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The Tentative Apologist

Enjoying the Old Testament: A Review

May 2, 2022 by Randal

Eric A. Seibert, Enjoying the Old Testament: A Creative Guide to Encountering Scripture. IVP Academic, 234 pp. Francis Bacon famously observed, “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested…” For many Christians, the Old Testament is like spinach: we know it is good for us, but […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bible, biblical studies, Enjoying the Old Testament, Eric Seibert, review

Progressive Christians Love Jesus Too Is Now Available in Kindle!

April 28, 2022 by Randal

BIG NEWS! The Kindle version of my latest book Progressive Christians Love Jesus Too is now available! The paperback should be available by tomorrow. Spread the word! Pick up your copy now!

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist

Bullies and Saints: An Honest Look at the Good and Evil of Christian History: A Review

April 27, 2022 by Randal

John Dickson. Bullies and Saints: An Honest Look at the Good and Evil of Christian History. Zondervan, 2021, 328 pp. Historian Howard Zinn observes, “all history, while recalling the past, serves some present interest.” Anyone who has spent time on the interweb talking to skeptics and atheists has likely encountered Christian history told from the […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, Bullies and Saints, Christian history, church history, John Dickson, review

Progressive Christians Love Jesus Too: The Cover Revealed!

April 23, 2022 by Randal

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Sitting on My Hands

April 20, 2022 by Randal

On Sunday night, I finished the typesetting for my next book, Progressive Christians Love Jesus Too. Now I’m sitting on my hands waiting for the completion of the covers and a few other details. Once that is all complete, the book should be available in hardcopy within a few days. Kindle will follow in about a […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: progressive Christianity

Progressive Christians Love Jesus Too

April 11, 2022 by Randal

Here is the back cover promotional description for my forthcoming book Progressive Christians Love Jesus Too. Some Christians want to silence the progressive conversation. Don’t let them.  They’ve been called “progressive Christians.” Their ranks include Brian McLaren, Rob Bell, Peter Enns, Rachel Held Evans, John Pavlovitz, Richard Rohr, and many others. Over the last two […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Another Gospel? Alisa Childers, Progressive Christians Love Jesus Too

Announcement on My Next Book: Progressive Christians Love Jesus Too

April 6, 2022 by Randal

Last year, I read a really bad book: Alisa Childers’ Another Gospel? is an ignorant polemical screed that attacks several Christian thought leaders by name, insisting that these individuals (people like Peter Enns, Brian Zahnd, Rachel Held Evans, Richard Rohr, and so on) are not Christians at all but rather wolves out to destroy God’s church. Sadly, […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Alisa Childers, Progressive Christians Love Jesus Too

Should Christians Believe Muhammad Rode on a Flying Horse?

April 5, 2022 by Randal

I often hear a version of this quip from atheists: “If you accept the Bible’s miracles, why don’t you accept that Muhammad rode a flying horse?” The assumption lying behind the question is this: if you accept one miracle claim, why don’t you accept them all? Sorry to burst your balloon, but that’s like asking “If […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: epistemology, miracle, testimony

Forgiveness

April 2, 2022 by Randal

This is my personal statement that I forgive the individuals who have attacked me in the last week. I forgive the individual who tweeted without evidence “You are a racist!” and subsequently liked a tweet that claimed I use the ‘n’ word. I forgive the person who tweeted the despicable claim that I use the […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: forgiveness

So I’ve Been Publicly Shamed: Or, Why I Hate Twitter

March 29, 2022 by Randal

Yesterday, I posted a critique of Will Smith on Twitter. Personally, given that I do investigatory work into workplace conflict including instances of physical and emotional abuse, harassment, and other breaches of psychological safety, I was especially disturbed by his recourse to violence in hitting Chris Rock coupled with the toxic masculinity encapsulated in modeling […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: racism, twitter

Steelmanning, Strawmanning, and Supermanning

March 28, 2022 by Randal

We’ve probably all heard of the strawman fallacy. And many of us have also heard of the perceived opposite of strawmanning, namely steelmanning. In this article I want to introduce another informal fallacy. To my knowledge, I am the first to articulate the concept and coin the term supermanning. Check out the analysis and avoid the fallacy! Let’s […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: logical fallacy, steelman, steelmanning, strawman, strawmanning

How to Respond to Someone Wrestling with Solipsism

March 23, 2022 by Randal

From time to time, I am asked how I would respond to various skeptical truth claims such as idealism, anti-realism, or solipsism. Just the other day, I received an email asking me the solipsist question. The interesting thing about this questioner is that  they are seriously contemplating that they may be the only mind that […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: chance, Littlewood's Law, solipsism

The Problem with Young Earth Creationism in One AiG Tweet

March 11, 2022 by Randal

There are a lot of problems with young earth creationism. Most people are well versed in the scientific problems. But no less daunting are the hermeneutical problems as helpfully summarized in this AiG tweet: God’s Word makes it clear that he created everything in six literal days (as plainly defined per the Hebrew word for […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Answers in Genesis, hermeneutics, young earth creationism

My Statement on Bruxy Cavey’s Sexual Abuse of a Congregant

March 11, 2022 by Randal

The results of the investigation into Canadian celebrity pastor Bruxy Cavey are out. According to Bruxy’s statement on his blog, he had an “extramarital affair.” His statement is titled “My Confession” and is ostensibly presented as a raw and honest admission of this “adulterous relationship” which is his “darkest sin” and “greatest failure”. Importantly, he […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bruxy Cavey, sexual abuse

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