Resources by Douglas Groothuis - Modern Reformation

Lament as Apologetic for Christianity

The problem of evil poses a formidable challenge to the rationality of the Christian worldview. I have argued elsewhere that these challenges can be overcome given (1) the overall strength of Christian theism—given a cumulative case argument—and (2) the logical inadequacies of alternative worldviews to explain good and evil. Here, I take up another side […]

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Wednesday, 14 October, 2020 by Douglas Groothuis
Jars of Clay or Chips of Silicon?

God’s revealed truth can be attacked outright by those who deny cardinal biblical doctrines on the basis of supposedly new revelations or through spurious skeptical arguments against the supernatural. The most insidious challenges to Christian orthodoxy, however, often insinuate themselves into the fabric of culture so that their presence subtly undermines crucial Christian perspectives on […]

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Tuesday, 31 July, 2007 by Douglas Groothuis
How the Bombarding Images of TV Culture Undermine the Power of Words

TV Guide published a short manifesto-actually, an advertisement by ABC-on the goodness of television, just in case anyone doubted it. For years the pundits, moralists and self-righteous, self-appointed preservers of our culture have told us that television is bad. They’ve stood high on their soapbox and looked condescendingly on our innocuous pleasure….Well, television is not […]

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Tuesday, 12 June, 2007 by Douglas Groothuis

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The Meaning of “God”

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Modernity, Pluralism, and Doubt Perhaps the greatest accomplishment of Charles Taylor’s monumental A Secular Age was the simple observation that modern believers and unbelievers experience the world in much the same way. Whether raised by a homeschooling family who taught you to be a six-day creationist, or the child of an irreligious couple in San […]
Unhappily Married or Happily Divorced? The False Dilemma

Jan 25, 2021

Whatever we believe the Scriptures say about legitimate grounds for divorce, the assumption that marital dissolution should not be common among those who claim to follow Christ and Biblical teaching is reasonable. The pertinent passages recognized in the New Testament at most allow for divorce and remarriage only for egregious violations of the marital covenant […]
Biblical Nonconformity

Feb 19, 2021

Nonconformity is all the rage. Our culture applauds rebellion against social norms and encourages boldly standing apart. Sometimes this nonconformity is minor. It looks like fuchsia hair, living in a tiny house, eating only fruit and veggies. Other times nonconformity is something more extreme. The most immediate example is gender nonconformity. Biologically sexed males and […]
The Model for Christian Manhood: Introduction

Jun 16, 2021

When I used to lead women’s ministry at Mars Hill Church in Seattle, I helped organize our yearly Women’s Retreats. The men, however, never had Men’s Retreats. They had Men’s Advances. Retreats, as they saw it, were for sissies. Nevermind that the larger church adopted the concept of retreat from Jesus’s example in the Gospels. […]

Lament as Apologetic for Christianity

Jars of Clay or Chips of Silicon?

How the Bombarding Images of TV Culture Undermine the Power of Words