In the realm of moral philosophy, the father-son duo of R. M. Hare and John E. Hare present two distinct…
Regarding the Palestinian/Gaza problem, whether or not Israel is guilty of war crimes in killing civilians, is an important topic.…
The question of how Christians can and should approach our interaction with believers from other faith traditions is an important…
Learning to hear the voice of God in our hearts and minds is a practice that we get better at…
This past weekend I watched the film The Birth of a Nation – here’s the summary: Set against the antebellum…
This series is made up of the following posts: Three Types of Aggression 1: Rhetoric Three Types of Aggression 2:…
The other day, a friend mined the following quote from Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’ To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics…
This series is made up of the following posts: The Limits of Christian Non-Violence 01: Non-redemptive Destruction The Limits of Christian…
This post is part of a series. I am taking a pretty fantastic course at Fuller Theological Seminary this quarter…
The relationship of faith and science is controversial, and there are perhaps 5 simple philosophic positions you can take: 1. Science…
This post is part of a series. In Part 1, I introduced the idea that, in addition to scriptural arguments in…
This post is part of a series. One way to state the ethos of the Christian story would be to state…
Are the life and teachings of Jesus a proper focus for the development of a Christian ethic, and could such…
I just found this 2 hour (!) 2009 lecture on politics and religion, and it has some really good content,…
One of the points at which I disgree with my fellow conservatives is on the "point of personhood" of an…
This post is part of a series on Can we be good without God? I just finished listening to a…
The Christian Muslim Forum, an interfaith group, has released what it calls Ethical Guidelines for Christian and Muslim Witness in Britain (PDF). Interestingly, some more…
In the latest podcast over at Reasonable Doubt, the resident atheists discuss my comment on their blog, where I suggested that there is a historical…
As a conservative with federalist tendencies, I tend to appreciate and applaud the sentiment of those engaging in “tea parties,”…
Discussions of what the bible says about Christianity and government often come up, and one book I oft refer to…
Darwinists hate the common association of their pet theory with eugenics, not to mention it’s role in giving scientific validation to Nazi…
Much has been said and insinuated about the history of Christianity and slavery. Unfortunately, many Christians, especially in the South,…