March 8, 2009
It is well known that children favor teleological (purpose-based) explanations for a variety of phenomena. It may be cute to see a child thinking that rocks were made to break or icebergs exist for polar bears; however, it is assumed Read more…
March 2, 2009
“Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god.” Jean Rostand. Christians like to talk about how morality comes from god and without god there Read more…
February 21, 2009
“Myth is more important than history. History is arbitrary, acollection of facts. Myth we choose, we create, we perpetuate.”(A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World by Tony Horwitz) 2 Peter 1:16 says: “For we did not follow cleverly Read more…
February 10, 2009
Recently John Armstrong has written three articles extolling the virtual of Pacal’s Wager as an apologetic tool for “defending the ultimate reality of Christ and the truth”. The articles can be found here: Pascal: “The Wager” and the Modern Context Read more…
February 5, 2009
Jerry Coyne has a new article on “Seeing and Believing. The never-ending attempt to reconcile science and religion, and why it is doomed to fail.” (The New Republic, Feb 4th 2009). It’s a very interesting article and well worth reading. Read more…
February 2, 2009
The February 2009 issue of Church & State Magazine has the following article: In A Bid To Keep Religious Symbols On Public Land, Anti-Separationist Forces Have Declared The Christian Cross To Be Secular. “But in July, U.S. District Judge Larry Read more…
January 5, 2009
The web site for Redeemer Presbyterian Church (New York, New York) posted an article on “The Importance of Hell“. In this article Tim Keller gives 4 reasons why the Biblical doctrine of hell is important: It is important because Jesus Read more…
December 16, 2008
Probe Ministries is a Christian apologetic ministry that prides itself on “research to address today’s issues through honest and respected Christian scholarship.” At one time I had seriously considered joining this organization. Recently, I received one of their Probe Alerts Read more…
December 3, 2008
I just finished reading The Fall of the Evangelical Nation: The Surprising Crisis Inside the Church by Christine Wicker. I highly recommend this book, especially for those atheists who never had a “born-again” experience. Wicker does an excellent job showing Read more…