Augustine teaches us to use Christian doctrine as a lever to unseat false prophets such as Peter Singer, Richard Dawkins, or Christopher Hitchens.
Augustine defended Christianity from one basic starting point: the biblical narrative is true and it alone explains the world within (existential viability) and the world without (empirical adequacy). He knew that his interlocutors did not agree. Augustine understood that, as Romans 1 puts it so damningly, the Roman pagans were busy suppressing the … [Read More]
Augustine for the 21st Century (4): What Were Augustine’s Starting Points and How are They Relevant for Today?
Augustine for the 21st Century (3): What Can We Learn from Augustine’s Apologetic Strategy?
Augustine teaches 21st century evangelicals how to defend the faith in their respective contexts. Among the many lessons we may learn from him, one is central: We as Christians must “out-narrate the narrators.” In the face of the narratives emerging from naturalist, pantheist, and Muslim worldviews, we must communicate the biblical narrative in such a way as to show that it alone makes sense of the world.
Like Augustine, we must expose the flaws in competing … [Read More]
A Theologically-Driven Missiology (Pt. 6: Man)
A Theologically-Driven Missiology (Pt. 6: Man)
Note: This series of posts deals with the relationship between doctrine and practice in general, and between theology and missiology in particular. It argues that sound theology should provide the starting point, trajectory, and parameters for missiological practice. It seeks a “theologically-driven” missiology both for the United States and international contexts.
Apart from the Christian Scriptures, one cannot make sense of humanity. No religion, worldview, or philosophy is able to account … [Read More]
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