When we think about communicating the truths of scripture to one another, and especially to the outside world, we often focus on only one of…
This article is part of a series on Molinism. Calvinism has been summarized in the acronym TULIP, while Arminianism has been summarized in The Five Articles of…
The Christian faith claims to answer a lot of tough questions about life, the universe, and everything. For most of life’s dilemmas, the bible seems…
One challenge to the Christian faith is the claim that the uneven distribution of faith around the globe may challenge some of Christian claims about…
There are many forces which pressure us away from the ministry of grace and gospel – personal finances, demonic and human opposition, our own doubts…
I am irritated with the whole Global Warming (GW) discussion, for many reasons, and I am not alone. A recent episode of the excellent podcast…
One of the moral challenges to the Christian viewpoint entails the fate of those who have never heard the gospel, a.k.a ‘the unreached,’ and whether…
In Proportions for Public Policy – the Normal Curve, I introduced the image below, suggesting that the relative proportions of legislation should follow a normal…
The following is an excerpt from my Research Paper, A Framework for Preparing A Christian-Center Call to Unity & Action: THE MENLO DECLARATION Regarding public policy,…
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross is famous for developing her five-stage model for grieving loss. Those stages are: Denial and isolation Anger Bargaining Depression Acceptance I want to encourage…
I have recently published a few articles on the topic of Annihilationist (a.k.a. ‘Conditionalist’) view of hell, which claims that the Bible does not teach…
I have had a few major doctrinal and ideological shifts since becoming a Christian at the age of 21 in 1986, which in itself was…
I have a whole list of pet peeves, but one of my top annoyances to date is a list of Christian doctrines that are not…
You could classify objections to the claims of scriptures in three categories: External – historical or scientific inaccuracies Internal – too many textual variants or…
Are the life and teachings of Jesus a proper focus for the development of a Christian ethic, and could such an ethic fit into the…
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In The Evil God Challenge, Flipping Arguments, I attempted to outline Stephen Law’s argument against the existence of a good God. In this post, I…
Making headlines in atheist circles is the fact that one of the former members of John Loftus’ team over at Debunking Christianity has left atheism…
I was going to get to bed early tonight until one of my Facebook friends linked to this article: I went to Mexico and took…
I have subscribed to many podcasts over time, and most of them fail to enlighten significantly. However, a few have stood the test of time,…
I’ve written much on Islam over the past years, and thought to summarize it. The Real History of the Crusades For starters, the Crusades to…
Before I begin this post in earnest, I must admit that I had to look up the difference between the words eulogy, elegy, and epitaph (not epitath!)…
I just found this 2 hour (!) 2009 lecture on politics and religion, and it has some really good content, especially towards the end. The…
This post is part of a series. In Part 1, I generalized that, since the impact of being wrong about God is high, it doesn’t matter how…