One of the stumbling blocks that held C. S. Lewis back from embracing Christianity was his inability to understand how the death of an obscure Jewish rabbi two thousand years ago could have any impact on his life. Lewis found…
As anyone with a strong theology of creation will agree, art, at its best, presents us with a unique vantage point on God’s Truth, Beauty, and Goodness. While every artistic medium presents us with distinctive avenues of insight and perception,…
My interest in evangelism/apologetics, natural theology and metaphysics has its roots in the soil of the Midwest; more specifically, two courses that I took at Cedarville University. The first was Dr. Daniel J. Estes’ course on “Wisdom Literature,” and the second,…
In the apocryphal book of 1 Esdras 3-4, the author says that three bodyguards who guarded King Darius wanted to know: what is the strongest (or the most powerful)? If Plato had answered this question, he would have included the…
As my contribution to this discussion of apologetics, imagination and the arts, I want to offer an observation about a shift of mood among contemporary artists and ask what apologetic opportunities it may present. I am a committed gallery goer,…
Announcement of an upcoming talk in London by Prof Ben Quash, from our friends at JustShare: On Wednesday 5th June, JustShare will be welcoming: Ben Quash, Professor of Christianity and the Arts, at Kings College, London to discuss: “The Art of…
The content of Christian apologetics is constantly expanding and changing along with culture. One might think that, at the very least, we can all agree that apologetics is a matter of defending Christianity by offering reasons for believing in it. …
We used to entertain ourselves. Anyone who has read Jane Austen knows that in the evenings of the era, people would gather in the drawing room to listen to others play or sing; other times there might be community dances…
On Facebook several weeks ago, a friend mentioned in a passing status something about Christian unity and the division of denominations to which someone replied with a quote from Lewis’s introduction to On the Incarnation by St. Athanasius: “We are all rightly…