DOUGLAS GROOTHUIS, PH.D.

On Self-Promotion and Influence as a Christian Writer and Teacher Douglas Groothuis, PhD, Distinguished Professor, Cornerstone University...

Establishing a Career as a Christian Academic: Advice from an Old Academic to Those Beginning the Journey Douglas Groothuis “The Western...

By Douglas Groothuis, PhD We develop some skills in life, but others we can avoid. As a young man I played baseball, but my skills...

Francis A. Schaeffer was the mentor I never met. He was born on January 30, 1912, in Germantown, Pennsylvania. The best biography of this...

Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers (1 Timothy...

Many arguments are marshaled against Christian schools and Christian home-schooling. Those, such as myself, who categorically reject...

By Rebecca Merrill Groothuis (1954-2018) Q Isn’t evangelical feminism simply the product of an antibiblical, contemporary ideology that...

I long resisted any reading of books in electronic form. Books are superior in many ways—their ability to carry memories, hand-written...

Easter commemorates and celebrates a historical event unlike any other: the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.  But what is the...

Harper’s ran an in-depth article on the fate of a young woman who did intensive Easterm meditation at a retreat and contacted mental...

Mike Shreve was deep into eastern religion and yoga before he converted to Christianity in 1970. He has since written books and done many...

The leading secular account of the world in the West denies any normative or sacred order. Freedom is found, not in following a divine...

Being charged with being an ignoramus is no compliment. However, some ignorance is virtuous. One should cultivate being an ignoramus in a...

Deep reading is required for wise thinking and courageous action, even action against the odds. Political authoritarianism cannot work...

No matter how dark the times, we should remember and celebrate that Jesus has indeed defeated Satan and the demonic hordes John declares...

As pastors and teachers in the church seek to exposit and apply the Bible to their congregations, they need to handle wisely the moral...

Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy. Hospitality...

We live in the great age of endless self-promotion. Anyone can ego-cast through the Internet by projecting images, talking points,...

“Without fire, nothing.” I often say this to my students in the context of motivation for ministry. I have felt this fire for over four...

God of all comfort, you know the pain of broken relationships. Many of your own followers left you at the time of greatest need. You...