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Conversations with Jehovah’s Witnesses

By J. Brian Huffling “There are some Jehovah’s Witnesses in the neighborhood if you want to talk them,” my wife said. I was excited. I have had numerous and long-standing discussions with Mormons, but never anything meaningful with Jehovah’s Witnesses. After a while, they finally came to my door. While I couldn’t talk to them […]

Apologetics as Conversation

By Mikel Del Rosario Hey, Can We Talk? Seeing apologetics as a conversational ministry There’s an Indian proverb that says, “You don’t cut off a man’s nose and give him a rose to smell.” I first heard this from Ramesh Richards, who applies this idea to apologetics. He says that sometimes, in the midst of […]

Conceptualizando las dos naturalezas de Jesús

By Max Andrews Reduplicated preaching is the means to understanding the relationship between the natures of Jesus Christ. When Scripture attributes human qualities to Jesus they must be based on his human nature. Likewise, when Scripture attributes divine qualities to Jesus they must be based on his divine nature. With this insight, we might be […]

Do Humans Have Intrinsic Value?

By Luke Nix Introduction Whether humans possess intrinsic value or instrumental value is a debate that often runs parallel to discussions about the true worldview. This debate also often fuels the passion behind worldview discussions because it has implications for ethics and morality, which are directly tied to how people ought to live and how […]

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Correcting four myths about the history of the Crusades

By Wintery Knight   Here is an interesting article from the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. Intro: The verdict seems unanimous. From presidential speeches to role-playing games, the crusades are depicted as a deplorably violent episode in which thuggish Westerners trundled off, unprovoked, to murder and pillage peace-loving, sophisticated Muslims, laying down patterns of outrageous oppression that […]