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2023		Body and Soul in the New Testament Dr. Michael Gleghorn draws on the John Cooper’s book Body, Soul and Life Everlasting to provide an overview of what the NT teaches about the body-soul connection.
2022		Body and Soul in the Old Testament Dr. Michael Gleghorn addresses how the Old Testament treats body and soul. What does it have to say about the nature and destiny of humanity?
2021		How Reason Can Lead to God—Part 1 Dr. Michael Gleghorn makes a case for why Christian doctrine and apologetics are important for spiritual growth and maturity.
		How Reason Can Lead to God—Part 2
2019		The Value of Christian Doctrine and Apologetics Dr. Michael Gleghorn makes a case for why Christian doctrine and apologetics are important for spiritual growth and maturity.
2016		God Space: Where Spiritual Conversations Happen Naturally This article, based on Doug Pollock’s book by the same title, is offered simply to introduce our readers to Pollock’s book. Those who want to learn more about how to engage in spiritual conversations both naturally and effectively are encouraged to read (and apply) Pollock’s book for themselves.
2015		Those Admirable English Puritans Michael Gleghorn corrects a number of misunderstandings and stereotypes about the Puritans, suggesting there is much about them to admire.
2014		The Reliability of Kings and Chronicles I was inspired to write this article (which has been co-authored with Rodger Young) as a result of conversations with my wife, who struggled mightily with the “mysterious numbers” in Kings and Chronicles for quite some time before encountering the help provided in the book by Edwin Thiele and, more particularly, the articles of Rodger Young.
2013		English Politics, Puritanism, & John Bunyan This paper looks at the life and thought of John Bunyan in the context of 17th century English politics and Puritanism.
2013		Historical Criticism and the Bible Although many approaches to reading the Bible are practiced in universities today, historical criticism continues to demand attention because it so often threatens the faith of those who are unprepared to respond to it.This article attempts to help readers see that this method is often grounded in naturalistic assumptions—assumptions which Christians have no good reason to accept, and many good reasons to reject.
2013		Ancient Perspectives on Happiness This article explores what happiness is—and how it might be wisely pursued (and even attained). After examining several pagan views from the ancient world, Michael Gleghorn argues for a view set forth by the great church father, Augustine.
2011		Song of Songs This paper offers a summary and review of Roland Murphy's commentary on the Song of Songs.
2011		The Judaizing Calvin This paper offers a summary and review of G. Sujin Pak's book, "The Judaizing Calvin: Sixteenth-Century Debates over the Messianic Psalms."
2011		Reformation Articles This paper offers a summary and review of three important articles dealing with biblical interpretation in the Reformation era.
2011		The All-Powerful God Michael Gleghorn examines the important doctrine of the omnipotence of God, and what it means for God to be all-powerful.
2011		The Population of Hell: A Molinist Approach This paper argues that a Molinist approach provides the best way of accounting for the population of hell.
2011		Theology of Hope This paper offers a summary and review of Jürgen Moltmann's book, "Theology of Hope".
2011		Antichrist: Two Thousand Years of the Human Fascination With Evil This paper offers a summary and review of Bernard McGinn's book, "Antichrist: Two Thousand Years of the Human Fascination with Evil".
2010		The All-Present God Michael Gleghorn takes us deeper into an understanding of why the doctrine of God's omnipresence is comforting and important.
2010		Modern Christian Thought: The Twentieth Century This essay offers a summary and review of the first half of James Livingston's volume on modern Christian thought in the twentieth century.
2010		The Roads to Modernity: The British, French and American Enlightenments This essay offers a summary and review of Gertrude Himmelfarb's book, "The Roads to Modernity: The British, French, and American Enlightenments.
2010		Inter-Religious Dialogue This article briefly surveys the trend of inter-religious dialogue from the Reformation to the present.
2010		A Defense of Divine Middle Knowledge Against a Charge of Incoherence This article offer a defense of divine middle knowledge against a particular version of the grounding objection.
2010		A Brief Account of the Development of Doctrine This essay offers a brief look at the development of Christian doctrine and attempts to show how we might recognize and account for it both biblically and theologically.
2010		God, Time and Creation This article offers an analysis and evaluation of the debate between William Lane Craig and Alan Padgett regarding the nature of God's relationship to time and creation.
2010		Development and Diversity in the History of Doctrine This essay examines the development of Christian doctrine and attempts to show how we might account for it both biblically and theologically.
2010		Hume's Critique of Miracles This article examines philosopher David Hume's famous argument against miracles, showing it to fail at its objective.
2010		The Spirit of Eastern Christendom: Volume 2 This essay offers a summary and review of Jaroslav Pelikan's, The Spirit of Eastern Christendom (600-1700), vol. 2 of The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine
2010		The History of Dogma: Volume 2 This essay offers a summary and review of volume two of Adolf von Harnack's The History of Dogma.
2009		Karl Barth’s Early Hermeneutics: A Critical Appreciation A critical appreciation for the early hermeneutics of Karl Barth.
2009		C. S. Lewis, the BBC, and Mere Christianity This article explores the series of talks C.S. Lewis provided for the BBS that eventually became Book I in his bestselling work of basic theology, Mere Christianity.
2009		Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason This paper offers a summary and review of Michel Foucault's book by the same title.
2009		Historiography in the Twentieth Century: From Scientific Objectivity to the Postmodern Challenge This paper offers a summary and review of Georg G. Iggers's book by the same title.
2009		A Pilgrim's Progress: Suffering in the Life of John Bunyan This article looks at the life, ministry, and sufferings of John Bunyan and attempts to draw some helpful lessons for our own lives.
2009		Christ and the Human Condition This article looks at how God has acted in Christ to address those things which ail us most: sin, suffering, death, and our broken relationship with God.
2009		The Nature of the Resurrection Body in the Theology of Wolfhart Pannenberg: An Analysis and Critique This paper offers an analysis and critique of Wolfhart Pannenberg’s view of the nature of the resurrection body.
2009		The Dominance of Evangelicalism: The Age of Spurgeon and Moody This paper offers a summary and review of David Bebbington's book by the same title.
2009		The Variety of American Evangelicalism This paper offers a summary and review of a collection of essays edited by Donald Dayton and Robert Johnston.
2009		The Courage to be Protestant: Truth-Lovers, Marketers and Emergents in the Postmodern World This paper offers a summary and review of David Wells' book by the same title.
2009		Deconstructing Evangelicalism: Conservative Protestantism in the Age of Billy Graham This paper offers a summary and review of D. G. Hart's book by the same title.
2008		Reasonable Faith This article briefly examines some of the reasons why noted Christian philosopher William Lane Craig believes that Christianity is an eminently reasonable faith.
2008		Pannenberg's Systematic Theology, Volume 1 This paper provides a summary of German theologian Wolfhart Pannenberg's Systematic Theology, Volume One.
2008		Tradition and Scripture This article explores tradition and its relationship to Scripture.
2008		Faith, Film and Philosophy: Big Ideas on the Big Screen - Review Essay This paper attempts a summary and evaluation of the book by the same title edited by Douglas Geivett and James Spiegel.
2008		The Blackwell Guide to Theology and Popular Culture: Review Essay This paper reviews Kelton Cobb's book by the same title.
2008		Augustine on Popular Culture: An Ancient Take on a Modern Problem This article explores the relationship between Christian believers and popular culture.
2008		Theological Method: An Exploratory Evangelical Proposal This paper presents an exploratory proposal for an evangelical theological method.
2008		Paul Tillich's Theological Method: A Summary Evaluation This paper attempts a summary and evaluation of Tillich’s theological method.
2008		A Brief Theology of Revelation This paper reviews Colin Gunton's book by the same title.
2008		There is a God This article examines some of the arguments and evidence that led Antony Flew, the world's most notorious atheist, to change his mind about God.
2007		Prophecies of the Messiah This article argues that the Bible contains genuine prophecies about a coming Messiah that were accurately fulfilled in the life, ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus.
2007		Dealing with Doubt Both Christians and non-Christians can wrestle with doubts about the truth of Christianity. This article explores why doubts arise and what we can do about them.
2007		"Body Building": Edifying Thoughts about Our Bodies This article examines the Christian view of the body. When our ideas about the body go wrong, many other Christian beliefs can be negatively affected.
2006		Gospel Truth or Fictitious Gossip? Do we have good reasons to believe that the stories about Jesus were reliably preserved by his followers before being recorded in the Gospels?
2006		Problems and Promises of Petitionary Prayer This article examines some of the problems and promises of petitionary prayer, with special attention given to some of the Scriptural reasons why our prayer requests may sometimes be denied.
2006		The Gospel of Judas The Gnostic document, The Gospel of Judas, is not a trustworthy account of either Judas, nor of Jesus, and is not a threat to orthodox Christianity.
2006		Crime and Punishment A theological reading of Dostoevsky's penetrating study of the psychology of sin, guilt, and redemption, as found in his great novel, Crime and Punishment.
2006		The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: Reflections on Its Meaning This articles offers an overview of C.S. Lewis' classic story and reflects on some of the Christian themes within its pages.
2006		An Exploration of Religious Knowledge Is religious knowledge possible? Can we make intelligible statements about God - or are such statements simply meaningless? Traditionally, the Christian response to such questions has been that religious knowledge, including knowledge of God, is genuinely possible. But others have argued against this position. This article will explore these issues further.
2005		Redeeming the Da Vinci Code An expanded version of the 2004 article critiquing of the The Da Vinci Code novel's theories about the Bible, Jesus, and the early church. Demonstrates that most of these theories are simply false.
2005		C.S. Lewis and the Riddle of Joy "What if nothing in this world can satisfy our desire because the object of our desire is other-worldly?"
2005		Why We Shouldn't Hate Philosophy Philosophy does have value in the Christian life, and Christians don't need to hate or fear it. Thinking critically about some of life's most important questions is a way for us to fulfill the biblical mandate to love God with our minds and influence the culture for Christ.
2005		The Law of Rewards This article explores the biblical doctrine of eternal rewards. The Bible promises believers heavenly rewards for earthly obedience.
2005		History and the Christian Faith Discusses the importance of history for Christianity and challenges the view of radical historical relativism.
2004		Decoding the Da Vinci Code Critique of the The Da Vinci Code novel's theories about the Bible, Jesus, and the early church. Demonstrates that most of these theories are simply false.
2004		The Self-Understanding of Jesus Examines some sayings and deeds of Jesus, accepted by many critical scholars as historically authentic to see what they imply about Jesus' self-understanding.
2004		The Urantia Book Offers a brief introduction and biblical critique of The Urantia Book--a book allegedly revealed by superhuman personalities from higher universes.
2003		Communicating with the Dead Skeptical look at the phenomenon of after-death communication from a biblical perspective.
2003		Evaluating Miracle Claims Explores the inequity of miracle claims. Although genuine miracles have occurred, a careful evaluation reveals that many claims are spurious.
2003		Reiki A brief overview and critical evaluation of Reiki energy medicine, an alternative health therapy that has grown in popularity in recent years.
2003		UFOs and Alien Beings Examines the subject of UFOs and alien encounters. It critiques the extraterrestrial hypothesis and argues that the interdimensional hypothesis provides a better explanation of residual UFO phenomena.
2002		Wicca: A Biblical Critique Explores some of the fundamental doctrines of Wicca, offers a biblical critique of those doctrines, and highlight the differences between Wicca and Christianity.
2002		The Worldview of Edgar Cayce Contends that the worldview of Edgar Cayce's readings is worlds apart from that of the Bible, and that Christians must carefully avoid being taken captive by this philosophy.
2002		Yoga and Christianity: Are They Compatible? Briefly traces the history, philosophy and practice of yoga. It demonstrates that yoga is a religious practice with a belief system that is incompatible with Christianity.
2002		Astrology: Do the Heavens Declare the Destiny of Man? Critical examination the claim of astrology that the heavenly bodies somehow influence, or even determine, events on earth.
2001		Ancient Evidence for Jesus from Non-Christian Sources Explores evidence for the life and ministry of Christ from historical sources
2001		Was Jesus Really Born of a Virgin? Examines some of the philosophical, biblical and historical objections that have traditionally been raised against the doctrine of Jesus' virgin birth.
2001		Probing the Shroud of Turin Explores the evidence both for and against the claim that the Shroud of Turin is the actual burial garment of Jesus.
2000		Putting the Brakes on Human Genetic Engineering Argues that a biblical view of man should both inform and limit how reproductive technology and genetic engineering are applied to humanity.
2000		Philosophical Taoism: A Christian Appraisal The Chinese translation of John 1:1 reads, 'In the beginning was the Tao...' Are Taoism and Christianity compatible? Though there are some similarities, Christianity's uniqueness remains separate from all philosophies, including Taoism.
2000		Taoism and Christianity The Chinese translation of John 1:1 reads, 'In the beginning was the Tao...' Are Taoism and Christianity compatible? The author says that even though there are some similarities, Christianity's uniqueness remains separate from all philosophies, including Taoism.