Keith Craig Branch Obituary

November 9, 2023By ARCGeneral Apologetics

Keith Craig Branch AUGUST 12, 1947 – NOVEMBER 4, 2023 IN THE CARE OF Southern Heritage Funeral Home & Cemetery Keith Craig Branch passed away on Saturday, November 4, 2023, and is now at home with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Through the faithful discipleship of Frank Barker, Craig came to know and love Jesus in … Read More

Veritas: Engaging the New Age

October 24, 2023By ARCGeneral Apologetics

by Craig Branch –  Introduction to Areopagus Journal Vol. 6, No. 4- In 1969 I was still taking the scenic route through college at an urban university in Richmond, Virginia. The university was known for its radical hippie population.  The Fifth Dimension had just released its award-winning gold record, “Age of Aquarius.”  Its popularity was … Read More

Areopagus Journal Vol. 6 No. 2 – Logic

October 19, 2023By ARCGeneral Apologetics

Glossary of Terms Argument – A formal way to using supporting statements (premises) to draw a conclusion. Conclusion – The statement in an argument that the premises claim to support. Deductive Argument – An argument in which the arguer claims that it is impossible for the conclusion to be false given that the premises are … Read More

Minding Your P’s and Q’s: A Primer on Logic for Christians

October 19, 2023By ARCGeneral Apologetics

by Steven B. Cowan- “Isn’t logic the invention of human beings?” “Does reality really have to be rational or logical?” “Why can’t there be square circles?”   These kinds of questions are frequently asked in our postmodern culture. There is a suspicion, given our relativistic and “tolerant” climate, that logic and rationality are optional; that … Read More

Virtue and Knowledge

October 18, 2023By ARCGeneral Apologetics

by W. Jay Wood – This article is about virtue epistemology. In a nutshell, virtue epistemologists claim that acquiring deeply anchored habits of excellent cognitive functioning greatly assists us to win life’s most interesting and important knowledge.  As I will argue, excellent cognitive functioning at its highest levels requires the cooperation of our wills; appropriate … Read More

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: Biblical Interpretation

October 3, 2023By ARCGeneral Apologetics

by Craig Branch – (The Introduction to the Areopagus Journal Vol. 6 No. 1, January-February 2006) Several years ago, I tuned in to the O’Reilly Factor because I heard Bill O’Reilly was going to interview Dr. Paige Patterson, then the president of the Southern Baptist Convention, about the SBC initiative to pray for and evangelize … Read More

Veritas: Jehovah’s Witnesses?

October 3, 2023By ARCComparative Religions, General Apologetics

by Craig Branch – The introduction to Areopagus Journal Vol. 5 No. 4, July-August 2005. You know them as Jehovah’s Witnesses. The official name of their organization is the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, abbreviated Watchtower Society (hereafter WTS). Most Christians only know them as occasional nuisances who come knocking on their doors, usually on … 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