’ “house on the knoll,” […]

As I was reading Galatians chapter one this morning, I was struck by the phrase “who raised him from the dead.” Could you imagine writing that down in the first century with the conviction that it really happened and then sending it to someone? It can be easy for the shocking claims of Christianity to

“The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing–to reach the Mountain, to find the place where all the beauty came from–my country, the place where I ought to have been born. Do you think it all meant nothing, all the longing? The longing for home? For indeed it now feels not like

I told very few people of my conversations with Professor Dennett, which is why when Premier Unbelievable reached out asking me to write an article on his passing, I was definitely surprised. Why did they ask me when they had no idea that I knew him? It turns out they were simply looking for an

Dr. Stephen Meyer, author of Return of the God Hypothesis, is killing it right now. He defended Christianity excellently on the Joe Rogan Podcast and was recently interviewed by Piers Morgan. Morgan, who can be a bit bullish and antagonistic, seemed to agree with Meyer on every point, and even teamed up with Meyer to

Driscoll is in the news again, and the situation is ridiculous. It seems evident to me that this “spirit of Jezebel” nonsense was a stunt to sell his book. Maybe I’m wrong about this. But this recent controversy regarding Mark reminded me of his scandal in 2014 and an important lesson for us to learn.  

All of us struggle with feelings of inadequacy. A sense of shame plagues us all. We think that God should not accept us because we haven’t lived up to a standard. Well, I suppose some think they are the standard of perfection, but we won’t deal with them here. For the rest of us, our

Part 8 of 8 in a series of articles by Derek Caldwell on the resurrection. Published April 3, 2024 I have heard it said before: so what if Jesus was raised from the dead? Why does that mean I have to worship Him? This is such a sad statement, for it speaks of the cultural

Part 7 of 8 in a series of articles by Derek Caldwell on the resurrection. Published April 2, 2024 There is much that one could say about the alleged contradictions in the resurrection accounts. At the outset we must ask: What is a contradiction? A contradiction is when at least two things are stated as

Part 6 of 8 in a series of articles by Derek Caldwell on the resurrection. Published April 1, 2024 Tradition tells us—and we have little reason to doubt it—that eleven of the twelve apostles (all but John) died an early death for their faith. Martyrdom was considered a sign of true faith in a society