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In 2022 learn to defend the MOST IMPORTANT EVENT in Christianity.
Read more: In 2022 learn to defend the MOST IMPORTANT EVENT in Christianity.Christians often spend a lot of time learning how to argue against things like evolution, or for miracles. But what it all comes down to is this: if Jesus died for our sins and rose again, the rest doesn’t matter. If you can prove that, you can prove Christianity. Learn why you can rest assured…
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Is Same-Sex Marriage Wrong?
Read more: Is Same-Sex Marriage Wrong?Introduction When it comes to the issue of same-sex marriage, what is correct? The competing goods of this difficult quandary make it less than clear what is ideal, and individuals argue. What ensues is my method of solving this moral dilemma, which is ingrained in Christian ideas and philosophical thinking. Explicit Biblical Guidance First, it…
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Wired for Intimacy
Read more: Wired for IntimacyI recently read the book Wired for Intimacy: How Pornography Hijacks the Male Brain by William Struthers (IVP, 2009). In this post, I’ve picked one chapter to summarize and then critiqued the book as a whole. The chapter I chose to summarize is Chapter Three. Summarization of Chapter Three Chapter three is titled “The Consequences…
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The Bible’s Buried Secrets? Part 2
Read more: The Bible’s Buried Secrets? Part 2Part 2: Detailed Discussion of the Historicity of the Exodus Regardless of what the Bible says, several Old Testament scholars and biblical archeologists now doubt the validity of the Exodus or deny it entirely. James K. Hoffmeier opines “With this overwhelming evidence within the Bible regarding the Egyptian sojourn, exodus, and wilderness episodes, evidence from…
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The Bible’s Buried Secrets? Part 1
Read more: The Bible’s Buried Secrets? Part 1Part 1: Summary Evaluation/Critique of The Overall Metanarrative of The Mainstream The two-hour documentary called The Bible’s Buried Secrets shows (aired in 2008) archaeological research from the Holy Land to discover the foundations of contemporary religion and the roots of the Old Testament from a mainstream academic standpoint. The mainstream contemporary archeologists do not think…
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Join the Course! “The Resurrection of Jesus” with Gary Habermas and Michael Patton.
Read more: Join the Course! “The Resurrection of Jesus” with Gary Habermas and Michael Patton.The world has come up with a lot of outrageous theories to explain away what over 500 witnesses claimed they saw, and what many still claimed to the point of martyrdom; that Christ has risen! Find out what those theories are and why none of them offer an adequate explanation for the radical historical events…
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Talking About the Problem of Evil: The Cross
Read more: Talking About the Problem of Evil: The CrossFinally, I end with the cross and the hope of Christianity. Jesus agonized in enduring the nastiest evil that can be thrown at him: denial by his own adored people; abhorrence from the authorities in his own religion; unfairness at the hands of the Roman court; unfaithfulness and disloyalty from his closest friends; the public…
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Talking About the Problem of Evil: The Greater Good
Read more: Talking About the Problem of Evil: The Greater GoodTo review, so far, we’ve addressed how one can even object to evil, in the moral argument. We’ve talked about what evil is and is not, and the idea of it being a privation. We’ve talked about some possible reasons God allows evil, which included the best-of-all-possible-worlds argument and the free will defense. Today I…
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Talking About the Problem of Evil: Human Free Will
Read more: Talking About the Problem of Evil: Human Free WillYesterday we covered the principle of sufficient reason as part of the best-of-all possible worlds. The last principle of the best-of-all-possible-worlds is human free will. For Leibniz, this idea was just a principle in part of his greater defense. For Augustine, CS Lewis, and Alvin Plantinga[i] it was an entire defense by itself. In its…
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Talking About the Problem of Evil: The Best-of-All-Possible-Worlds
Read more: Talking About the Problem of Evil: The Best-of-All-Possible-WorldsYesterday we addressed how one can even object to evil, in the moral argument. Then we talked about what evil is and is not, and the idea of it being a privation. Today I want to move to the best-of-all-possible-worlds argument. The place to start is God’s omniscience. This allows God to understand all possibilities.[i]…
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