Miscellaneous

August 3, 2022

Systematic Theology as the Foundation for Personal Change

The schools of thought on human psychology are numerous. But the proponents of such, like behaviorism or psychoanalysis, are at best ineffectual, at worst harmful, without an ideal on which to set the patient’s eyes. For the Christian, the ideal man is the Christ Jesus. And systematic theology is a means by which to know &hellip; <a href="https://readapologetics.org/systematic-theology-as-the-foundation-for-personal-change/">Continued</a>

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July 14, 2022

The Craft of Research

As a recommended requisite to my seminary journey, I’m reading The Craft of Research (Booth et al. 2016). Chapter three introduced the three-step process of turning “a question into a problem” (49) when asked to make the fruit of your curiosity enticing to others. Learning for its own sake is edifying in and of itself. &hellip; <a href="https://readapologetics.org/the-craft-of-research/">Continued</a>

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September 12, 2021

Whoever Resists Authority

We are quickly approaching the two-year mark for “two weeks to flatten the curve”. People around the world have become vocally suspicious of their governments’ motivations. Christians in particular have been questioning how to apply their obligations set forth in the book of Romans chapter 13. Do we continue to humbly submit to the directions &hellip; <a href="https://readapologetics.org/whoever-resists-authority/">Continued</a>

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September 6, 2021

First, Start at the Beginning

The hardest part about beginning anything is finding the beginning. Knowing how to begin and where to begin are often synonymous, but they are rarely explicit. Sometimes, the journey’s beginning is shown; and sometimes, found. In light of this generalized binary, I see two categories, two spectral endpoints, of journeys as defined by the nature &hellip; <a href="https://readapologetics.org/first-start-at-the-beginning/">Continued</a>

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