“Taking a brother to court, is about dishonoring the name of Christ before an unbelieving world. The online world is not the appropriate place to practice church discipline or air disputes between Christians.” - P&D
Recover Real Dialogue in a Digital Age – Reviewing ‘My Apologetics Dinner Party’ by Louis Markos
“Markos teaches by example as he presents a dialogue based on a lively conversation he experienced over Thanksgiving dinner with guests of various faiths. Through stories and conversations, he helped people wrestle with their objections to Christianity. More significantly, he shows us how we can do that too.” - TGC
Don’t Avoid Conflict: How to Lead Classroom Discussions on Theology
“the theological classroom is precisely the place where these conversations must occur. Avoiding them would short-circuit spiritual and intellectual formation. If we want students to grow in understanding—true understanding—we must learn how to handle difficult classroom discussions in a way that models and cultivates clarity, humility, and grace.” - Word by Word
Do you have Calvin Derangement Syndrome?
“Does your blood pressure go up when you see ads for the hit series, The Chosen? Do you have strong urges to tear up copies of the Westminster Confession? Do pictures of John Calvin send you over the edge? Do you have an impulse to ransack a garden of TULIPs when you see them? If so, you might have CDS.” - Robin Schumacher
Christian Online Discourse: We Must Do Better
“…this one is going to be very simple, just to ring the alarm bell about something that I think is so important that every single human being should be reflective about it, and what I’m talking about is the way the Internet is shaping us.” - Gavin Ortlund
5 Ways to Be Kind to Someone with Whom You Disagree
“When someone senses we have goodwill and respect for them, it enables them to lower their defenses and hear what we’re saying. Sincere kindness can therefore help us make progress in a disagreement.” - TGC
Rebutting Alex’s Rebuttal of my Rebuttal of His Rebuttal of Wes’ Comments on Joe Rogan
“How accurately has the book of Isaiah been copied over the centuries? Gavin Ortlund responds to Alex O’Connor, arguing that the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls was a remarkable confirmation of the prior Masoretic Text.” - Gavin Ortlund
The Ontological Argument: Christian vs. Agnostic Dialogue (Joe Schmid and Gavin Ortlund)
“Gavin Ortlund and Joe Schmid discuss the ontological argument. Originally hosted at Unbelievable.” -YouTube
Debate: Is the King James Readable?
Mark Ward debates Dan Haifley on the topic of KJV readabilitiy. - YouTube
Subjectivism and Cessationism
“cessationists and these kinds of (alleged) continuationists do not distinguish clearly enough between the subjective (inward) work of the Spirit and the revelatory and prophetic work of the Spirit.” - Churches Without Chests