I’ve been talking about biblical violence on Twitter over the last day. So now I’m back to my blog and […]
- Home
- The Tentative Apologist
The Day Christopher Hitchens Beat Five Apologists with a Story
This morning, I posted the following observation in a tweet: We will only begin to appreciate the power of the […]
apologetics, narrative, storytellingChristians, you are allowed to wrestle with the problem of biblical violence
Imagine for a moment that you are in conversation with a person from another religion and you discover that their […]
biblical violence, hermeneuticsNo True Christian. No True Muslim
My Video Review of God’s Not Dead with Capturing Christianity
My Coronavirus Post
At times of the pandemic, some people shelter in their homes in immobilizing fear, stockpile (and then price gouge) hand […]
coronavirus, ethics, virtueWhat Does It Mean to be a Tentative Apologist?
It was the summer of 1996 and I was taking my first course in graduate school. The course was taught […]
apologetics, epistemic humility, Tentative ApologistAntinatalism: A Rebuttal
This week’s edition of “Unbelievable” features a debate/dialogue on antinatalism between anti-natalist philosopher David Benatar and Christian philosopher Bruce Blackshaw. […]
antinatalism, Justin Brierley, UnbelievableThe extraordinary claim that Christianity is irrational
This happens a lot: atheists online tell me that my beliefs are “absurd” or (only slightly more charitably) that I’m […]
Christianity, epistemology, irrationality, rationality, Steven TigerBe Right Back: On the ethics of using technology to recreate the deceased for the grieving
My wife recently pointed me to this video clip on YouTube — an excerpt from a full-length Korean documentary — […]
ethics, grief, technology, virtual reality