Douglas Groothuis

By Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D., Cornerstone University and Cornerstone Theological Seminary How should a Christian understand gambling? Gambling is an activity in which someone puts up money, goods, or services on the chance of being rewarded by unknown outcomes by the gambler. I do not mean the investment of money, goods, services. By “chance,” I mean unknown outcomes not determin...

By Douglas Groothuis, PhD Author and environmental activist, Paul Klingsnorth, predicts in his best-selling book, Against the Machine, “that the next great division of the world will be between people who wish to live as creatures and those who wish to live as machines.”[i] Which side are you on? Long before this, Francis Schaeffer (1912-84), warned that a secular-materialistic ...

By Douglas Groothuis, PhD Preface: We the Writers As writers, we are compelled to protect the authenticity and integrity of published writing in the age of generative artificial intelligence. We, as human beings, have labored to write books, articles, editorials, reviews, and poems. These works flow from our knowledge, experience, and passions. We are servants of the Word, who l...