When I contend that Islam is inherently racist and murderous, I often hear the counter that if I am right, why are there so many…
The articles in this series include Can we be good without God? Part I: Introduction Can we be good without God? Part II: Defining Good…
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!)…
In my post Is Genesis Metaphorical or Historical?, commenter Floss asked the question that forms the title of this post. Here’s my short answer. 1. It…
So, I went on my lunchtime walk today and had a ‘conversation with God.’ Do you ever wonder if such conversations are possible, or even…
This week, my wife had a very symbolic dream, and asked me what I thought it meant. Now, I came out of (but am not…
I just found this 2 hour (!) 2009 lecture on politics and religion, and it has some really good content, especially towards the end. The…
I love the whole debate scene, and I have listened to a lot of Christian and non-Christian news podcasts, and narrowed down my favorites to…
NOTE: This post is part of a series – I am ‘reading the classics together’ at Challies.com, and blogging my way through J. Gresham…
Some fun with words and definitions – big words are very useful, but big words, not to mention copious words, can obfuscate rather than clarify.…
In case you missed the hilarious scientology episode of South Park, you can watch it here (WARNING: Explicit Language). You can also learn all about…
Prosthesis tagged me to answer these questions. A. Seven things to do before I dieB. Seven things I cannot doC. Seven things that attracted me…
One of the more informative podcasts I listen to regularly is Issues Etc. Recently, they interviewed Joel Heck, who’s written a very inexpensive book entitled…
With the upcoming Sesquicentennial (150 years) of the Civil War, a lot of discussion is occurring around racism in America, as well as the role…
In my last post, I discussed the various defenses of the eternality of hell – this time, I would like to compare the role of…
Rob Bell’s new book Love Wins is a modern reformulation of Christian Universalism, that is, the idea that all are saved from judgement by the…
Recently, Stewart from Insulted proposed a list of what he called 10 Questions Your Pastor Can’t Answer. I’m not sure how difficult these questions would…
Here’s some interesting Christian inspirational spam that I received – decent enough to put up. ————————————– “THE ROOM” as written by a 17 Year Old…
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…
This post is part of a series. Pascal’s famous ‘wager’ is often misunderstood, and maligned by anti-theists as an argument from lack of evidence, or…
This post is part of a series. I spend two hours a day in my car, a large 2001 Chrysler LHS. I grew up in a…
A recent book by E. Calvin Beisner entitled Where Garden Meets Wilderness: Evangelical Entry into the Environmental Debate gave me the idea for this post…
Joe over at the Evangelical Outpost (now defunct) had a nice post on the biblical view of capital punishment. In it are two ideas that…
Jay Richards – did physics kill God? (Stephen Hawking) INTRO For the materialist, the fundamental and foundational source is the universe… Carl Sagan said ‘the…