Engaging the Seen and Unseen Aspects of Our Culture Feb 18, 2026
Brett Kunkle

Article was originally published by the Christian Research Institute in 2017

I’m a Southern California surfer, and I love the ocean. But surfing has taught me that the ocean can be a powerful and punishing place. When I paddle out into...

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A Practical Guide for Teaching Students Apologetics Jan 28, 2026
Brett Kunkle

Article was originally published in the Christian Research Journal, volume 41, number 4 (2018) and again in the Christian Research Institute in 2020.

Generation Z — the 70 million kids born between 1999 and 2015 — is another testam

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Go Overboard in Our Holiday Celebrations? Bah, Humbug! Dec 17, 2025
Brett Kunkle

A few years ago, I read a Christianity Today article titled “Go Overboard Celebrating Christmas.” A provocative title, especially given the Evangelical tendency to decry materialism and consumerism this time of year. Of course, those wa...

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What's Good About Pro-Abortion Arguments? Dec 10, 2025
Dana Dill

I am unapologetically pro-life. You should be too. Every human life is precious at every stage, from womb to tomb. Because we are made in the image of the glorious God, every person possesses unshakable worth and is owed life, liberty, and...

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Do Pronouns Matter? Dec 03, 2025
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 she/her capture the way the world rea...

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3 Ways You May Be Hurting Your Child Oct 28, 2025
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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Thinking Carefully (And Theologically) About Our Smartphones Oct 01, 2025
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 ...

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What is a Godly Man? Sep 23, 2025
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...

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Opiate of the Morally Corrupt Feb 10, 2025
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...

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Taking the Heat Jan 27, 2025
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...

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The Humility of a King Dec 23, 2024
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...

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Why I am Pro-Life Sep 23, 2024
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...

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