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    Is divine command theory a danger in the hands of the mentally ill?

    July 30, 2018 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / No Comments

    Last year, Christian radio host Justin Brierley published his apologetics book, Unbelievable. It’s a delightful book — clearly argued and engaging […]

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    divine command ethics, divine command theory, ethics, mental illness

    Naturalism and Faith

    July 28, 2018 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / No Comments

    For those who don’t follow me on Twitter, my morning salvo against naturalism: Few things are as ironic as a […]

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    faith, naturalism

    Would Jesus want you to stay married to a psychopath?

    July 27, 2018 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / No Comments

    This morning, I tweeted the following survey: Clinical psychopaths are manipulative anti-social narcissists who are incapable of experiencing love or […]

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    biblical ethics, hermeneutics, Jesus, marriage, psychopathy, sexual ethics

    The Ten (or more) Commandments of Christian Fundamentalism

    July 25, 2018 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / No Comments

    In my memoir What’s So Confusing About Grace? I recount my experiences growing up fundagelical. The term “fundagelical” is (as you probably […]

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    culture, fundamentalism

    Jesus could not sin. So was he really tempted?

    July 24, 2018 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / No Comments

    Divine impeccability refers to the attribute of being unable to sin. Christians believe that God is impeccable in this sense. […]

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    A famous atheist contrasts philosophy, science, and theology

    July 22, 2018 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / No Comments

    At the beginning of his classic History of Western Philosophy, Bertrand Russell offers the following distinction between philosophy, theology, and science: […]

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    atheism, Bertrand Russell, philosophy, science, theology

    Are theological theories falsifiable?

    July 19, 2018 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / No Comments

    There is a popular, but altogether mistaken idea that scientific theories differ from theological (or philosophical) ones in that the former […]

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    epistemology, falsification, science, theology

    On Worthwhile Conversation

    July 17, 2018 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / No Comments

    Last week I wrote an article for my blog on the value of conversation with others, even when your interlocutor […]

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    conversation, dialogue, religious dialogue

    If Jesus has not been raised, is our faith in vain?

    July 17, 2018 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / No Comments

    Back in November, 2017, I posted a survey on Twitter asking if Christianity requires the historical resurrection of Jesus. A […]

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    historical Jesus, Jesus, resurrection

    Puritans at the Cinema

    July 15, 2018 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / No Comments

    Let me begin with this tweet I came across yesterday from Sean McDowell: A for Ant-Man and the Wasp: fun, […]

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    culture, evangelicalism, fundamentalism, moralism
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