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The Problem of Good
This ‘experiment” grew out of my studies on the problem of pain and human suffering. The questions flow like this: “Think of the worst...

Dr. Jerry Root
Aug 12, 20213 min read
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Spiritual Hunger is Real
A Broken, Dying World: Why Spiritual Hunger Is Real and How We Can Begin to Meet People Where They Are Our hearts are restless until they...

Dr. Jerry Root
Aug 5, 20214 min read
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Spiritual Hunger
Saint Augustine's often quoted statement from his Confessions, “Thou hast made us for Thyself, O God, and our hearts are restless until...

Dr. Jerry Root
Jul 29, 20214 min read
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Reasons for the Law
Often we think of the Law of God as restrictive and limiting of our freedom. In reality the Law, like one’s skeleton adds necessary...

Dr. Jerry Root
Jul 22, 20214 min read
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Lewis & Evangelism--a Confession
C. S. Lewis concludes chapter two of The Four Loves with these words: “If ever the book which I am not going to write is written it must...

Dr. Jerry Root
Jul 15, 20215 min read
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The Hospitable Gospel
There is no greater news than this: “The God of the Universe knows you and loves you, and all of your sins and wrong doing, He forgives...

Dr. Jerry Root
Jul 8, 20214 min read
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Unpublished George MacDonald Poem + The Princess and the Goblin Introduction
Once, rummaging through an old bookstore in London I came across an unpublished George MacDonald quote scribbled in his own hand in a...

Dr. Jerry Root
Jul 1, 20213 min read
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The Doctrine of the Trinity (John 1:1)
The early Church councils (Nicaea 325 AD, Constantinople 381 AD, and Chalcedon 451 AD) can be reduced to this: “There is one God...

Dr. Jerry Root
Jun 24, 20213 min read
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Aristotle's 4 Causes & Aquinas's 5 Ways
C. S. Lewis wrote in An Experiment in Criticism that it is harder to prove a negative proposition than a positive one. To say there is no...

Dr. Jerry Root
Jun 17, 20214 min read
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Apologetics
Dr. Jerry Root defines apologetics highlighting its historical usage and its implications for today's Christians as they share the Gospel.

Dr. Jerry Root
Jun 10, 20215 min read
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Bearings On the Bright Blur
We are never more conscious than when we are aware of God. C. S. Lewis writes in chapter VII of Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly about Prayer...

Dr. Jerry Root
May 27, 20215 min read
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Devil Terms, God Terms, and Biblical Terms: Debate in an Age of Polarity
In an age of polarity and political division, Richard Weaver, the University of Chicago rhetorician, is an exceptional resource. He is...

Dr. Jerry Root
May 20, 20214 min read
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Many talk about Christian Apologetics…
Many talk about Christian Apologetics. The topic is very interesting for Christians on many levels. It is interesting as Christians seek...

Dr. Jerry Root
May 13, 20214 min read
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Foreknowledge and Freewill
Many struggle with the concept of Divine Foreknowledge and Human Free Will. If God knows what I will do before I do it, am I free....

Dr. Jerry Root
May 6, 20212 min read
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A Chronological and Categorical Compilation of Dr. Root's Books and Publications
Books 2020 C. S. Lewis’s Dymer: A Splendour in the Dark, InterVarsity Press. 2020 The Neglected C. S. Lewis with Mark Neal Paraclete...

Dr. Jerry Root
Apr 29, 20216 min read
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