The Areopagus Blog features insightful articles, reflections, and commentary on a wide range of topics related to faith, culture, and contemporary issues. Written by Dr. Jefrey D. Breshears and other contributing authors, the blog offers thoughtful Christian perspectives designed to inform, challenge, and inspire readers. Explore the latest posts below to engage with ideas that encourage deeper understanding and meaningful dialogue.
DINNER & DIALOGUE A review and critique of four significant books, NOT a book club, so plan on joining us whether or not you've read the books. These DINNER & DIALOGUE sessions are always enjoyable, and you will be not only better informed, but duly edified...
📄The Areopagus Update – May/June 2018 Insights and challenges from the new book by Nancy Pearcey, “Love Thy Body” Human life and sexuality have become the watershed moral issues of our age. Every day, the twenty-four-hour news cycle chronicles the advance of a secular...
Christian Heritage Tour of Israel February 21 - March 1, 2019 Join us for this unique experience as we visit Jerusalem • Bethlehem • Nazareth The Sea of Galilee • Capernaum • The Golan Heights Caesarea • The Jordan River • Qumran and Masada The Western (“Wailing”)...
AREOPAGUS CHRISTIAN HERITAGE OF TOUR OF NEW ENGLAND AND THE NORTHEAST SEPTEMBER 21-30, 2018 In September 2018 the Areopagus will sponsor a "CHRISTIAN HISTORY TOUR OF AMERICA" in which we'll visit many of the key sites in early American Christian history in New England...
In the course of reading reviews and listening to comments over the past couple of months regarding Rod Dreher’s The Benedict Option, it has occurred to me that some kind of Preface needs to precede any kind of thoughtful and focused discussion of the book. In...
In the 1992 presidential campaign, Bill Clinton’s advisors sensed that despite all the issues that might impact the election – whether foreign, domestic, or personal – the overriding concern was the economy. They were so convinced of this that they adopted a kind of...
The Culture War on the Family The Radical Agenda to Undermine and Destroy the Traditional Family... and How To Defeat It! A special Areopagus Forum with Dr. William Gairdner Best-selling author of The War Against the Family and The Book of Absolutes THURSDAY, APRIL...
📄The Areopagus Update – Mar/Apr 2018 by Thomas Lambrecht A recent article in the journal First Things by Mary Eberstadt entitled “The Zealous Faith of Secularism” make the case that the challenge we face in the United States is one of competing faiths or competing...
The Opioid Crisis What Every Christian Needs to Know A special Areopagus Forum with Missy Owen Co-founder and CEO of The Davis Direction Foundation and The Zone (featured in the A&E series, “Intervention”) THURSDAY, MARCH 15th 7:00 PM Johnson Ferry Baptist Church...
📄The Areopagus Update – Jan/Feb 2018 Our Areopagus seminar for the first semester of 2018 is one of my favorite courses in our catalogue: “C. S. Lewis: The Life and Works of a ‘Mere Christian’.” As most Christians know, Lewis was an intellectual dynamo and one of the...
The Areopagus Update – Jan/Feb 2018 — APOLOGETICS — Gregory Koukl, The Story of Reality: How the World Began, How It Ends, and Everything Important That Happened in Between (Zondervan) — CULTURAL APOLOGETICS — Rod Dreher, The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians...
IN CELEBRATION OF THE 500th ANNIVERSARY OF THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION A special Areopagus presentation by Dr. Jefrey Breshears Christian historian, author, and president of The Areopagus “What Every Christian Should Know About the Reformation” The causes and legacy of...
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2017 Dr. Rob Bowman Executive Director, The Institute for Religious Research Why The Reformation Happened, and Why It Still Matters Today The Protestant Reformation began in 1517 in Wittenberg, Germany, as an effort to reform the Roman Catholic...
📄The Areopagus Update – Oct/Nov 2017 I returned a week ago from our Areopagus-sponsored Reformation History Tour. As anticipated, it was an inspiring experience as we visited many of the key sites associated with this momentous period in Christian history –...
📄The Areopagus Update - Aug/Sept 2017 Our Areopagus Dinner & Dialogue series this summer focused on Rod Dreher’s new book, 'The Benedict Option". Dreher is a writer and senior editor at The American Conservative blogsite, and "The Benedict Option" is one of the...
📄The Areopagus Update - May/June 2017 One of the most anticipated books in recent years was released a couple of weeks ago: Rod Dreher’s The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation (Sentinel Press, 2017). This is a book that some regard...
A special Areopagus Forum with Mike Shotwell Author of Immersed in Red: My Formative Years In a Marxist Household Nearly 60 years ago the communist folk singer Pete Seeger wrote “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” one of the most popular songs of the 1960s. Over the...
The following is a collection of informal responses to an op-ed piece published by the atheist advocate Sam Harris in the LA Times on December 24, 2006 tat was sent to me by a longtime friend with whom I had been out of touch for many years. When we reconnected, we...
Spiritual salvation is a two-phase process that begins with the spiritual phenomenon of conversion and continues through a life-long process of transformation (or “spiritual formation”) related to Christian discipleship. Conversion is both the starting point and the...
The Da Vinci Code is the kind of book that serious scholars tend to dismiss as unworthy of comment. If only it were true. Based on dubious scholarship and replete with factual errors, questionable assertions and crackpot conspiracy theories, the book is impressive for...
📄The Areopagus Update - Mar/Apr 2017 With the election of Donald Trump last November, America is more polarized than at any time in our history since the Civil War. Of course the same would be true had Hillary Clinton won the election, except that we would not have...
📄The Areopagus Update - Jan/Feb 2017 The Protestant Reformation was one of the most significant events in Christian history as well as one of the great transitional eras in Western civilization. As the historian Rudolph Heinze has written, “The changes that occurred...
Celebrate the 500th Anniversary of The Protestant Reformation with Dr. Breshears and Christian Heritage London April 28 - May 11, 2017 or September 15 - 28, 2017 Next year, 2017, marks the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. You can celebrate this...
The inspiring story, the music, and the legacy of one of the most unique and creative revivals in American history A Special Areopagus Presentation by Dr. Jefrey Breshears Eric Smith Dr. Richard G. Howe A presentation based on Dr. Breshears’ study guide, “The Jesus...
The Areopagus is pleased to be working together with The Discovery Institute to present the Atlanta premiere of "Living Waters: Intelligent Design in the Oceans of the Earth". Join us on Monday, October 5th at Mt. Paran Christian School for the Greater Atlanta...
Bruce Phillips critiques "Mind and Cosmos" by Thomas Nagel The modern materialistic theory of life fails completely to account for such fundamental realities as consciousness, intentionality, meaning and value. Thomas Nagel, an atheist professor of philosophy at NYU,...
For the August installment of our Books & Culture presentations, George Weaver will lead a discussion on "The State of the Culture," and Larry Dougherty will review the modern classic by Paul Vitz, "Psychology as Religion: The Cult of Self-Worship." A modern...
COLD-CASE CHRISTIANITYA Homicide Detective Investigates the Claims of the Gospel A review and critique by Eric Smith Written by J. Warner Wallace, an L.A. County homicide detective and a former atheist, Cold-Case Christianity examines the claims of the...
Satan's Bookshelf The Worst Books Ever Written... and Why Christians Should Know Them! A new Areopagus apologetics seminar on the most influential books in modern history that have distorted reality, corrupted morality, and undermined Christian values. Tuesdays, 7pm...
A Study of the Origins, Composition, Divine Inspiration, Canonicity, and Preservation and Transmission of the Bible Through the Centuries Instructor: Dr. Jefrey Breshears Time and Location: Wednesdays, Starting Jan. 15 7:00 PM Johnson Ferry Baptist Church / Room 105...
Christianity Through the Centuries: From Jesus To the Present A new, in-depth Sunday morning study of the most significant people, issues and events in Christian history If you’re looking for a Sunday morning class that is interactive and engaging and deals with...
Frontline Apologetics Instructors: Dr. Jefrey Breshears and Bruce Phillips. Times: Tuesdays, Aug. 28 - Nov. 13, 6:45 PM Location: Eastside Baptist Church, Room 270 Overview A major reason why many Christians are hesitant to share their faith is because they feel...
Sundays, 11:15 AM, Johnson Ferry Baptist Church, Magnolia Room Overview Jesus Christ is the hub of all human history and the personification of divine revelation on whom the Christian faith is based. This course, essentially a harmonization of the Four...