Areopagus Journal
Winter 2012
Lost Christianities

• Veritas: Lost Christianities? - Craig Branch
• Was Orthodoxy an Historical Invention? - Robert W. Yarbrough
• What Did the Early Christians Believe? An Examination of Claims There Was No Early Christian Orthodoxy - Darrell L. Bock
• Who Were the Ebionites and the Gnostics? - Robert M. Bowman, Jr.

Areopagus Journal
Fall 2010
Christian Economics

• Veritas: Christian Economics - Craig Branch
• Christian Anthropology and Economic Method - Shawn Ritenour
• The Compelling Natural Law Case for the Free Market - Paul A. Cleveland
• A Christian Understanding of Economics: Mutual Gains from Trade - Eric Schansberg
• Life, Liberty, and Property - Thomas Tacker

Areopagus Journal
Winter 2010
Is Islam a Religion of Peace?

• Veritas: Is Islam a Religion of Peace? - Craig Branch
• Violence in Islam According to Muslim Tradition - Gordon Nickel
• The Verse of the Sword: A Matter of Interpretation - Don Closson
• Islam's Contempt for Women - Brigitte Gabriel
• The Canaanite Conquest: A Paradigm for Christian Violence? - Todd Borger

Areopagus Journal
November - December 2009
Are Biblical Doctrines Stolen from Pagan Myths?

• Veritas: Are Bible Doctrines Stolen From Pagan Myths? - Craig Branch
• The Bible In Light of the Ancient Near East - Eugene H. Merrill
• Christianity Among the Myths - Mary Jo Sharp
• Is the Trinity Pagan? - Clete Hux

Areopagus Journal
September - October 2009
The Restoration Movement

• Veritas: The Restoration Movement, by Craig Branch
• The Stone-Campbell-Scott Movement, by Craig Branch
• Seventh Day Adventism, by Clete Hux
• Does Baptism Save?, by Craig Branch & Brandon Robbins

Areopagus Journal
July-August 2009
Do We Have the Right Text?

• Veritas: Do We Have the Right Text? - Craig Branch
• How Do We Know That We Have What the Biblical Writers Originally Wrote? - Paul D. Wegner
• Subtracting From God's Word? The Longer End of Mark - Matt Aernie
• The King James Only Movement: Fighting the Right Battle - Keith Gibson

Areopagus Journal
May-June 2009
Eastern Religions

• Veritas: Eastern Religions - by Craig Branch
• Hinduism: Empty Diversity - by Winfried Corduan
• On Buddhism - by Keith E. Yandell
• Confucianism and Taoism: An Overview - by Patrick Zukeran
• What is Falun Gong? - by Clete Hux
• Book Reviews

Areopagus Journal
March-April 2009
Essential Doctrines

• Veritas: Essential Doctrines, by Craig Branch
• The Triune God, by Kenneth Richard Samples
• The Implications of the Fall: Romans 5:12, by Donald E. Hartley
• The Person and Work of the Lord Jesus Christ: An Overview, by Fred A. Malone
• What Must I Do to be Saved? Three Truths and a Consequence: Justification by Faith Alone, by Joel R. Beeke
• The King is Coming!, by W. Buzwell McNutt

Areopagus Journal
January-February 2009
Ethics in Christian Perspective

• Veritas: Ethics in Christian Perspective - Craig Branch
• Relativism on the Ropes - Gregory Koukl
• For the Love of God and Man: A Christian Ethical Theory - Steven B. Cowan
• Christian Ethics and Contemporary Issues - Frank Ellis

Areopagus Journal
November - December 2008
The Mind-Body Problem

• Veritas: The Mind-Body Problem, by Craig Branch
• Body and Soul: A Biblical Case for Dualism, by R. Keith Loftin
• A Philosophical Case for Mind-Body Dualism, by James S. Spiegel
• What's Wrong with Evolutionary Psychology, by Angus J. L. Menuge
• How Medicine Lost - And Then Slowly Regained - Its Mind, by Denyse O'Leary

Areopagus Journal
September-October 2008
Hell

• Veritas: Hell - Craig Branch
• Eternal Punishment: The Biblical Evidence - E. Ray Clendenen
• Can a Just and Loving God Send People to Hell? - Steven B. Cowan
• Hell, No: Why Preaching Hell is Insufficient for Saving Faith - Geogory Cochran
• "Gabriel's Vision" and the Resurrection of Jesus - Gary R. Habermas

Areopagus Journal
May-June 2008
Has Postmodernism Killed Truth?

• Veritas: Has Postmodernism Killed Truth? - Craig Branch
• Truth and Postmodernism - J. P. Moreland
• Postmodern Culture, Revisited - Gene Edward Veith
• That's Just Your Interpretation: Truth and the "Emergent" Christian - R. Scott Smith & Jana Harmon
• Don't Let Postmodernism Be A Conservation Stopper - Brandon Robbin

Areopagus Journal
March 2008
Miracles

• Veritas: Miracles - Craig Branch
• Discerning the Voice of God: The Apologetic Function of Miracles - Steven B. Cowan
• Miracles and Their Omniscient Critics - Winfried Corduan
• Point/Counterpoint: Do Miraculous Gifts Exist Today? - Samuel E. Waldron and C. Samuel Storms
• Against Heresies: Liberation Theology the "Wright" Way - Clete Hux

Areopagus Journal
January 2008
The History of Apologetics

• Veritas: The History of Apologetics - Craig Branch
• Apologetics in the Ancient Church - B. Dwain Waldrep
• Augustine: Christian Champion of the First Millennium - Kenneth D. Boa & Robert M. Bowman, Jr.
• Silencing the Fool: The Apologetic Contribution of Anselm - Steven B. Cowan
• The Apologetics of Thomas Aquinas - Norman L. Geisler
• Blaise Pascal: An Apologist You Should Know - Douglas Groothuis
• The Counter Attack: The Response to the Enlightenment by Edwards, Warfield & Paley - Brandon Robbins
• Four 20th-Century Apologists: E.J. Carnell, Cornelius Van Til, Gordon Clark, Norman Geisler - Rick Wade

Areopagus Journal
November 2007
Does the Bible Err?

• Veritas: Does the Bible Err? - Craig Branch
• Are There Historical Errors in the Bible? - Richard G. Howe
• Are There Scientific Errors in the Bible? - Robert B. Stewart
• Does the Bible Condone Immorality? - Mark Coppenger
• Are There Contradictions in the Bible? - Jason Dollar & Steven B. Cowan

Areopagus Journal
September 2007
Uncovering the Secrets of Scientology

• Veritas: Uncovering the Secrets of Scientology - Craig Branch
• L. Ron Hubbard: The Man and His Myth - Craig Branch
• Contrasting Scientology and Christianity - Clete Hux & Craig Branch
• Scientology: A Religious Mafia? - Craig Branch
• Out of Scientology's Labyrinth - Karen Schless Pressley

Areopagus Journal
July 2007
Does God Exist?

• Veritas: Does God Exist? - Craig Branch
• The Universe Points to God - Gregory E. Gannsle
• God, Morality, Knowledge: Two More Arguments that Point to God's Existence - Steven B. Cowan
• Must We Have Evidence for God? - Raymond J. VanArragon

Areopagus Journal
May 2007
Troublesome Movements in the 21st-Century Church

• Veritas: Troublesome Movements in the 21st-Century Church, by Craig Branch
• Emerging Error? An Evaluation of the Emerging Church Movement, by Criag Branch
• The Package Matters: Problems with the Church Growth Movement, by Phil A. Newton
• Speaking for God? A Response to the Apostolic and Prophetic Movement, by Keith Gibson
• Seeing is Believing: A Response to Federal Vision's "Objective" View of the Christian Faith, by Brandon Robbins

Areopagus Journal
March 2007
Paul 1 or Paul 2? Do We Need A New Perspective?

• Veritas: Paul 1 or Paul 2? - Craig Branch
• What Is the New Perspective on Paul? - Guy Prentiss Walters
• The Gospel and the New Perspective: Does the New Perspective Teach Legalism? - Samuel E. Waldron
• Playing Checkers on a Chess Board: Understanding the Paradigm Shift of the New Perspective - Brandon Robbins

Areopagus Journal
January 2007
Stewardship of the Earth

• Veritas: Stewardship of the Earth - Craig Branch
• Subdue the Earth? What the Bible Says About the Environment - John C. Bergstrom
• The Global Warming Controversy: Point CounterPoint - David Gushee & Paul Cleveland
• Animal Rights and Apologetics: Answers and Action - Rich Milne

Areopagus Journal
November-December 2006
War: What Is It Good For?

• Veritas: War - What Is It Good For? - Craig Branch
• War and Peace and Political Wisdom: Just-War Moral Reasoning Reconsidered - J. Daryl Charles
• War in the Old Testament - Steven B. Cowan
• Does the Bible Teach Pacifism? - Todd Wilson

Areopagus Journal
September-October 2006
Alternative Medicine

• Veritas: Alternative Medicine - Craig Branch
• Alternative Medicine and the Need for Discernment - Donal O'Mathuna, Ph.D. and Walt Larimore, M.D.
• Energies from the East: The Influence of the New Spirituality on Alternative Medicine - Robert Velarde

Areopagus Journal
July-August 2006
Engaging the New Age

• “Veritas: The New Age” Craig Branch
• “Roots of the New Age: Preparing the Ground for a Spiritual Revolution” James A. Herrick
• “Is Everything One? A Critique of New Age Pantheism” Paul Copan
• “The Wiccan Worldview” Keith Gibson

Areopagus Journal
May-June 2006
Three Apologists Every Christian Should Know

• “Veritas: Three Apologists Every Christian Should Know” Craig Branch
• “The Christian Apologetics of C.S. Lewis” Knox Chamblin
• “Francis Schaeffer: The Man and His Apologetics” Jerram Barrs
• “Alvin Plantinga: A Quintessential Christian Philosopher” Raymond J. VanArragon

Areopagus Journal
March-April 2006
Logic

• "Veritas: Logic" Craig Branch
• "Virtue and Knowledge" W. Jay Wood
• "Minding Your P's & Q's: A Primer on Logic for Christians" Steven B. Cowan
• "Don't Be Deceived! An Informal Introduction to Informal Fallacies" Roy Massie

Areopagus Journal
January 2006
Biblical Interpretation

• "Veritas: Biblical Interpretation" Craig Branch
• "Good Hermeneutics: Rightly Dividing the Word of God" Steve W. Lemke
• "Getting the Whole Story: The Importance of Context in Biblical Interpretation" Jason Snyder
• "Scripture Interprets Scripture: The Role of Theology in Biblical Interpretation" Steven B. Cowan

Areopagus Journal
November 2005
Do We Have the Right Books?

• "Veritas: Do We Have the Right Books?" Craig Branch
• "The Old Testament Canon in Jesus' Day" by Paul Wegner
• "New Testament Canonicity" by Terry Wilder
• "Why the 'Lost Gospels' Lost Out" by Ben Witherington
• "How Do We Know That They Got It Right? The Epsitemology of the Canon" by Steven B. Cowan and Vic Minish

Areopagus Journal
September 2005
Abandoning Nature

• "Veritas: Abandoning Nature" Craig Branch
• "How Did We Get Here?" By Erwin Lutzer
• "The Gay Gene?" By Jeffrey Satinover
• "Why Same-Sex Marriage Is a Bad Idea" by Steven B. Cowan
• "Getting Out: Some Things You Should Know About the Journey Out of Homosexuality" by Rob G.

Areopagus Journal
July 2005
Jehovah's Witnesses?

• "Veritas: Jehovah's Witnesses?" Craig Branch
• "Who are the Jehovah's Witnesses?" by Clete Hux and Craig Branch
• "What Must the Jehovah's Witnesses Do to Be Saved?" by Keith Gibson
• "The End That Wasn't: The False Prophesies of the Watchtower" by Clete Hux
• "Defending the Deity of Christ and the Trinity Against Jehovah's Witnesses" by Ron Rhodes

Areopagus Journal
May 2005
Why, Lord?

• "Veritas: Why, Lord?" Craig Branch
• "What is the Question? A Look at the ‘Problems’ of Evil" by Dr. Jim Beilby
• "Peering Through a Glass Darkly" by Dr. Steve Cowan
• "A Biblical Perspective on Evil" by Jason Thompson
• "Coping With Evil in Real Life" by Drs. Howard Dial & Howard Eyrich

Areopagus Journal
March 2005
Creation or Evolution?

• "Veritas: Creation or Evolution?" Craig Branch
• "Evolution in Crisis" Dr. Ray Bohlin
• "In Six 'Literal' Days? - Point and Counterpoint" Dr. John MacArthur and Paul Copan
• "Theistic Evolution: A Reasonable Compromise?" Dr. James Spiegel
• "Teaching Theories of Origin in Public Schools: Who Has the Right to Shape Our Minds?" A. Eric Johnston, Esq.

Areopagus Journal
January 2005
Science vs. Christianity

• "Veritas: Science vs. Christianity" Craig Branch
• "The War that Wasn't: Why Christianity is a Science-Starter" Nancy Pearcey
• "The Handiwork of God: How Scientific Evidence Points to the Existence of God" Jay W. Richards
• "But is it Science? A Response to Methodological Naturalism" Steven B. Cowan
• "A Christian Apologetics Manifesto" Douglas Groothuis

Areopagus Journal
November 2004
Who Do Men Say That I Am?

• "Veritas: Who Do Men Say That I Am?" Craig Branch
• "What Do Some Say? A Man, an Angel, an Idea, or a Prophet?" Clete Hux
• "The New Age Jesus?" Douglas Groothuis
• "The Skeptic's Jesus" Scot McKnight
• "Peter's Jesus: A Summary of the Orthodox Doctrine of Christ" Vic Minish

Areopagus Journal
September 2004
The Cult Next Door

• "Veritas: The Cult Next Door" Craig Branch
• "Fortune Teller to Fortune 500: The History and Beliefs of Mormons" Clete Hux
• "The Book of Mormon: History or Fiction?" Rev. Keith Gibson
• "The Impossible God: A Philosophical Assessment of the Mormon Deity" Dr. Steven B. Cowan
• "Ye are Gods: The Mormon Gospel" Bill McKeever
• "The Burning Bosom: A Look at the Mormon 'Testimony'" Craig Branch

Areopagus Journal
July 2004
Yoga: Stretching the Truth?

• "Veritas: Yoga: Stretching the Truth?" Craig Branch
• "What is Yoga?" Clete Hux
• "It Isn't Just Exercise: The Religious Nature of Yoga" Rev. Keith Gibson
• "The Frog and the Horse: Yoga in American Culture" Craig Branch
• with Disputations by Dr. Steven B. Cowan

Areopagus Journal
May 2004
The Reformation Was Not a Mistake!

• "Veritas: The Reformation Was Not a Mistake!" Craig Branch
• "The Article on Which We Stand: A Defense of Sola Fide" William Webster
• "Conscience Captive to the Word of God: A Defense of Sola Scriptura" Steven B. Cowan
• "Will the Real Mary Please Stand Up?" Clete Hux
• "That They May be One? A Response to the Claims of the Papacy" Harold O.J. Brown

Areopagus Journal
March 2004
The Man-Made God of Open Theism

• "Veritas: The Man-Made God of Open Theism" Craig Branch
• "The God of Second Guesses" Bruce A. Ware
• "Keeping an Open Mind: How Open Theists Interpret the Bible" A.B. Caneday
• "The Key to the 'Openness' of God: A Refutation of the Free-Will Theory" R.K. McGregor Wright

Areopagus Journal
January 2004
In Search of Rembrandt

• "Veritas: In Search of Rembrandt" Craig Branch
• "The Gifts of Bezalel: Art, the Bible, and Christian Aesthetics" Gene Edward Veith
• "Good Art and Bad Art: What is the Difference?" James S. Spiegel
• "So You Take in Some Art...A Symposium on How to Appreciate Art" Adrienne Dengerink Chaplin, Charlie Peacock, and Gary L. Greene

Areopagus Journal
November 2003
Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise?

• "Veritas: Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise?" Craig Branch
• "You Say, 'I am Rich...': A Response to the Word-Faith Wealth Message" Clete Hux
• "Faith Healers or Fake Healers?" Keith Gibson
• "Are Christians Promised Perfect Health?" Craig Branch

Areopagus Journal
September 2003
Wolves Among the Sheep

• "Veritas: Wolves Among the Sheep" Craig Branch
• "From Boston to Tulsa: The Origins of the Word-Faith Movement" Robert M. Bowman, Jr.
• "Little Wormy Spirit: The Word-Faith Jesus" Steven B. Cowan
• "The 'Gods' of the Word-Faith Movement" Clete Hux

Areopagus Journal
July 2003
Jesus: Legend or Lord? Part II

• "Veritas: Jesus: Legend or Lord? Part II..." Craig Branch
• "What Can We Know About the Historical Jesus" Craig A. Evans
• "The Resurrection of Jesus: Hoax or History?" Steven B. Cowan

Areopagus Journal
May 2003
Jesus: Legend or Lord? Part I

• "Veritas: Jesus: Legend or Lord? Part I..." Craig Branch
• "The Word Became Flesh: The Coherence of the Incarnation?" Steven B. Cowan
• "Jesus, History, and the Four Gospels" Douglas Groothuis
• "The Jesus Seminar: Representative or Radical?" Craig L. Blomberg

Areopagus Journal
March 2003
Procreation in a Brave New World

• "Veritas: Procreation in a Brave New World..." Craig Branch
• "How Far Should We Go to Have a Baby?" Scott B. Rae
• "Imitating God: Adoption as an Alternative to Radical Reproductive Technology" Mary Branch
• "What About Birth Control?" Steven B. Cowan

Areopagus Journal
January 2003
Nothing Will be Impossible for Them

• "Veritas: Nothing Will be Impossible for Them" Craig Branch
• "Genetic Engineering: Benefits and Dangers" Mark W. Foreman
• "To Clone or Not to Clone" Dónal O’Mathúna and Walter L. Larimore

Areopagus Journal
October 2002
The Cross and the Crescent

• "Veritas: The Cross and the Crescent (An examination of Islam)" Craig Branch
• "The History and Doctrine of Islam" by Craig Branch
• "The Qur’an vs. the Bible" by Steven B. Cowan
• "Jesus vs. Muhammad" by Clete Hux
• "What Must I Do to Be Saved? Christian and Muslim Answers Contrasted" by Steven B. Cowan

Areopagus Journal
July 2002
They Became Fools...

• "Veritas: “They Became Fools...” (The nature of false religions and cults)" Craig Branch
• "The (True/False) Origin of (True/False) Religion" by Winfried Corduan
• "What Is a Cult?" by Clete Hux and Craig Branch
• "The Cults’ Misuse of Scripture" by Thomas Howe
• "The Genuine Article: The Essential Doctrines of the Christian Faith" by Steven B. Cowan

Areopagus Journal
April 2002
How Do We Know?

• "Veritas: How Do We Know? (A Christian view of knowledge and truth)" Craig Branch
• "Three Obstacles to Theological Knowledge: A Christian Response" by J.P. Moreland
• "A Brief Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge" by James Beilby and David K. Clark
• "How Do We Know That Christianity Is True?" by Steven B. Cowan
• "Lean Not on Your Own Understanding: The Role of Scripture in Knowledge" by Clete Hux and Steven B. Cowan

Areopagus Journal
January 2002
The Breath of God

• "Veritas: The Breath of God (The authority of Scripture)" Craig Branch
• "This Is What It All Comes Down To: The Doctrine of Scripture" by David E. Prince
• "Jesus and the Inspiration of Scripture" by Gary R. Habermas
• "For the Bible Tells Me So: The Rationality of Inerrancy" by Douglas Blount
• "Ten Guidelines for Dealing with Bible Difficulties" by Steven B. Cowan

Areopagus Journal
October 2001
Calling Evil Good

• "Veritas: Calling Evil Good (Abortion, Euthanasia and Homosexuality)" Craig Branch
• "What Does the Bible Teach About Abortion?" by John Ankerberg and John Weldon
• "Abortion, Stem-Cell Research, and the Sanctity of Life" by Greg Koukl
• "The Physician-Assisted Suicide: Is It Ever Justified?" by Robert Orr
• "What the New Testament Does and Does Not Teach About Homosexuality" by Terry L. Wilder
• "Abandoning Nature: An Argument Against Homosexuality" by Steven B. Cowan

Areopagus Journal
July 2001
Politically Incorrect Faith

• "Veritas: Politically Incorrect Faith (A defense of Christian exclusivism)" Craig Branch
• "Do All Religions Lead to God?" by Steven B. Cowan
• "Can Someone Be Saved by Jesus without Faith in Jesus?" by Ronald H. Nash
• "What About Those Who Have Never Heard?" by Clete Hux
• "“Who Are You to Judge Others?” In Defense of Making Moral Judgment" by Paul Copan

Areopagus Journal
April 2001
Building a Christian Worldview

• "Veritas: Building a Christian Worldview (Christian distinctiveness in the culture)" Craig Branch
• "The Living Church" by Ervin S. Duggan
• "The Christian Worldview in Focus" by Steven B. Cowan
• "Biblical Society: A Covenantal Society" by Dale R. Bowne and John D. Currid
• "Do We Have the Right to Be Treated Graciously?" by Paul A. Cleveland

Areopagus Journal
January 2001
Understanding the Times

• "Veritas: Understanding the Times (A look at the condition of our culture)" Craig Branch
• "Our Dying Culture" by David F. Wells
• "Five Urgent Apologetics Issues" by Steven B. Cowan
• "The Absurdity of Life Without God" by William Lane Craig