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What about Hell?

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  • Douglas Groothuis

Hell speaks about the reality of God's holiness and justice. Understanding the logic of hell, we are enabled to grasp the immensity of God's love. This has two implications for the church.

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Six Enemies of Apologetic Engagement

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  • Douglas Groothuis

What is it that hinders Christians from engaging in apologetics? This article identifies six reasons that hinder Christians from witnessing.

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Reincarnation and the Challenge of Jesus

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  • Douglas Groothuis

Does reincarnation serve and bring hope and justice? This article evaluates the claim that karma brings justice. It argues that true justice can only be found in Christ.

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What Is Truth? (On the Nature and Importance of Truth Today)

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  • Douglas Groothuis

If truth is what corresponds to reality, what should be the Christian answer to the claims of postmodernism, relativism, and pragmatism?

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Why Truth Matters Most: An Apologetic for Truth-Seeking in Postmodern Times

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  • Douglas Groothuis

This article is an apology for the value of truth. Truth matters for Groothuis. He seeks honesty when dealing with truth for apologetic purposes. In this article he first explores the relationship of truth, self-deception, and personal virtue. He further considers the role of humility in the quest for truth and warns against the vice of intellectual apathy.

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Deposed Royalty – Pascal's Anthropological Argument

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  • Douglas Groothuis

Groothuis' conviction is that Blaise Pascal’s apologetic orientation is still useful to the church. He starts his argument from the point of the human condition. It is appealing in a psychologized and individualistic culture. Groothuis first notes Pascal’s treatment of the contradictions (greatness and misery) of humanity, then his explanation for this human condition, and finally the form of Pascal's argument.

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Proofs, Pride, and Incarnation: Is Natural Theology Theologically Taboo?

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  • Douglas Groothuis

The author shows in this essay that there is no theological reason to abandon natural theology. He believes that theistic arguments could be used profitably in Christian apologetics and evangelistic endeavors.

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