December 2015
- 30: The Meaning of Life: A New Year’s Eve Reflection (24)
- 29: You now have permission to admit The Force Awakens is lame (53)
- 29: 80. The Problem with Porn: A conversation with Matt Fradd (20)
- 27: Making a Murderer: A Review (8)
- 24: How young was the Virgin Mary … and was that too young? (73)
- 22: Should you risk your children getting malaria … or affluenza? (16)
- 20: Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God? A Question Explored Through Sheep and Goats (278)
- 20: Upcoming Lecture on “Is the Atheist My Neighbor?” (25)
- 19: False Analogies or the Fallacy Fallacy? (8)
- 19: Why Brilliant People Believe Nonsense: A review (10)
- 17: Why would an atheist respect the Calvinist God? (132)
- 17: 79. Bringing the Gospel to the poorest nation on earth (19)
- 17: How to tell if somebody is demon possessed: points 3-5 (26)
- 15: On Reading the Bible Again for the First Time: A Review of God’s Story (13)
- 13: How to tell if somebody is demon possessed: 2. hidden knowledge (25)
- 12: Young, Restless, No Longer Reformed: A Review (28)
- 11: How to tell if somebody is demon possessed: 1. Do they have an aversion to holy things? (10)
- 09: Demon-possessed or mentally ill? (38)
- 07: 78. Hugh Ross on God, Science, and Reasons to Believe (150)
- 06: Jerry Falwell Jr: Jesus follower … or hate monger? (7)
- 04: The irrational fear of Islam, or why “radical Islam” is like the Ebola virus (233)
- 01: Should a Christian support Donald Trump for President? Of course not. Can they? I don’t think so. (15)
November 2015
- 30: The Church, homosexuality, and the role of personal experience (50)
- 28: Demon Possession: The book I should write someday… (3)
- 27: On Ape-Men and Grand Illusions (130)
- 24: Is it wrong to tell your children about Santa Claus? (38)
- 24: 77. Kenton L. Sparks on the Bible as Sacred and Broken Word (8)
- 21: Politicians, fascists, and used car salesmen (14)
- 19: On reading (and singing) the prayers of others (4)
- 18: The real scandal over Starbucks cups (9)
- 17: Hell and Holiness (10)
- 17: How absurd is atheist offense at calls to Pray For Paris? Very. (49)
- 15: Why atheists shouldn’t object to the call to “Pray for Paris” (100)
- 13: Atheist Arguments and Uncritical Anthropomorphism (75)
- 10: Should you hope God doesn’t exist so you can have some privacy? (Part 1) (14)
- 10: 76. Keith L. Johnson on Theology as Discipleship (0)
- 08: Everyone’s Daughter: A Review of India’s Daughter (42)
- 06: Meticulous Providence, Open Theism, and Twittery: A response to Greg Boyd (96)
- 05: Atheism and Christianity: the CHRI FM Interview (6)
- 04: Atheist as Neighbor Chapel Talk (19)
- 03: How to damn God with faint praise (26)
- 03: Did Jesus know absolutely everything? (102)
- 02: Want to lose friends and alienate people? Tell ’em about Jesus. (10)
- 01: Five Things You Could Have Done For Halloween (2)
October 2015
- 31: My Best Halloween Memory Ever. What’s Yours? (7)
- 30: Hell and Mr. Fudge: A Review (24)
- 28: Those who ignore the causes of Palestinian violence… (15)
- 27: What Joe Biden can teach us (63)
- 26: Offensively trite suburban reasons to believe in God # 257: New earbuds just when you need them (49)
- 25: The Atheist My Neighbor on “The God Show” (7)
- 24: Misoatheism: A New Label for Anti-Atheist Prejudice (34)
- 24: Thoughts on The Martian (29)
- 23: Gift Shop Wisdom (10)
- 22: Does the religious status of New Testament documents undermine their historical veracity? (37)
- 20: Koukl responds to Feser and I respond to Koukl (32)
- 19: Does Wintery Knight believe the sun orbits the earth? (9)
- 18: Slandering atheists (38)
- 17: Songs Jesus Would Sing: 2. The Alarm, “How the Mighty Fall” (0)
- 16: Aliens in our backyard? (17)
- 14: Can we handle the truth? A reflection on Lincoln Chafee’s bizarre honesty (11)
- 12: A Smile Can Hide All the Pain: A Review of “I’ll Be Me” (11)
- 10: An Atheist at Thanksgiving (Revisited) (13)
- 09: Do some Christian apologists spin their academic credentials? (34)
- 05: Are atheists rebelling against God? Greg Koukl says “No Duh!” (166)
- 04: Is the Golden Rule now a luxury we can ill afford? (46)
- 04: Ran for the Cure (6)
- 03: On Kinda Hoping God Doesn’t Exist (97)
- 02: Songs Jesus Would Sing: 1. Tesla, “Be a Man” (5)
- 02: Songs Jesus Would Sing: The birth of a new series (17)
September 2015
- 30: Another failed attempt to demonstrate that Calvinism is irrational (due to a contradiction) (43)
- 30: Running to make cancer history, one step at a time (4)
- 30: All about Eve: Wm. Paul Young Speaking in Edmonton (2)
- 29: The Golden Rule of Caricaturing the Beliefs of Others (10)
- 29: Calvinism is perfectly coherent. In which I continue defending a view I reject (108)
- 28: Calvinism as a logical contradiction (24)
- 28: Debriefing Calvinism and an article on hell (98)
- 27: If the God of Calvinism exists, would you worship him? (135)
- 26: I refuse to repent to a god who…? A response to Justin Schieber (103)
- 26: God’s not Dead in 7 Minutes (17)
- 25: The point is to become holy. Happiness comes later: Christianity Against Culture Part 2 (14)
- 23: The Making of an Enemy? The Tuggy-Spiegel Interview on Atheism (38)
- 21: Rethinking short-term missions … and other forms of voluntourism (7)
- 20: The Rights of the Creator (87)
- 18: You Don’t Own Yourself: Christianity Against Culture Part 1 (115)
- 18: How big is the Solar System? (4)
- 15: Apathy, Hostility, and Is the Atheist My Neighbor? (58)
- 14: Still Talking Atheism on The Trinities Podcast (8)
- 14: Does William Lane Craig care about the truth of Christianity? (71)
- 12: Can Christians and Atheists Stop Fighting? The Rauser/Shaha Conversation (31)
- 11: Joe Biden talking about loss with Stephen Colbert (28)
- 11: The Skeptic Community and Irrational Doubt: A second response to Justin Schieber (4)
- 09: Atheist tweets on faith: A response to Justin Schieber (23)
- 08: Running for a Good Cause (14)
- 07: Talking Atheism on The Trinities Podcast (0)
- 07: Human value revisited: Could divine attachment contribute to human value? (9)
- 06: Human value and the atonement: A Reply to Andy Bannister (17)
- 05: The Berenstain Conspiracy and beyond… (9)
- 04: Are Christians being hypocrites about marriage? (18)
- 02: Christians standing against gay marriage need to be consistent on divorce (30)
August 2015
- 31: Atheism and Christian Hospitality: A conversation with Father Ron (7)
- 29: Why I don’t like agnostics calling themselves atheists (57)
- 27: The Contemptuous Atheist (42)
- 27: Upcoming media appearances for Is the Atheist My Neighbor? (0)
- 26: A Slap of Persuasion? A Review of Os Guinness, Fool’s Talk: Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion (34)
- 24: Stephen Colbert on providence and the problem of suffering (54)
- 23: Is Jeff Lowder a philosopher? (11)
- 23: God and the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald (5)
- 22: What chance has she? (18)
- 21: The Bitterness of Redemption (10)
- 20: The hack of AshleyMadison.com accompanied by the world’s smallest violin (22)
- 18: The Myth of the Free Thought Parent (37)
- 17: Real Atheology considers whether a meaningful life requires God (88)
- 16: 14. Is Allah the god of the Bible? (3)
- 15: Matthew Manry reviews Is the Atheist my Neighbor? (5)
- 15: Faith-Head Christians vs. Brain-Dead Atheists (52)
- 07: Christology, Anthropology, Theodicy. Inconsistency? (35)
- 06: Should Christian clergy be expected to believe that God exists? (80)
- 05: On the Awkward Romanticism and Individualism of Popular Christian Music (10)
- 04: A Primer to Irenic Biblical Debate on Contentious Moral Issues (27)
- 01: The Apologist’s Dilemma (62)
July 2015
- 30: We’re All James Palmer (more or less) (21)
- 29: Another illustration of the deep problems with imputation theories of atonement (69)
- 27: Patience: A Sermon (23)
- 25: What is a Christian movie? (Hint: It isn’t merely a movie that’s marketed to Christians) (12)
- 24: My exchange with Matt Fradd on God’s not Dead (15)
- 24: An Unfundamentalist reviews Is the Atheist My Neighbor? (5)
- 22: Christians and Atheists: My “Strange Notions” Article (1)
- 22: Is American Religious Conservatism driving people away from the church? (106)
- 21: 13. What about the ontological argument? (3)
- 21: 12 Minutes with the 59 Second Apologist (0)
- 17: Randal talks atheism on “The Ride Home with John and Kathy” (5)
- 15: How not to advise a wannabe activist (89)
- 15: A day after Pluto, a look back at the Pale Blue Dot (8)
- 14: The first Amazon.com review for Is the Atheist My Neighbor? (6)
- 14: Is the Bible Reliable? The Sermon (20)
- 14: Is the Atheist My Neighbor? gets a mention on “Catholic Answers Live” (4)
- 12: The Commie Bible, and other ideological influences on Bible translation (15)
- 11: My Conversation on Heaven with Paul Arthur (0)
- 11: Randal on Atheism: The Bob Dutko Interview (10)
- 10: Does abstinence belong in sex education? (45)
- 10: My interview on atheism with Dr. Michael Brown (9)
- 09: Is the Atheist My Neighbor? is now available in Kindle (6)
- 09: The death of the Christian bookstore (7)
- 08: Christians and Atheists: The Matt Fradd Interview (18)
- 07: The 59 Second Apologist is on YouTube (0)
- 07: Should you ever shun anybody? (8)
- 06: Keith Parsons on Atheism, Theism, and Irenicism (15)
- 05: 12. The 59-Second Apologist: What is apologetics? (3)
- 04: All the world is not a courtroom: The problematic metaphor of religious conservatives (3)
- 04: Jeff Lowder on Is the Atheist My Neighbor? (15)
- 03: Randal Talks Atheism, Neighbors, and Back to the Future on The Storymen Podcast (3)
- 02: How to tell you were raised dispensational (5)
- 02: The Perplexities of Privileging Particular Parents (2)
- 01: A simple way to allay fears of religious discrimination: stop marrying for the state (121)
- 01: The Parable of the Good Atheist (19)
June 2015
- 30: The Parable of the Good Atheist (10)
- 29: Ten things that are more disturbing than gay marriage (92)
- 28: Review copies of Is the Atheist My Neighbor? for Bloggers (6)
- 26: Many Bad Bibles … and the Worst of them All (12)
- 26: Barack Obama on Is the Atheist My Neighbor? (6)
- 24: God and Moral Obligation: A Review (44)
- 24: Are we there yet? The long journey to Pluto (13)
- 23: 11. The 59-Second Apologist: Is the incarnation a contradiction? (16)
- 22: Would you sacrifice your son if God told you to? (135)
- 21: Knocking Down the Strawman Theist (89)
- 20: Further reflections on Baggini’s Atheism: A Very Short Introduction (22)
- 18: 75. Allan Effa on Religious Pilgrimage (12)
- 18: Is the Atheist My Neighbor? is now in stock at Amazon (9)
- 17: All my books together in one place! (40)
- 16: Remaining a Christian doesn’t make you stupid any more than becoming an atheist makes you smart (9)
- 15: Reductionism Propaganda? On the wily ways of the open-minded dogmatist (28)
- 14: Was the Bible written by God or men? And other false dichotomies (18)
- 13: Buy the book all the smart and cool atheists are reading! (10)
- 11: 74. The Problem with Jebus (181)
- 10: My new book on atheism is already bringing Christians and atheists together (43)
- 10: Is the Atheist My Neighbor? The Promo Flyer (0)
- 09: Is the Atheist My Neighbor? Support the Book and Change the Conversation (51)
- 08: My abortive Nuskeptix conversation with atheist Raphael Lataster (146)
- 06: Animal Resurrection (42)
- 05: What makes you really, really angry? (24)
- 04: 73. Randal interviews Randal on the Atheist as Neighbor (25)
- 03: Religion without God : A Review (Part 1) (69)
- 02: Is the Atheist My Neighbor? The Cover (19)
- 02: Is the Atheist My Neighbor? The J.L. Schellenberg Endorsement (90)
- 01: Scientism and Sneer Quotes (159)
May 2015
- 31: One simple way to tell that a particular atheist lacks intellectual credibility (113)
- 30: Yahweh vs. Thor (75)
- 30: Science is no substitute for religion: A Reader’s Journey Through God or Godless (Part 7) (30)
- 28: One of the dumber things Christopher Hitchens said (182)
- 27: When you are so free that you’re not free to choose evil (42)
- 25: 10. The 59-Second Apologist: Will we have free will in heaven? (132)
- 24: The Biblical God Required Child Sacrifices for His Pleasure: A Reader’s Journey Through God or Godless (Part 6) (48)
- 22: Minding the Memes (138)
- 21: 72. You’re not as Crazy as I Think (11)
- 20: If There Is No God, Then Everything Is Permitted: A Reader’s Journey Through God or Godless (Part 5) (152)
- 18: Reading Glasses (19)
- 17: Pigliucci the Prophet (50)
- 15: A More Christlike God: A (very long and detailed) Review (34)
- 13: The Biblical Concept of God Evolved from Polytheism to Monotheism: A Reader’s Journey Through God or Godless (Part 4) (61)
- 12: A Primer to my Reader’s Journey Through God or Godless (4)
- 11: More heat than light? Debriefing the Gagnon/Ozanne Debacle (30)
- 10: 71. Can the Church Be Saved? A conversation with Philip Kenneson (11)
- 08: Should women be allowed to preach if it is carried out under the authority of a male elder? (35)
- 07: If there is no God, then life has no meaning: A Reader’s Journey Through God or Godless (Part 3) (102)
- 05: If you want to see folk damned, there is something wrong with you! (105)
- 05: Too short for its own good? A Reader’s Journey Through God or Godless (Part 2) (7)
- 04: Blowback: A Reader’s Journey Through God or Godless (Part 1) (30)
- 01: 70. Brad Jersak on a more Christlike God (67)
April 2015
- 28: Justifying Naturalism? (172)
- 27: A Primer for (Generous) Transgender Theological Reflection (12)
- 26: Can Christianity guarantee your happiness? (36)
- 24: Justin Schieber’s objections to the proper basicality of theism considered (50)
- 23: Transcript for the Rauser/Schieber Debate (1)
- 22: 69. Danielle Strickland on the Gospel and Kingdom (63)
- 21: Intelligent Design and Astrology (23)
- 20: Belief and Doubt in the 21st Century (3)
- 20: Does God Exist? The Rauser/Schieber Debate (3)
- 20: Interview: What on Earth Do We Know About Heaven? (0)
- 20: Interview: Healthy Debate and Discussion (1)
- 20: Interview: A Discussion on Apologetics (0)
- 20: A Reader’s Journey through God or Godless this May (119)
- 19: The Anthropocentrism Switcheroo? (126)
- 18: Lessons from the tragicomic aging rock star (8)
- 17: Can you hear the groaning of creation? (107)
- 16: Belief and Doubt in the 21st Century (22)
- 15: Meaningful relationship and propositional knowledge: A response to Justin Schieber (Part 2) (120)
- 13: Meaningful relationship and propositional knowledge: A response to Justin Schieber (Part 1) (125)
- 13: Does God Exist? The Rauser/Schieber Debate mp3 (24)
- 11: Debating God: The Rauser/Schieber Debate is Up! (45)
- 10: 68. Justin Schieber on knowledge, God and morality (5)
- 09: Mocking Atheism (61)
- 08: Crucify! Crucify! The standard evangelical response to the Christian provocateur? (20)
- 07: 67. Justin Schieber on rationality and religious disagreement (72)
- 05: Easter and the Resurrection to Judgment (34)
- 03: Are We Alone? How Nova gets the ultimate question wrong (and why it matters) (50)
- 02: Joe Walsh and the Problem of Evil (202)
March 2015
- 31: In defense of rational disagreement (164)
- 31: The Wrath of God was Satisfied: A Passion Week Sermon (11)
- 30: Insight TV interview – March 2015 (0)
- 28: 66. Reformed Epistemology: A Conversation with Myron Penner (91)
- 27: Beyond so-called Friendship Evangelism (16)
- 26: Randal provides some heavenly insight to “Insight” (5)
- 25: Atheist Hate Speech at the Prayer Breakfast? (126)
- 24: Preparing Christian kids for the university faith-buster class (37)
- 23: Apologetics and the cult of concision or, not every conversation can be had in under four minutes (75)
- 22: Can evangelicalism save you from spiritual confusion? (7)
- 20: Do you have to love Jesus more than your children? (36)
- 17: 65. Ten Things a Seminarian Can Learn from St. Patrick (56)
- 16: Honor and the Problem of Evil (32)
- 13: 64. Michael Rea on Naturalism (29)
- 12: The Man I am Today: One soldier’s testimony and the problem of evil (37)
- 11: Awesome Pictures from the Rauser/Schieber Belief and Doubt Dialogue (12)
- 10: Reflections on the Rauser/Schieber Debate and Dialogue (69)
- 08: The Rauser/Schieber Debate: A very brief debrief (48)
- 07: 63. Michael Rea on Philosophy of Religion and Analytic Theology (22)
- 05: Is God the same thing as “magic”? (170)
- 03: Is the problem of evil a matter of interpretation? (230)
- 02: The editor comments on Is the Atheist My Neighbor? (3)
- 01: Ignorance as a badge of honor? Fundamentalism among Christians and atheists (90)
February 2015
- 27: 62. Paul Helm on God, Time, and Eternity (38)
- 26: The Rauser-Schieber Dialogue Revisited (6)
- 25: 9. The 59-Second Apologist: If the Bible is God’s Word, then why isn’t it clearer? (156)
- 23: Belief and Doubt in the Twenty-First Century is Coming! (March 8th) (2)
- 23: Divine Violence Revisited: My Response to Joshua Ryan Butler on “Unbelievable” (119)
- 22: Can you be Gay and Christian? My review on Amazon.com (7)
- 22: Belief and Doubt in the Twenty-First Century: A Christian-Atheist Dialogue (7)
- 21: I love Tabasco after all: An invitation to rediscover the church (47)
- 21: My Calgary Debate on God’s Existence with Justin Schieber (March 8th) (11)
- 20: Love has no shelf life: The goodness of life forever (197)
- 19: How should atheists think about theists who have a problem with atheism? (123)
- 19: How should we think about atheists who have no problem with atheism? (90)
- 18: Do you have enough faith to be a theist? Or an atheist? (107)
- 17: Healthy dialogue in a polarized world (122)
- 16: I Believe in Science! (72)
- 16: My March 7th Debate on God’s Existence with Justin Schieber (14)
- 15: My Hope is Built on Nothing Less than … Gopher Wood? The Case for Minimalist Apologetics (63)
- 14: Wise Words on the Crazy Train: Things evangelicals can learn from Ozzy Osbourne (12)
- 12: My review of Did God Really Command Genocide?: The Shorter Version (34)
- 11: 61. The Chaplains: Notes from the Frontlines (26)
- 10: Did God Really Command Genocide? A Review (Part 3) (149)
- 08: Why I don’t take young earth creationism seriously (even though I do take young earth creationists seriously) (34)
- 08: How to become a Christian when you’re not sure you believe (73)
- 05: Start with Christianity. Because it works. (130)
- 01: Apologetics and the Problem of the William Lane Craig Clones (86)
January 2015
- 30: Did God Really Command Genocide? A Review (Part 2) (280)
- 28: My Two Upcoming Debates on God’s Existence (17)
- 27: Did God Really Command Genocide? A Review (Part 1) (129)
- 26: What we can learn from “Loftus Logic” (or why John Loftus isn’t the Fonz) (30)
- 25: John Loftus bizarrely rants against me on Unbelievable. Sadly, all too believable. (84)
- 24: What’s splitting your church redux (3)
- 24: “Putting down wolves” and other chilling rhetoric (9)
- 23: 60. Worldview and Apologetics: A Conversation with Tawa Anderson (9)
- 21: A Wolf in Sheepdog’s Clothing? A review of American Sniper (35)
- 20: Does Neil deGrasse Tyson know the meaning of meaning? (20)
- 19: The Magic of Boyhood: A Review (0)
- 18: When is a Christian going to write a book defending atheists? (11)
- 17: Did you hear the one about the boy who went to heaven … except that he didn’t? (17)
- 16: Standing up against prejudice … and being called a hypocrite (17)
- 14: 59. A Response to Bill Maher on Religion and Free Speech (29)
- 13: 58. Matthew Flannagan on God and Genocide (42)
- 11: Buddha statues and Saddam statues: The problem of toleration (33)
- 09: What is a jerk? (21)
- 08: The Tentative Apologist (that’s me) talks apologetics with Boldcupofcoffee.com (12)
- 07: David Marshall takes on John Loftus (51)
- 05: 57. Terry Mortenson on Creationism (51)
- 04: The Hope of Holy War? A Review of The Skeletons in God’s Closet (Part 3) (82)
- 03: Don’t buy that car! Why I read Jalopnik (3)
- 01: A great deal on Burt’s Bees lip balm (9)