One of the most interesting of epistemological arts is the art of debate. While we all like a good fight, we also like a fair…
In the runup to the 2024 Presidential elections in the US, both sides are pumping out “propaganda documentaries” to support their candidates, with related conspiracy…
Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, iconoclast, and out-of-the-box social and political thinker, has a daily podcast which has become my top daily listen. Recently, he…
Iconoclast Scott Adams provides one of my favorite podcasts. He is an out of the box thinker, and recently created this list. I’ve renamed some…
Every metaphysical system with any cogency and appeal has some points of strength, and all have weaknesses. The question is which have more strengths and…
That is a good question, but of course Christians have already considered this. There are many possible responses. 1. Christianity Collapses OMG we were wrong,…
The term “Christian nation” is ambiguous and asking for a useless fight. The question is not a binary “should we apply Christianity in public life…
I am commonly on facebook groups seeking to test my ideas and engage with intellectual people on the topic of faith. Unfortunately, as we all…
Philosophical Theology is a discipline that seeks to explore theological and religious concepts from a natural theology point of view, that is, without first considering…
As a former biochemist and rational person, I see lots of problems with evolution. Not the least of which is that many people doubt the…
Learning to hear the voice of God in our hearts and minds is a practice that we get better at as we mature. We can…
I get tired of the atheist canard that religion has killed more people in history than any other ideology. First, they are willing to attribute…
Many of us suffer under the illusion that only “born artists” are creative, and the rest of us are just ungifted. But it turns out,…
Are you an audiobook junkie? Do you crave better listening material for your long commute? Do you also own a few Kindle books? Then you…
I recently rediscovered a lecture by Brian Mclaren on The Four Historic Models for Church/State Interaction, and realized that (a) they needed one word formal labels,…
My son is only 10 years old right now, but I’ve already started thinking about what i will tell him and his sisters as they…
Having returned from the Annual Far West Conference of the Evangelical Theological Society, I have some reflections on some best practices, some of which were…
Few things are as influential as positive testimonies, be they for products, or for faith. The practice of telling the story of how you came to…
There’s been a lot of ballyhoo about the liberties taken by director Darren Aranofsky in his new film Noah. As an evangelical myself, I wondered…
I’ve had my ‘blues patch’ beard for almost a decade now, and even though it’s more common and popular now, many of my Christian friends…
One of my favorite atheist podcasts is from The Thinking Atheist. Seth, the proprietor of TA, is a former Christian who is now an outspoken…
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…
Many evangelicals and fundamentalists are tea-totalers, and a good number of them also look down upon Christians who do use alcohol. And while such judgmental…
Many evolutionary supporters claim that anyone who doubts evolution as a theory of origins is really daft or religiously driven. One defense they often resort…