Dr. Jerry Root
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...
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Dr. Jerry Root
- Aug 5, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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Dr. Jerry Root
- Jul 29, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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Dr. Jerry Root
- Jul 22, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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Dr. Jerry Root
- Jul 15, 2021
- 5 min
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...
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Dr. Jerry Root
- Jul 8, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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Dr. Jerry Root
- Jul 1, 2021
- 3 min
Unpublished George MacDonald Poem + The Princess and the Goblin Introduction
Once, rummaging through an old bookstore in London I came across an unpublished George MacDonald quote scribbled in his own hand in a...
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Dr. Jerry Root
- Jun 23, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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Dr. Jerry Root
- Jun 17, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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Dr. Jerry Root
- Jun 10, 2021
- 5 min
Apologetics
Dr. Jerry Root defines apologetics highlighting its historical usage and its implications for today's Christians as they share the Gospel.
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Dr. Jerry Root
- May 27, 2021
- 5 min
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...
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Dr. Jerry Root
- May 20, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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Dr. Jerry Root
- May 13, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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Dr. Jerry Root
- May 5, 2021
- 2 min
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....
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Dr. Jerry Root
- Apr 29, 2021
- 6 min
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...
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