Nietzsche as Prophet Against Christianity Nietzsche condemned Christianity for many reasons. His attacks focused on at least two themes that will be explored here—the death of God, and the life-denying character of Christianity. These are major themes under which...
Nietzsche was prophetic in many ways, both in his style and content. Walter Kaufmann compares Nietzsche to some biblical prophets because of the way he shared the angst and suffering of the very people to whom he was speaking. Sometimes prophecy seems to consist in...
My day won’t come until the day after tomorrow. Some people are born posthumously…The sort of predilection strength has for questions that require more courage than anyone possesses today; a courage for the forbidden; a predestination for the labyrinth. Friedrich...
I am a firm believer in the believer’s responsibility to be prepared to give an answer (apologia) to those who ask him about his hope in Christ (1 Pet. 3:15). Apologetics has become a passion for me because I believe that the Christian faith can not only withstand...
J. Gresham Machen’s classic, Christianity and Liberalism, was one of the most influential books of its time when it was first published in 1923. Many consider it to be a challenge to theological liberalism that was never answered by liberals. Machen’s clarity and...
What difference does being a Christian historian make? George Marsden suggests three things that Christian perspectives do not mean. First, Christian perspectives on academic topics will not change everything, but it will change some things. Important areas of thought...