This is a collection of dialogues, correspondence, and comments from what were formerly called my “Office Hours” and “Ask Theophilus” articles for Christian college students. The book also includes lots of letters from real people who reacted to these dialogues and asked questions which I answer n the book. For the sequel, see Ask Me Anything 2.
University culture in this part of the world used to be Christian, but is now atheist, practically speaking. Even so, it's possible to grow in faith and in vocation during college. This book tells how. I've aimed it at college students, college-bound high school students, and the parents of both groups.
Description, samples, how to obtain
For several years after Spence Publishing converted itself into Spence Media, this work was unavailable. I’m pleased that I was able to make a few revisions when it was picked up by Wipf and Stock. Full disclosure: Some of the chapters are online. But the book also provides new material and an argument that ties everything together, and besides, wouldn’t you rather hold a book in your hands than hunch over a screen or a monitor? (Then again, I’m a dinosaur.)
This book is a rational defense of the common moral sense of plain people (which, paradoxically, is out of fashion). Although it wasn’t written as a textbook, it can serve as one. A new preface on the four ages of natural law puts the topic in historical context. Although the book is for scholars too, if you have no background in natural law, this is probably the best place to begin.
Although I try to write all my scholarly books in such a way that non-scholars can also understand them, this one may be difficult to follow without a bit of background. Beginners should start with What We Can't Not Know: A Guide, and come back to The Line Through the Heart afterward.