Last year, Christian radio host Justin Brierley published his apologetics book, Unbelievable. It’s a delightful book — clearly argued and engaging […]
Naturalism and Faith
For those who don’t follow me on Twitter, my morning salvo against naturalism: Few things are as ironic as a […]
faith, naturalismWould Jesus want you to stay married to a psychopath?
This morning, I tweeted the following survey: Clinical psychopaths are manipulative anti-social narcissists who are incapable of experiencing love or […]
biblical ethics, hermeneutics, Jesus, marriage, psychopathy, sexual ethicsThe Ten (or more) Commandments of Christian Fundamentalism
In my memoir What’s So Confusing About Grace? I recount my experiences growing up fundagelical. The term “fundagelical” is (as you probably […]
culture, fundamentalismJesus could not sin. So was he really tempted?
Divine impeccability refers to the attribute of being unable to sin. Christians believe that God is impeccable in this sense. […]
A famous atheist contrasts philosophy, science, and theology
At the beginning of his classic History of Western Philosophy, Bertrand Russell offers the following distinction between philosophy, theology, and science: […]
atheism, Bertrand Russell, philosophy, science, theologyAre theological theories falsifiable?
There is a popular, but altogether mistaken idea that scientific theories differ from theological (or philosophical) ones in that the former […]
epistemology, falsification, science, theologyOn Worthwhile Conversation
Last week I wrote an article for my blog on the value of conversation with others, even when your interlocutor […]
conversation, dialogue, religious dialogueIf Jesus has not been raised, is our faith in vain?
Back in November, 2017, I posted a survey on Twitter asking if Christianity requires the historical resurrection of Jesus. A […]
historical Jesus, Jesus, resurrectionPuritans at the Cinema
Let me begin with this tweet I came across yesterday from Sean McDowell: A for Ant-Man and the Wasp: fun, […]
culture, evangelicalism, fundamentalism, moralism