by James S. Spiegel- A popular slogan in our culture is that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”1 This sentiment reflects a familiar perspective on art and beauty today. According to this view, an artwork (such as a song or a painting) or a part of nature (such as a flower, a sunset, … Read More
Art is a gift of God’s common grace in which all humans may meaningfully participate. This implies that that Christians may participate in art for arts sake. They may even see art as a vocation for glorifying God. Beauty is not relative. From a Christian perspective, there is such a thing as real, objective beauty … Read More
by Gene Edward Veith – The Turner Prize is England’s most prestigious award for contemporary art. Past winners have included mutilated animals in formaldehyde; a dirty bed; lead castings of the items on a Kentucky Fried Chicken menu; and an empty room. This year’s finalists include rotting fruit, a bronze rendition of pornographic blow-up dolls, … Read More
by Craig Branch – This is the introduction to the Areopagus Journal Volume 4. No. 1, January-February 2004 Why does an apologetics ministry choose to cover the topic of “Art and the Christian” in its journal? Perhaps the very reason we ask that question reveals the need. In most people’s minds, art is relegated … Read More
by Clete Hux – “Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter by it. For the gate is small, and the way is narrow that leads to life, and few are those who find it” (Matt. 7:13-14). … Read More
by R. K. McGregor Wright – Some Background The recent appearance on the Evangelical scene of a view of God much reduced from that of historical Christian orthodoxy, may seem to be a new phenomenon, but it is only a resurgence of ideas first developed by generic paganism, and more recently, by the Socinians after … Read More
by A. B. Caneday – God reveals his likeness to us through his image, which we reflect. So, everyone has an innate concept of God. But sin inclines us toward inversion – measuring the Creator’s likeness by our own reflection. Scripture sets right this idolatrous inversion. The Bible is God’s authoritative revelation from which we … Read More
by Bruce A. Ware – Open theism, as it is of ten called, derives its name from the idea central to its entire model: the future is “open” and not “closed.” By this, open theists wish to avoid the notion that God actually knows in advance the future decisions and actions of his moral creatures, … Read More
by Craig Branch – The Veritas Introduction to Areopagus Journal Vol. 4 No. 2 March-April 2004 Theological controversy has always been a part of the Church’s experience and will continue to be until Christ returns. It is something that we cannot ignore. Scripture explicitly and repeatedly warns us about false teachers who are either unlearned … Read More
by Harold O.J. Brown – The words of Jesus Great High Priestly Prayer, in John 17:11, are sometimes used to prove that Jesus wants a unified church and that therefore separation is sinful. Of course the Lord himself does not tell us, neither in John 17 nor elsewhere, exactly what the unity is to be … Read More
by Steven B. Cowan – When Martin Luther stood before the Diet of Worms in 1521 and was asked by Roman Catholic officials to recant his writings, he replied, “Unless I am convinced by the testimony of Scripture or by sound reason. . .my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and … Read More
by Craig Branch – (Introductory article to the Areopagus Journal Vol. 4 No. 3 Many Protestant Evangelicals will wonder why we have chosen this title. “Of course the Reformation wasn’t a mistake! Roman Catholicism is as apostate as ever, and most Roman Catholics are lost and going to hell.” Other Protestants will disagree with … Read More
by Craig Branch – Christianity makes truth claims. Even our “faith” claims are grounded in objective reality-rooted in real time-space history . The external witness of that truth is revealed in the Bible, which testifies of real people and real event s, both natural and supernatural. The life, message, works, and resurrection of Jesus Christ … Read More
by Bill McKeever – Discussing the issue of salvation with our Mormon friends can, at times, be a very frustrating experience. Many evangelical Christians have walked away after dialoguing with members of the LDS Church thinking that their beliefs are not all that far apart. However, as with all other topics pertinent to religious faith, … Read More
by Steven B. Cowan – Latter Day Saints (or Mormons) believe in a god that could not possibly exist. I say this not as an agnostic or atheistic skeptic who doubts the existence of any and all gods. I am a Christian. I believe that God-the God of the Bible-exists. The God of the Bible, … Read More