Characters: Sophia: A seeker of truth, raising objections to the concept of federal headship. Theophilus: A theologian, presenting a defense of federal headship and God’s…
KEY POINTS The Moral Argument for God asserts that objective moral values require a transcendent source (God), as these values exist independently of human opinion.…
I love debating important ideas, especially within the context of Christian theology. And few will challenge Christian thinking as well as mature atheists. Of course,…
In the realm of moral philosophy, the father-son duo of R. M. Hare and John E. Hare present two distinct approaches to understanding and applying…
Atheists often argue that they have no logical need to support their claims that God does not exist because “you can’t prove a negative.” They…
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…
The problem of evil and suffering is the most significant challenge to the Christian view of an omnipotent (all powerful) and omnibenevolent (loving) God. One…
When trying to prove or find the truth, most of us are used to the idea that the scientific method of experimentation and data is…
One of the things which discourages me as an author is the many great books that are forgotten or go unnoticed, often by people much…
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…
Many times, when I attempt to critique atheism, the atheist will accuse me of the straw man fallacy, accusing me of expanding my definition of…
If you get involved in theological or other logical arguments, you will soon come upon the many logical fallacies that all people engage in unless…
In Evangelical circles, self-love is an idea and practice often viewed with suspicion, if not outright hostility, most often being equated with selfishness. Little distinction…
Alvin Plantinga is a modern luminary of philosophy, known especially for his successful defeater for the logical problem of evil, a truly historic achievement in…
In Our Idea of God, Thomas V. Morris explores how we might think about understanding the idea and person of God without the Bible. He…
A Little Book for New Philosophers: Why and How to Study Philosophy, by philosopher and apologist Paul Copan was, for this aspiring philosopher, an inspiring…
One of the main ways we can reduce the acrimony in our society is to stop proposing that government should solve all our problems. Specifically,…
One of my favorite atheist philosophers is Graham Oppy, Professor of Philosophy and Associate Dean of Research at Monash University and Associate Editor of the…
Author James K.A. Smith is a bit of an anomaly to me – a Pentecostal, Reformed philosopher with impeccable intellectual credentials and mindbendingly erudite prose…
One of the toughest and best challenges to the Christian faith is commonly called The Problem of Evil. Simply stated as as syllogism: If God…
This post is part of a series. Of the three philosophical arguments marshaled in this series in support of Conditionalism, the argument from proportional, finite justice is…
This post is part of a series. In Part 1, I introduced the idea that, in addition to scriptural arguments in support of Conditional Immortality (CI),…
This post is part of a series. One way to state the ethos of the Christian story would be to state it in terms of the…
Was doing some reading today, and came across the word “assertoric,” which forced me to the dictionary. As it turns out, it is a word…