DOUGLAS GROOTHUIS, PH.D.

On Billy Graham Gordon MacDonald, friend and Chancellor of Denver Seminary, mentioned to me that it is likely that few students at my...

I sent this to The New York Times on November 5, 2013. It was in a response to an editorial defending art forgeries. It is a short essay...

This morning on NPR, I learned of a documentary about a pioneer in the transgender movement. When the interviewer asked about her life,...

Another new phrase has pressed itself upon us: “the take away.” To “take away” was used to refer to stealing or removing something from...

Historian Paul Johnson in his book Intellectuals defines an intellectual as someone who cares more about ideas than about people. True...

Professors want to make their mark on the world, their profession, and on their students. They spend years perfecting their talents and...

Apologetics is a necessary discipline for the Christian faith. Jesus and the Apostle Paul regularly defended their beliefs through...

I first learned the word curmudgeon from Keith Yandel, my philosophy adviser at The University of Wisconsin-Madison. He may have been...

By Dr. Douglas Groothuis Principles for Pastoring Animals A pastor cares for his or her flock by tender concern, prayer, and insight into...

These are the numbers of the men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, as the Lord had said. ....

Sometime in the distant past, my collection of books became a library. The question, “Have you read all of them?” was asked of me so...

You have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you. So wrote Aurelius Augustine (354-430), later known as...

Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path—Psalm 119:105 A long-time friend recently wrote me with some excitement that she had...

Why is there an unofficial holiday in which people lie to each other in the hopes of their lie not being exposed until those who believe...

A vast literature on happiness has emerged in recent years that is based on “positive psychology.” Instead of emphasizing neurosis and...

Philosophy affects vocabulary. Ideas shape words. Consider the word nonsense or the phrase it makes no sense. The Oxford online...

Guest post by: Chad E. Graham Should Christians mix faith and politics? This question has always bothered me—even to the extent that I am...

Jesus called us to deny our self, take up our cross, and to follow him. This is the cross-life. It is the only entry into the abundance...

It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants—Blaise Pascal, Pensées. Jeep Cherokees are beyond my salary as...

We all have verbal ticks or stutter phrases. Some say “you know” a lot; others say “I mean” frequently. We’ll let that go. However, there...