Dana Dill

As my little ones are growing up (too quickly), I am finding that good parenting involves saying the word “No” a lot. I need to say “No” when my daughter wants to stick her finger in the electrical outlet. I have to strongly reject her wis...

Dana Dill

If you have kids within the 10 to 18 year old range, you may have heard statements like these concerning corporate worship with your local church:

The sermons are too long/boring/confusing.

The pastor isn’t funny/relevant/engaging.

I ...

Brett Kunkle

If the bones of Jesus were found tomorrow, would you walk away from Christianity? You should. Why? Because faith in a dead Jesus is worthless. Even the Apostle Paul says so. In I Corinthians 15:14, he writes, “If Christ has not been rai...

Dana Dill

I have yet to find a more moving prayer on the cross of Jesus Christ than this one. May God open your eyes to see His love shine at Calvary. Note: For those of you who don’t hablo ye old english, ‘lustre’ means to shine or glow.

My Father...

Brett Kunkle

“How do I share Christ with someone who is an agnostic?” a college student asked once after a talk. Then she added, “My boyfriend is agnostic, but I feel like God has called me into this relationship.” Uh-oh. It’s decision time. I just ...

Dana Dill

I think most of us would like to help the youths of our day grow in wisdom, but sometimes our little nuggets of advice aren’t actually helpful. Occasionally, our sagely counsel, though thoroughly well-intentioned, ends up hamstringing them...

Brett Kunkle

The fulfilled prophecies, unity, and impact of the Bible all point to a divine Author.

Fingerprints are one of the best forms of evidence. If a detective finds fingerprints at a crime scene, he has a vital clue to help identify the per...

Brett Kunkle

Bertrand Russell, the most prominent atheist of the 20th century, was asked what he would say if upon death he discovered God really did exist. Russell said, “I will tell Him He just did not give me enough evidence.”

Is lack of evidenc...

Brett Kunkle

She glared at me for the entire two hours. I didn’t know her and I didn’t know her story, but I knew this high schooler wasn’t happy. Apparently her mother had dragged her to my apologetics seminar at a local church in Oregon and sat he...

Brett Kunkle

A Summit student once asked me, “If Christianity is true, why do we need faith?” It's a good question. What is faith? Mapping out the distinction between belief-that and belief-in provides a helpful way to answer this question.

The tra...

By Brett Kunkle

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passio...

By Brett Kunkle

Incarnation. The word captures the essence of Christmas. Jesus, “who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bondservant, and being ma...