Christian Case Making

I get one question in the mail more than any other: “Jim, I’m leading a (men’s group / women’s group / youth group) at my church and I want to teach apologetics. What curriculum should I use?” That question was the impetus for the creation of three lines of adult …

It’s not often that I use my blog to commend a fellow Christian Case Maker, but I had the pleasure of participating in the Smart Faith Conference several years ago with Doug Powell (playfully seen here posing for the crime scene outline prior to my talk). Doug is an artist …

I’m delighted to get the chance to teach at one of my favorite local churches in about a week. The topic will be Genesis 1:1 and what is, in many ways, the most important verse of Scripture: “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” I’ll be talking …

Defending The Faith: Apologetics in Women’s Ministry Mary Jo Sharp, Kregel Publications, Grand Rapids Michigan 2012 Why Do You Believe That? A Faith Conversation Mary Jo Sharp, Lifeway Press, Nashville Tennessee 2012 When my ministry partner, Greg Koukl first interviewed Mary Jo Sharp on the Stand To Reason radio show, …

Most people who regularly engage others in debate or conversation recognize that there’s a difference between information and influence. I certainly don’t want to engage people on a topic without first possessing the proper information; all of us want to speak from a position of informational certainty. But having information …

As I get older, I’ve rediscovered the ancient truth uttered through King Solomon: “There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven – A time to give birth, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to uproot …