Knowing & Doing

In a world where most struggle for any clear moral foundation, God presents before us an opportune moment. Learn more in this episode with Dennis Hollinger narrated by Aimee Riegert. Read this article online.

Randy Newman explains that before we even start some evangelistic conversations, the deck is stacked against us, as nonbelievers assume they’re morally or intellectually superior to believers. Many outside the faith see us as narrow-minded, in­tolerant, homophobic simpletons. He gives us some valuable techniques to level the playing field so our words are considered rather than dismissed. Read this article online.

Recommended Reading:

The Engaging with Series (The Good Book Company, 2014)

Jerram Barrs challenges us to consider what it means to work as unto the Lord and to honor those who do so. Learn more about the place and value of work in a life of worship. Read this article online.

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien's life and writing were deeply influenced by his religious faith. Learn more about J.R.R. Tolkien's spiritual journey, his friendships with others like C.S. Lewis, and the impact Tolkien's faith had on his creative writing. Read this article online.

In the second installment of this two-part series, Dr. Aikman points to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s warnings of the war between intellectual forces on one side who describe themselves as “progressive” and those on the other who are advocates of a Judeo-Christian worldview. Read more here.

Like most of pre-Soviet Russia, Solzhenitsyn had been born into a Christian tradition and was baptized as a child. However, as Marxism took hold throughout the country, atheism became Aleksandr’s world view. Learn how he came to turn from atheism and fully embrace Christianity. . . Read this article online.

Composer and pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff wrote masterpieces that have found their way into the standard repertoires of major orchestras for decades. CSLI Senior Teaching Fellow, Randy Newman, shares how Rachmaninoff’s music can help us experience “longing” and beauty in profound ways. And he shares details about the composer’s life that may inspire you.

After the Bible, John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress is the best-selling Christian book of all time, and for centuries was widely read and highly influential in evangelical households. In recent years, however, this book has been read by fewer people, in part due to its now archaic language. In this article, Edward Glancy recommends this classic book and passes on a number of tips for reading it today. Learn more in this special Knowing & Doing Podcast. To read this article online, please click here.

We have little idea what brought Perpetua to faith in Christ, or how long she had been a Christian, but thanks  to her diary, and that of another prisoner, we have some idea of her last days—an ordeal that so impressed the famous Augustine that he preached four sermons about her death. Learn more in this special Knowing & Doing Podcast. To read this article online, please click here.

V. Raymond Edman was a pastor, missionary, professor, and author who served as the fourth President of Wheaton College. In this episode we explore the journey of V. Raymond and the nature of the exchanged life. We'll see that the exchanged life is the result of the indwelling of the Lord Jesus Christ made real and rewarding by the Holy Spirit. To read this profile of faith, please click here.