DOUGLAS GROOTHUIS, PH.D.

An open letter to Simon Critchley, co-editor of The Stone Reader. Liveright, 2015. In your introduction to The Stone Reader, you claim...

Today I spoke to a group of seventy fifth and sixth graders on what it means to be an author, how to be a good writer, and writing an...

Why buy a particular book? We answer that partly by finding who wants us to buy the book (besides the author). We check the endorsement,...

While trapped at Groove Toyota waiting for a ride home, I could not avoid “The Price is Right,” which was bombastically glaring and...

John’s Prologue to his incomparable Gospel is one of the most significant works of epistemology ever penned. Its intellectual treasures...

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Co-Author: E.J. Johnston Christian apologetics is pointless unless we know who needs to know the gospel and what they are like. All...

Mom did not attend a church, but believed in Christ. Shortly before her death in 2010, I learned that she did not want a funeral. I...

Old is often better. New is often bad. Why think the newer is truer, especially on philosophy and theology? Old books have withstood the...

“Christians are the worst tippers.” Waitresses and waiters have told me this over many years. I have no hard social science data on this,...

“What am I?” This question came to me once long ago after awaking from a nap in a strange place. The usual question in such cases is,...

Post by: Douglas Groothuis & E.A. Johnston I should, therefore like to arouse in man the desire to find truth, to be ready, free from...

In my long career in philosophy, I have developed various knacks or skills (or in jazz lingo, chops) that make rational arguments more...

Materialism states that there are no immaterial states of affairs, personal or impersonal. All can be explained according to chemistry,...

I did not set out to set the world straight as a philosopher. Journalism was my vocation, or so I thought. Then, after failing a typing...

In a fallen world, we confuse much—lust with love, pleasure with goodness, and even good with evil (Isaiah 5:20). Means and ends are...

“How could anyone do that?” I thought to myself when I heard Walter Martin explain what was required of a counter-cult apologist. Those...

Philosophy is feared by many Christians, especially as they heed the Apostle Paul’s warning concerning a false religion tempting an early...

Guest post by: Chad Ellison There is a bit of fuss among scientists and philosophers regarding the possibility of producing an...

Common phrases and sentences often assume false ideas. A wise person will interrogate herself and language in general to sniff these out....