Douglas Groothuis

Dr. Douglas Groothuis serves as the university’s first distinguished university research professor of apologetics and Christian worldview. He has fire in his bones for the Christian message and many irons in the fire to explain, defend, and apply it. He also brings a wealth of experience as a scholar, teacher, mentor, author and renowned public intellectual. His body of work and public speaking challenges the church, culture and students to examine scripture’s perspective and wisdom on today’s most debated issues in the context of their historical roots.

He has also published over 30 academic articles in journals such as Academic Questions and Philosophia Christi as well as dozens of pieces in publications such as The Chronicle of Higher Education and The Christian Research Journal. His encouragement to pastors appears regularly at “The Focused Pastor” on the Focus on the Family online portal, and he writes about jazz at the All About Jazz website. Since 1983, he has been featured in a broad range of national publications, participated in numerous academic and church presentations and debates, and has appeared on hundreds of radio programs and podcasts.