BACKGROUND: Kennesaw State University recently invited Angela Davis to speak on Martin Luther King Day. As many readers know, Davis is the unrepentant '60s Marxist revolutionary and black racist who was at one time on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list. In her prime she...
The Areopagus Blog
The Areopagus Blog
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.
Dr. Breshears – Apologetics 315 Interview
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The Areopagus Update – Jan/Feb 2015
Satan's Bookshelf The Worst Books Ever Written... and Why Christians Should Know Them by Jefrey Breshears Satan’s main headquarters in Hell is an enormous complex featuring his favorite artifacts and memorabilia from throughout human history. There are rooms...
November 2014 Forum – An Introduction to Bibliology
PERIMETER CHURCH November 20, 7:30pm Midtown Auditorium Many dedicated and conscientious Christians invest thousands of hours over the course of their lives reading, studying, and discussing the Bible, but relatively few have anything approaching an informed and...
October 2014 Forum – Recent Challenges to Religious Liberty
RECENT CHALLENGES TO RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN AMERICA Ken Fletcher Senior Director of Leadership Development Alliance Defending Freedom PERIMETER CHURCH October 16 • 7:30 PM Fellowship Hall America is under assault by powerful coalitions of politicians, journalists,...
Review of: “C.S. Lewis: Revelation and the Christ”
NOTE: This review was published in September, 2014 by the Evangelical Review of Theology and Politics, a London-based international peer-reviewed journal exploring Evangelical issues from an interdisciplinary perspective. It is posted here with their express...
The Areopagus Update – Oct/Nov 2014
Who Needs Philosophy? by Jefrey Breshears Our fall seminar in 2014 is a new Areopagus course, “Socrates Meets Jesus: How philosophy Leads to Christianity.” My hope for those involved, as with all our apologetics classes, is that they will find this course to be...
September 2014 Forum – Recent Discoveries in Biblical Archaeology
RECENT DISCOVERIES AND CONTROVERSIES IN BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY A Special Presentation by Ted Wright Teaching Director, CrossExamined.org PERIMETER CHURCH September 18 • 7:30 PM Fellowship Hall Biblical archaeology is a fascinating and dynamic field of...
The Areopagus Update – Aug/Sept 2014
Who Needs Philosophy? by Jefrey Breshears Our fall seminar in 2014 is a new Areopagus course, “Socrates Meets Jesus: How philosophy Leads to Christianity.” My hope for those involved, as with all our apologetics classes, is that they will find this course to be...
When the Music Mattered: Johnny Cash
The last installment of our Summer Series "When the Music Mattered" is scheduled for this Saturday, August 9! Saturday August 9 6:45 PM MT. BETHEL COMMUNITY CENTER 4608 Lower Roswell Rd. Marietta, GA 30068 A background document on Johnny Cash has been...
New from Areopagus Publishing
The Areopagus is pleased to announce the publication of a new book by Dr. Jefrey Breshears Founder and President of The Areopagus: From the back cover:All serious Christians understand the importance of Bible study, but few have anything approaching an informed and...
Summer 2014 – When the Music Mattered Series
When the Music Mattered A Retrospective Series on the Social, Political, Spiritual, and Existential Themes in the Music of the 20th Century’s Most Significant and Influential Recording Artists Join us for this special summer series as we review and critique the life...
The Areopagus Update – May/June 2014
A Testimonial to Faith and Courage by Jefrey Breshears One morning in late January, 1998, I walked into a classroom at Georgia State University to deliver a lecture in my Modern U.S. History course on the origins of the Cold War. Just as I was getting ready to start,...
May 2014 Forum – New Reasons to Doubt Darwin
New Reasons To Doubt Darwin The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design Bruce Phillips Associate Director of The Areopagus Two books come close to defining the current discussions around Intelligent Design, both by Stephen Meyer. In the...
Homosexuality and the Culture War Within the United Methodist Church
A Response to Bishop Sano’s “Call to Biblical Obedience†by Ben Witherington (Edited by Dr. Jefrey Breshears) 3/20/2014 Part 1 It was with great sadness, and dismay, that I read the recent article by Bishop Sano, a...
April 2014 Forum -The Discovery Institute
This event has SOLD OUT! No walkup admission will be available Has science disproved God? Or do new scientific discoveries actually provide compelling support for faith? Find out on Sunday, April 6th at this special event featuring: John Lennox is a professor...
The Areopagus Update – Mar/Apr 2014
DNA, Determinism and Free Will In probing the operation of DNA, scientists have learned much more about a second biological encyclopedia of information (in addition to the "genome") that resides above the primary information stored within our DNA. Researchers have...
March 2014 Forum – Dr. Tom Woodward
Your DNA Is Not Your Destiny: The Genetics Revolution And the Keys to Improved Health Dr. Tom Woodward Founder and Director, The C. S. Lewis Society, and Research professor and department chair of the Department of Theology at Trinity College of Florida Over...
The Beatles: A Retrospective
There certainly has never been a music group as charismatic or prolific as the Beatles. From the time their manager Brian Epstein cleaned up their scruffy image and dressed them in matching suits, the Beatles set the style for the youth culture of the sixties. As...
February 2014 Forum – The Beatles and the Transformation of American Culture
The Beatles and the Transformation of American Culture A Retrospective of Their Cultural Legacy To paraphrase the opening line of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" -- "It was [fifty] years ago today" that the Beatles first arrived in America, and they...
Leaving the Station: Removing Man from Humanity
Transhumanism is defined as "the belief or theory that the human race can evolve beyond its current physical and mental limitations, especially by means of science and technology." What moral and theological implications does it hold? Consider this thought-provoking...
The Areopagus Update – Jan/Feb 2014
All informed Christians know that major universities are essentially secular/liberal indoctrination centers in which traditional Christian beliefs and values are not simply ignored but often ridiculed. However, the common assumption is that many smaller universities...
January 2014 Forum – Dr. Mary Poplin
What If Christianity Is True? What Are the Implications? What would we have to believe, and how would we need to arrange our lives and our priorities... If atheistic materialism were true? If secular humanism were true? If pantheism or New Age spirituality were true?...
November 2013 Forum – Pornography, Sex-trafficking and The Church
The Areopagus Update – Oct/Nov 2013
The Areopagus Update - Oct/Nov 2013 ARTICLES Did God Use Evolution To Create Human Beings? Areopagus Profile: Jim Motter SEMINARS Christianity Thru the Centuries Part II: The Apostolic Age To Constantine (c. 33-313 AD) Bibliology: A Study of the Origins, Composition,...
Did God Use Evolution To Create Human Beings?
Truth Matters All truth matters, but some truths matter more than others. What matters most about human beings is that we have been created in the image of God and endowed with an eternal soul. Like God, we have personality, a phenomenon that entails five attributes:...
Book Review: Near-Death Experiences as Evidence for the Existence of God and Heaven
Apologetics 315 Book Review: Near-Death Experiences as Evidence for the Existence of God and Heaven by J. Steve Miller Posted: 20 Sep 2013 11:30 PM PDT Last year a relative encouraged me to read a book entitled Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent. The...
October 2013 Forum – Origins of Life
October 3rd - 7PM Perimeter Church - Fellowship Hall
September 2013 Forum – Shroud Encounter
A PDF poster for this event is available here.
The Areopagus Update – Aug/Sept 2013
Who Needs Philosophy? by Jefrey Breshears Our fall seminar in 2014 is a new Areopagus course, “Socrates Meets Jesus: How philosophy Leads to Christianity.” My hope for those involved, as with all our apologetics classes, is that they will find this course to be...