Veritas: Logic

October 4, 2023By ARCCulture, General Apologetics

by Craig Branch – (Introduction to Areopagus Journal Vo. 6 No. 2, March-April 2006)   There is a scene early on in C.S. Lewis’s novel The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe in which the character Lucy has just returned from her first journey into Narnia and has told her siblings about this magical place. … Read More

Veritas: Science vs Christianity

October 3, 2023By ARCCulture, General Apologetics

by Craig Branch – (The introduction to Areopagus Journal Vol. 5 No. 1 January-February 2005) One of the primary goals we have for producing Areopagus Journal is to provide a sound theological treatment of important worldview issues in a way that bridges the gap between the rarified air of intellectualism and the dumbed-down level of … Read More

Veritas: Abandoning Nature

October 3, 2023By ARCCulture, General Apologetics

by Craig Branch- This is the introduction to Areopagus Journal Vol. 5 No. 5 September-October 2005. This I say and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer as the Gentiles [unbelievers] also walk, in the futility of their mind, being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of … Read More

Veritas: In Search of Rembrandt

September 28, 2023By ARCCulture, General Apologetics

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

How Far Should We Go to Have a Baby?

September 13, 2023By ARCCulture, General Apologetics

by Scott B. Rae – A few months ago, a woman in our church approached me excitedly to tell me about an unusual occurrence that was taking place in their family. Motivated by altruism alone, their daughter had agreed to be a surrogate mother for their daughter in law. The egg of the daughter in … Read More

Veritas: Nothing Will Be Impossible for Them

September 7, 2023By ARCCulture, General Apologetics

by Craig Branch – Veritas (Introduction to Areopagus Journal Vol. 3 No. 1, January-February 2003) This is the first issue of Areopagus Journal for 2003 and it is the inaugural issue of our new format. We made some changes. Rather than a quarterly journal, we are now a bimonthly journal. Your subscription brings six issues … Read More

Disputations: Atheism’s Contempt for Life

September 7, 2023By ARCCulture, General Apologetics

by Steven B. Cowan – A recent issue of Free Inquiry [Vol. 22:2, Spring 2002] contained an article relevant to Areopagus Journal’s focus on bioethics. The article, “Homsap: Elixir of Holiness” (pp. 9-12), by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, clearly demonstrates the anti-life implications of metaphysical and evolutionary naturalism (a.k.a., atheism). Dawkins is critical of President … Read More

Must We Have Evidence for God?

September 5, 2023By ARCCommon Objections, Culture, General Apologetics

By Raymond J. VanArragon – There is no doubt that one of the most significant matters of human concern is the existence of God. If an omnipotent, omniscient, perfectly good being cre­ated the world and everything in it, that is a fact of enormous importance for how we understand ourselves and how we live our … Read More