The Green Glass Door and The Gospel
When I played college baseball, we used to play games on the road to make the time go by faster. My games of choice were either Spades or riddle word games. My favorite riddle was “The Green Glass Door.” If you haven’t heard, it goes like this: There is a Green Glass Door. A goose […]
The Indispensable Necessity of Doctrinally Rich Young Adult Ministry
I’ve worked within student ministry in some capacity for 12 years. If junior highers smell like body spray and if high schoolers can smell fear, then young adults (YAs) have a nose for inauthenticity. They see right through the smoke machine and lights. They quickly pick up on lack of depth. And they know on […]
Three Key Questions to Ask Your Mormon Friends
I have a lot of friends who belong to the Church of Jesus Christ, Latter Day Saints (LDS). One I see regularly is the bishop of his ward; he regularly emphasizes, as do my other LDS friends, how we both worship Jesus, how we have a lot in common, and how we’re on the same […]
Episode 156: Gavin Ortlund on Why God Makes Sense
On this episode of the FTC Podcast, Jared talks with Dr. Gavin Ortlund about his new book “Why God Makes Sense in a World that Doesn’t” and about a fresh approach to apologetics that amplifies both the intellectual coherence of the gospel and its beauty.
Episode 154: Ed Romine on Ministry Among the Latter Day Saints in Utah
In this episode of the FTC Podcast, Jared Wilson talks with Dr. Ed Romine about LDS (Mormon) theology and culture, and the mission of bringing nonChristian Utah the gospel of Jesus.
Why Apologetics Needs Missionaries
Only a humble, church-focused, Christ-centered missionary spirit can save apologetics.
The Existence of Love Means God is Real
There are many good and compelling arguments for the existence of God and the unique truth of Christianity, and one of them is this: nothing explains the powerful existence of love like the powerful existence of the triune God who in love sent the Son to die for sinners.
What Apostates Don’t Say
The road to apostasy is paved with indifference to the glory of Christ.
The Place of Apologetics
Apologetics and thoughtful witness effectively takes place where there is real and loving presence with others.