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Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series On Saturday evening I attended a Christmas parade in my new hometown of Boerne, Texas. Actually, it was a Weihnachts Parade. The German word for Christmas is Weihnachten (literally, “holy nights”). Boerne, which is pronounced like “journey,” (in German, Börne, named after the 19th-century German writer,…

Today is the first day of Advent. Yes, I know most popular Advent calendars begin with December 1, including my online version. But today is the first Sunday in Advent, which is the first official day of the Christian season. In fact, it’s the first day of the Christian year. If you’ve been reading my…

I’m honored to be a guest on “Converse with Scholars” tonight at 10:00 EST (so 9:00 p.m. CST; 8:00 p.m. MST; and 7:00 p.m. PST). This is an online, live discussion, with audio and interaction. To listen to the conversation or to participate, check out the details from the “Converse with Scholars” website. While you’re…

Today I want to suggest four excellent apologetic links. The first is a short piece by Stan Guthrie of Christianity Today called “Answering the Atheists.” The subtitle is “A Reader’s Digest version of why I am a Christian.” Good food for thought here, especially if you’re not “into” apologetics. The second link is to what…
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