Brett Kunkle
I want to lay out a 5-step method I use to study Scripture. I’ll apply it to John 15:1–8 to illustrate the method. It’s not the only method, and it’s not an exhaustive method, but I hope you find it helpful as a tool in your personal st...
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
“Jesus is the only way to God” may be the most controversial claim of Christianity, so we had better have good reason for it. And I think we do.
What does Jesus say? Let’s start with Jesus. We certainly don’t want to claim something...
“Can God do anything?” I once asked an audience of Christians at an apologetics conference. I gave my answer and offered an explanation. Apparently, my answer was not well received by everyone, as one man in the audience was so incensed that he stood...
By Brett Kunkle
Drinking. Premarital sex. Abortion. Homosexuality. Same-sex marriage. Christians have so many hang-ups with the behavior of non-Christians, don’t they? It all seems so judgmental. Christians have enough problems of their own, so why ...
By Brett Kunkle
“God is like a three-headed dragon,” offered one high school student. “I think God is like a Transformer,” blurted out a junior higher in the front row. I had just asked students at this Lake Arrowhead camp to give a brief definition...
By Brett Kunkle
Christians talk too much. At least, they feel the pressure to.
In “Why I Am a Christian,” I tell students the first reason I’m a Christian is because it’s true, and that I’ve got good reasons to think so. When they hear this, studen...
By Brett Kunkle
When Christians ask me what I do for a living, I’m hesitant to answer. Inevitably my reply includes something about “apologetics.” But for some believers, apologetics has a questionable reputation. It amounts to intellectual bullying...
By Brett Kunkle
I am a pro-lifer for very particular reasons. I am not pro-life because “the Bible says it, I believe it, and that settles it.” I am not pro-life because I want to fit in with Christians at my church. I am not pro-life because I hate...
By Brett Kunkle
The “Real World” view of truth is, well...true. An explanation of this view should help demonstrate that it is the accurate description of truth.
Simply put, the Real World view says that my thoughts, ideas, or statements are true i...
