The Bible says that true spirituality involves caring for orphans and widows. But how much do we actually take this seriously? James 1:27 (New International…
Andrew Norman Wilson (b1950), is an English teacher and award winning writer. His biography of Tolstoy won the Whitbread Award(now the Costa Book Awards) for…
I came across this while reading today (yes, it was pleasure reading ;): It is this same basic question of historicity, moreover, that sharply distinguishes…
Over at HonestUncertainity, there is a challenge of sorts to demonstrate why you believe (or do not believe) in the literal resurrection of Jesus. (Perhaps,…
This post is part of a series In Part 1 of this series, I examined Pascal’s wager as a risk calculation exercise. In Part 2, I…
In this series, I explore the possibilities of eliminating pretender Gods, and trying to find likely ones to have faith in. Pascal’s Wager 1: Why apatheism…
"There is no god." The fact that a person can hold to that opinion amounts to evidence to the contrary.
While the battle over ID and evolution rages on in a more public manner, the concept of consciousness is possibly the biggest threat to the…
Here’s some good stuff I got in a religious ‘spam’ letter on the feasibility of the Red Sea crossing by Moses and the people…
I was watching the Christmas special Miracles: Fact, Fictions and Faith (a Fox News special, check your local listing, it will repeat tomorrow, Christmas day), and as…
I have been following and posting on a recent Scott Adams (Dilbert creator) post on Pascal’s Wager. A couple of objection to the gospel that…
Why go on a dig when you can find "the most important biblical archaeology find in 100 years" in the basement of the British Museum?…
A recent commenter documented an impressive list of biblical "absurdities" which, in his or her mind, make the Biblical account of God seem foolish, primitive,…
SBC Outpost pretty much sums up my feelings about the debate between Christians Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron and atheists Brian Sapient and Kelly.
Christopher Hitchens, author of God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, and Douglas Wilson, author of Letter from a Christian Citizen, seek to tackle…
At the behest of our faithful and civil commenter Cineaste, I listened to a highly enjoyable Radiolabs show on morality, and wanted to comment on…
To many, serving an invisible God that only answers in subjective, non-verifiable ways, is pure superstition at best. And while I understand this line of…
I am in the process of applying to seminary, and my application essay is causing some pause at one college. Check out the question they…
The problem of evil is one of the top five, maybe even the top intellectual and practical objection to the goodness and existence of God. …
One of the frustrating things about the debates over homosexuality is the constant accusation of "hate" from the pro-gay side of the debate. I previously…
This is the most important essay in the entire series, primarily because it outlines the assumptions upon which the rest of the series depends. Just…
In Part I of this series, I introduced this book. In this post, I summarize the author’s points in the topic of Doctrine. The author…
Christianity and Liberalism was originally published in 1922, in response to the growing theological liberalism of the early 1900’s. Not only is this book well…
Okay, I will stop beating a dead, or at least dying, horse. While the movie racked in over $77 million the first weekend, the film…