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Orthopedic Surgeon: “I Knew There Were Answers”
David laughs when asked what years he attended SES. As a full-time orthopedic surgeon, he spent 12 years earning his master’s in apologetics, graduating in 2013. When he started back in 2001, SES consisted of some trailers behind McKee Road Baptist Church in Charlotte. He decided to enroll there after a barrage of questions from […]
The Resurrection of Jesus: The Evidential Contribution of Luke-Acts
Any discussion of the evidence for the resurrection must first ascertain what the original apostolic witnesses claimed and whether those claims are best explained by the resurrection, or by some alternative hypothesis. The contemporary discussion of the case for the resurrection has largely focused around 1 Corinthians 15:3-8, a text believed by many scholars to […]
Campus Missionary Helps College Students Answer Tough Questions
The year was 2005. I had always had a passion to share the Good News with college students. My congregation and I decided it would be good for me to try to kickstart our outreach at The Ohio State University. Ohio State is one of the largest campuses in the nation (over 60,000 students). I […]
Is Christianity a Copycat Religion?
Is there any validity to the never-ending spiral of conspiracy theories that surround the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus every Easter? This week on Why Do You Believe?, author and SES alum Allan Di Donato discusses this important topic. From the movie Zeitgeist to casual assertions from cultural commentators such as Bill Maher, accusations […]
Announcement from SES President Dr. Richard Land
Originally addressed to the SES Board of Trustees: As you know, in the ministry a call is a divine appointment for a season, or an interval, but it always has a beginning and an ending. After nearly eight years as SES’s President and Professor of Theology and Christian Ethics, God has made it clear to me that […]
The COVID-19 Vaccines and God’s Providence
At last. There is light at the end of the tunnel. The ride has been long and dark. And there is still a ways to go before we exit to the other side, but we will arrive there soon. The emergency approval and first distributions of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines give us all […]