apologetics
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NewsSaturday Selections – July 25, 2026
Beethoven’s wig is very big (Symphony #5) Our school’s music teacher had my youngest listening to selections from a Beethoven’s Wig, a clever musical group…
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NewsSaturday Selections – July 11, 2026
Expose what they don’t know When it comes to any sort of discussion or debate, we don’t always have to do the heavy lifting. Especially…
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Adult non-fictionDarwin’s Sandcastle
Evolution’s Failure in the Light of Scripture and the Scientific Evidence by Gordon Wilson 2023 / 222 pages In the protective bubble of my Christian high…
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NewsSaturday Selections – June 13, 2026
Brandon Lake’s That’s Who I Praise Here’s a whole bunch of people having a whole bunch of fun praising God! I, Smartphone Nearly 80 years ago…
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Adult fictionWar in the Wasteland
by Douglas Bond 273 pages / 2016 RATING: Gift “Second Lieutenant C.S. Lewis in the trenches of WWI” – if that doesn’t grab you, I…
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DocumentaryTruth Rising
Documentary 2025 / 127 min RATING: 8/10 83-year-old Christian author and apologist Os Guinness has assembled quite the cast for his new free-to-see documentary Truth…
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Apologetics 101Apologetics 101: Stay on message
Step 1. Figure out what you’re really trying to say Step 2. Don’t let anyone or anything distract you from saying it ***** Scott Klusendorf…
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Apologetics 101“Am I A Chinese Woman?” How questions can defend the Truth
It was a political science class in my first year in university, with a hundred-some students spread out around the large auditorium. When the professor…
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Apologetics 101What Truth sounds like: sometimes calm isn’t appropriate
Some years back, Justin Trudeau made it a requirement that all Liberal MPs had to support abortion. MP Lawrence MacAulay had, to that point, been…
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NewsYoung Canadian defends Scripture to the world
Things can change quickly when you have the courage to seize an opportunity, and are blessed by God. 33-year-old Wesley Huff is serving as the…
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NewsPoilievre answers a fool according to his folly
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has once again demonstrated how to expose foolishness with a simple question. When asked by a news anchor about President Trump’s…
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Pro-life – EuthanasiaEuthanasia changed the abortion battle
In 2016 euthanasia was legalized. That was also the summer I did my first pro-life internship with the Canadian Centre for Bioethical Reform (endthekilling.ca). After…
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Apologetics 101The theology of dirty jokes
In Miracles, C.S. Lewis makes the intriguing argument that it takes a theistic worldview to explain the existence of dirty jokes. the Christian knows that we…
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NewsTwo months later, Poilievre’s apple moment keeps rolling
Back in October, Canada’s Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre went viral with a video clip that’s been characterized as a “masterclass” for dealing with hostile…
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People we should knowFrancis Schaeffer: Intellectual leader of the Christian Right
During the late 1970s and early 1980s many conservative Protestants in the United States became involved in social and political activism for the first time….
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Apologetics 101How to defend the unborn in under a minute
I live in a town that’s so pro-life that when I go outside wearing a pro-life t-shirt the only reaction I get is, “Hey Jon,…
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Apologetics 101Witnessing without knowing it all
Ding dong! The doorbell goes and through the peephole you can see two young men clad in dark conservative suits. Fortunately you’ve recently read an…
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DocumentaryMount St. Helens: Modern day evidence for the world wide Flood
Documentary 2012 / 36 minutes Rating: 7/10 Thirty-four years ago Washington State’s Mount St. Helens blew its top. The eruption on the morning of May…
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Adult fictionThe Journey
A Spiritual Roadmap for Modern Pilgrims by Peter Kreeft 1996 / 128 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Give This is an allegorical journey, reminiscent of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s…
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Apologetics 101The don’t and do’s of answering fools
In Proverbs 26:4-5 God says we shouldn’t argue with fools…except when we should. Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself…
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Pro-life – AbortionPro-life memes and cartoons to share
Through the years Reformed Perspective has created a number of pro-life comics and memes, and this is where we are going to collect them, so that they…
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Apologetics 10110 tales to help us clear away transgender confusion
We live in a time when the obvious is not so. How exactly can we explain to someone who doesn’t get it, that saying you’re…
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Adult non-fictionThe Ultimate Proof of Creation: Resolving the Orgins Debate
by Jason Lisle 2009 / 254 pages Herman Bavinck (1854-1921) is an important figure from our Reformed heritage. A careful theologian with a love for…
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Apologetics 101Surviving Religion 101: Letters to a Christian Student on Keeping the Faith in College
by Michael J. Kruger 2021 / 262 pages. Rating: GOOD/Great/Give From time to time I search online for “ex-Can RC.” I’m curious as to why people would…
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Apologetics 101Tactics in defending your faith
In 2018, Stand to Reason‘s Tim Barnett teamed up with Reformed Perspective, traveling to churches across Canada to speak on “Tactics in Defending our Faith.” This…
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Apologetics 101Collision: Christopher Hitchens vs. Douglas Wilson
Documentary 88 minutes / 2009 Rating: 9/10 The genesis of the film started back in May of 2007 when leading atheist Christopher Hitchens and Reformed…
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Apologetics 101I love apologetics
Don’t be intimidated; sharing the good news isn’t as complicated as we make it **** The Evidence Bible is filled with my favorite apologetical arguments. I…
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Culture ClashesWhat’s the best response to a wedding cake request?
What do you say to a homosexual couple who asks you to bake a cake for their wedding a month from now? That was the…
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Apologetics 101Not all T-shirts are created equal
Green is not my color, and I’m not a real fan of fedoras either so if someone wanted to get me the worst birthday present…
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Apologetics 101C.S. Lewis’s Apologetics: a Reformed assessment
Many Christians admire C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) and enjoy his writings. I was introduced to C.S. Lewis through my Grade 4 teacher who read The Lion,…
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ParentingSpanking on trial: how to make a public defense
If spanking were to be put on public trial how would the jury rule? In countries like the Netherlands, Germany, New Zealand and more than…
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Apologetics 1016 responses to 1 very angry atheist
British scientist Richard Dawkins may be the world’s most famous atheist. And he has garnered his fame from, and used his fame for attacks on…
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Apologetics 101Ready to reason: is apologetics even necessary?
A surge of pious agreement overcame me the first time I heard someone confidently assert that: “The word of God no more needs defense than…
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Apologetics 101Four things you can do when someone challenges your faith
Have you ever felt “the big chill”? It’s the term I use for the cold shiver that runs up your spine when you’re confronted with…
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Science – GeneralYour head is fearfully and wonderfully made
“A little science estranges men from God, but much science leads them back to Him.” – Louis Pasteur or maybe Blaise Pascal or perhaps someone…
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Apologetics 101Pro-life shirts that spark, spur, and speak
“Hey, what’s with the shirt? What’s Abort73.com?” “I could tell you, but better yet, why don’t you go online and check it out?” **** Fifteen…
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Apologetics 101The case for bumper-sticker and T-shirt Christianity
We found the handprinted note tucked beneath the windshield wiper, as we returned to our car in the mall parking lot. “May you not be…
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TheologyBill, and The Brothers Karamazov, on the Problem of Evil
“All right, so this passage shows Jesus’ lordship and control over all creation.” Bill glanced at his watch. It was already 3:45 and his class…
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Book excerptsWhen C.S. Lewis was an atheist…
An excerpt from Douglas Bond’s novel War in the Wasteland Editor’s note: This excerpt takes place during a prolonged Germany artillery barrage that has the…
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Apologetics 101The Triangle Curvature Inclusion Bill
A controversial bill to redefine triangles was presented in the British Parliament this past month. Debate was opened by the Culture Secretary, Valerie Brimble, who…
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Movie ReviewsSome pro-life arguments are not pro-life arguments
Editor’s note: the short pro-life film Crescendo is very well done – it is compelling, emotional, and has wonderful musical accompaniment. It’s very clear why it has won so…
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Apologetics 101One simple question: “What do you mean by that?”
In the May 17, 2016 Breakpoint Daily, John Stonestreet shared a few questions he uses when he finds himself in a tough conversation. The first and…
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Apologetics 101God is visible to any with eyes to see
Our universe, if just slightly different, would never have been able to support life. For example, a proton’s mass is 1,836 times greater than that…
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DocumentaryBabies are murdered here
Documentary 2014 / 54 minutes Rating: 8/10 This must-see is first and foremost an encouragement for anyone sitting on the sidelines to get active and…
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Adult non-fictionKnow why you believe
by K. Scott Oliphint 2017 / 221 pages There’s a need for different types of books on apologetics. We need the books on theory –…
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Apologetics 101Highflying comparisons, down-to-earth questions, and truthful declarations – apologetics in 3 steps
Bill Muehlenberg is one of Australia’s most insightful commentators, and in his recent column “Sex Wars: Can’t get no satisfaction” he quickly and succinctly highlighted…
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Apologetics 101
Apologetics 101: Stay on message
Step 1. Figure out what you’re really trying to say Step 2. Don’t let anyone or anything distract you from saying it ***** Scott Klusendorf…
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DocumentaryHow to Answer the Fool
85 min / 2013 RATING 8/10 Some Christians will try to provide atheists with reasons for why they should believe in the Bible, and for…
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Apologetics 101The JFK assassination and apologetics: the facts don’t speak for themselves
Movie director, Oliver Stone, unleashed a Pandora’s Box at the box-office in 1991 with the release of his controversial film, JFK. The movie, which was a…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Feb. 16, 2019
The Top 10 Scientific Problems with Biological and Chemical Evolution (20-minute read) This is a long but fascinating introduction to the enormous problems with evolutionary…
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Apologetics 101Abortionist: “God performs way more abortions than I do…”
In a Dec. 29 tweet abortionist Leah Torres went viral by claiming: “God performs way more abortions than I do…” While pro-lifers were quick to…
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NewsReagan’s challenge to his dying atheist father-in-law
Earlier this year a note was discovered in Nancy Reagan’s personal effects – dated August 7, 1982 – written by Ronald Reagan to his father-in-law. What…
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Pro-life – AbortionSTAY ON MESSAGE: a lesson from the Chilliwack pro-life flag display
When a politician gets ready to do a television interview he’ll have his staff prepare “talking points.” These are brief one or two line summaries…
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Apologetics 101Disarming a name-caller by asking them to define their insult
Apologist Greg Koukl has a tactic he calls the “Columbo approach” which involves asking pointed questions to get a person to expose the holes in…
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Church historyReport of a meeting which was never held
What I am going to tell you is pure fantasy, but it might be useful to pause a moment because it can teach us something….
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Book excerpts5 quotes from Greg Koukl’s “The Story of Reality”
The following quotes are from Greg Koukl’s new apologetic book “The Story of Reality: How the world began, how it ends, and everything important that happens…
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Assorted“So what you’re saying is…”
In January Jordan Peterson was interviewed by journalist Cathy Newman, on Britain’s Channel 4 News. The exchange quickly went viral, with more than 9 million…
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Adult non-fictionThe Story of Reality
The Story of Reality: How the World Began, How It Ends, and Everything Important That Happens in Between by Gregory Koukl 2017 / 198 pages…
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Adult non-fictionTactics: a game plan for discussing your Christian convictions
by Greg Koukl 2009 / 208 pages What would you do? You’re in a public place and you encounter a woman with a pentagram hanging…
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Apologetics 101A Christian & an Unbeliever Discuss Life, the Universe & Everything
This following is an excerpt from Rob Slane’s new book, A Christian & an Unbeliever Discuss: Life, the Universe & Everything. We’re joining a conversation,…
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Pro-life – AbortionWhat Exodus 21:22 says about abortion
Most attempts to argue against abortion from biblical texts are misdirected. In the absence of specific prohibitions against abortion in the Scripture, Christian pro-lifers quote…