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Worldview
Biblical worldview, apologetics, the secular mind, and the legacy of Francis Schaeffer.
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Worldview and Apologetics Catechism
I have found that a helpful way to teach my children is through simple question and answer memorisation. I taught my children basic Christian doctrine using this method. It worked so well that I decided to write a worldview/apologetics’ catechism…
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The Corona Virus: What would Schaeffer say?
“And now we must ask where we evangelicals have been in the battle for truth and morality in our culture…Have we even been aware that there is a battle going on – not just a heavenly battle, but a life-and-death…
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The Fatal Mistake of Rejecting the Words of Our Creator
Reading the news over recent months, I’ve been struck by the number of stories pointing to a deep crisis of identity, purpose and meaning in British society. Here are just a few headlines from the BBC’s website: ‘I’m surrounded by…
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Helping our Children ask, ‘What’s the worldview?’
In August 2016 I was speaking at a Christian conference in Devon, UK. I’d been given the task of saying something about the role of apologetics in the believer’s life. In my talk I touched on the need for Christian…
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A Biblical View of History
At the African Bible University I constantly have to remind my students that every subject studied can be understood in a God-denying or a God-honouring way. Whether it’s physics or economics or mathematics or law or music, it makes no…
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Lost Philosophers Create Lost Sheep
“When Jesus saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd” Matthew 9:36 Studying the works of Francis Schaeffer (1912-84) for my PhD is proving to be an inspirational exercise. …