Dana Dill
I have heard a lot of preaching. As a Youth Pastor, I trained multiple interns to teach the Bible and listened carefully to all their messages. As a Professor, I teach a course on teaching the Bible where I evaluate dozens of students’ tea...
Brett Kunkle
Oftentimes, when you disagree with someone’s views—particularly their religious and moral views—the person will take offense. When that happens, don’t get bothered or irritated. Just ask a question: “Why are you offended?” When they res...
Dana Dill
In their book, The Coddling of the American Mind, Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt pinpoint the “Great Untruths” our kids are being taught, often unintentionally, that are hurting them in pervasive and significant ways.
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Brett Kunkle
No matter someone’s belief or lack of belief in God, everyone has to answer for the existence of evil in the world.
In our discussion of evil it is important to realize every worldview, not just Christianity, must explain evil. Christi...
Dana Dill
Sometimes we talk so abstractly about “love” that we fail to practice it well in normal life. At least, I know that is true of me.
So, I thought it’d be edifying for me to knock out a few very concrete and practical ways that I can actual...
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. There’s plenty ...
Dana Dill
Edited from a sermon delivered to Chino Valley Community Church men’s gathering on Saturday, May 3, 2025
In a world clouded by confusion about identity, the question “What is a man?” often elicits blank stares or shallow stereotypes. As b...
O God Who Cherishes All You Have Created.
All people are your creatures, and you grieve the brokenness of this world even as it plays out in the particulars of each life and each death.
Today we sense an echo of that same sadness upon learning tha...
Brett Kunkle
Some key distinctions are critical when thinking about this problem.
When approaching the problem of evil it is important to begin by making some key distinctions. Distinctions help us to define the issues more precisely, which leads t...
Dana Dill
No matter what form of Christian ministry you find yourself laboring in (e.g. children's, youth, adult, parenting), here is a question you will be asked:
“What happens when a forgiven believer in Jesus sins?”
Since this question has ever...
Dana Dill
Have you ever thought about all the things we are denied access to?
We are denied access behind the counter at retail stores and various shops.
We are denied access to country clubs we don’t belong to.
We are denied access to hotel pool...
Brett Kunkle
Knowledge, not just belief, about God leads to spiritual transformation. So what is knowledge, and how do we get it?
I don’t want you to merely believe true things. That’s a good start, but it’s not enough. I want you to have knowledge...
