worldview
What Happens When You Die?
Philosophy and Theology The Soul and Near-Death Experiences What happens when you die? In this episode of the Table Podcast, my friend Kymberli Cook interviews me, along with Gary Habermas and Daniel Hill about near-death experiences and evidence for the soul. We focus on the intermediate state and a theology of the afterlife. I was […]
Respectfully Engaging with Buddhists
During my college years, my wife and I worked with Vietnamese refugees in Southern California. Almost all of them came from Buddhist backgrounds. So I learned a lot about respectfully engaging Buddhists as a youth pastor at a little church plant in Orange County. Much of our time was spent building relationships with these teenagers […]
Apologetics for Children
Apologetics for Children How can we help our children understand evidence for the Christian faith? When people ask me about apologetics for children, I think back to the time when my son was in kindergarten. A classmate would tease him at school by sarcastically asking, "Do you still believe in that God thing?" This confirmed my […]
7 Tips on Engaging Skeptics Like Paul Did in Athens - Part 2
3 More Cultural Engagement Tips Today, we're moving on in my new series of posts called, “7 Tips on Engaging Skeptics Like Paul Did in Athens.” In part one, we took a brief look at some historical background and focused on two simple lessons from Paul's encounter in Acts 17: Care About People Prepare for Insults […]
Student: One of the Greatest Things I've Ever Done
Today, I’m pleased to feature an exclusive guest post from one of my former undergraduate students, Haley Morris—a recent graduate from William Jessup University (WJU) in Rocklin, CA who says that taking my World Religions course was one of the best things she ever did. See how Haley got more grounded in her faith and more confident as […]