My Goal in Every Conversation with Mormons Sep 09, 2024
By Brett Kunkle

Last week some Mormon missionaries showed up at my door. I was unavailable at that moment, so we set up an appointment for them to come back next week. I’m looking forward to the conversation, but I don’t anticipate...

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The American Church Needs Repentance Sep 02, 2024
By Brett Kunkle

The words of Jesus in Revelation 3:20 are often employed as a call to salvation for individual unbelievers: “Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will...

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Don't Just Doubt Your Faith, Doubt Your Doubts Aug 26, 2024
By Brett Kunkle

Dear Friend,

Students need space to share their doubts. We all do. If serious questions about Christianity and uncertainty toward God are not recognized and explored, they remain in the heart and mind only to surface farther down...

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Why Believe Anything At All? Aug 19, 2024
 By Brett Kunkle

Why do you believe what you believe? Seriously, pause for a moment and think hard about that question. What are the reasons behind the beliefs or views you hold? Everyone has beliefs, whether conscious of them or not. Some...

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Do Pronouns Matter? Aug 12, 2024
By Brett Kunkle

Do pronouns matter? Yes. It’s not merely a battle over “preferred” pronouns; it’s a battle over reality. What is a pronoun? It’s a word we use to describe the objective nature of reality. He/him and...

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Perhaps The Biggest Threat To Our Kids' Faith Aug 05, 2024
By Brett Kunkle

Certainly, the host of intellectual challenges our young people face are a threat to their faith. But how often does the typical evangelical kid face the arguments of an atheist or a skeptic? Don’t misread me. Of course we...

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The Church Should Take The Lead In Fighting Porn Apr 08, 2024
By Brett Kunkle

Porn isn’t a problem, it’s an epidemic. Even celebrities like Billie Eilish, Terry Crews, and Pamela Anderson (yes, that Pamela Anderson, the former Playboy model) are speaking out....

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Should Christians Pull Their Kids Out Of Public Education? Apr 01, 2024
By Brett Kunkle

Should Christians keep children in public schools to be "salt and light"? This, and the larger question of whether Christians should allow their kids to be publicly educated, period, are questions I have been wrestling with...

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Thinking Carefully (And Theologically) About Our Smartphones Mar 25, 2024
By Brett Kunkle

The apologetics community could serve the church well not only by doing good work in the philosophy of religion and helping Christians defend the faith, but by helping believers think carefully about all spheres of life....

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We Live At The Mercy Of Our Ideas Mar 11, 2024
By Brett Kunkle

I’m bothered. Recently I spoke with a youth worker who told me he was not teaching theology and apologetics to the students in his youth group because he was focusing on “practical Christian...

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Some Practical Advice For Teaching Mar 04, 2024
By Brett Kunkle

When you’re teaching, whether it’s apologetics or any other topic, it’s not just the information but also the presentation that counts. You may be able to dump theological knowledge on your audience, but that...

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Tips for Critical Thinking: What is Reason? Feb 09, 2024

Social media reveals how poorly we think.

The advent of social media and our latent social media addictions really expose the lack of critical thinking skills in our culture today—and that’s a sad thing! One example, MAVEN...

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