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    On Pastors Who Doubt

    February 10, 2019 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / No Comments

    Some pastors doubt. For a surprisingly raw and candid exploration of this reality, see the film First Reformed. Pastors sometimes doubt […]

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    doubt, faith, ministry

    Can you be a Christian if you doubt?

    January 22, 2019 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / No Comments

    I grew up in a Christian tradition that greatly valued the certainty of one’s convictions: the “man of faith” was […]

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    assurance, doubt, faith, knowledge

    Should we be (most) certain that God exists?

    April 5, 2018 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / No Comments

    Today this tweet from Douglas Axe (director of Biologic Institute who tweets here) caught my attention: Since we humans always […]

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    certainty, doubt, Doug Axe, epistemology, proper basicality, theism

    God, Evolution, and Creation: A Short Interview

    January 18, 2017 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 9 Comments

    Here’s are some clips from an interview I did with Pastor Todd Petkau of Riverwood Church in Winnipeg. In these […]

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    Darwinism, doubt, evolution, interview, Todd Petkau

    When you can’t believe, the church can do it for you

    October 4, 2016 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 15 Comments

    Yesterday while I was doing the Run for the Cure I listened to Krista Tippett’s interview with author and pastor […]

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    church, doubt, ecclesiology, faith, Krista Tippett, Nadia Bolz-Weber

    Doubters and Questioners

    August 15, 2016 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 11 Comments

    Today I was reading through Cormac McCarthy’s Sunset Limited: A Novel in Dramatic Form, (New York: Dramatists Play Service, 2006). It’s a […]

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    Cormac McCarthy, doubt, existentialism, Sunset Limited

    On the Use of People to Benefit Other People: A response to Jason Thibodeau

    August 13, 2016 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 32 Comments

    In my review of John L. Schellenberg’s book The Hiddenness Argument I offered the following scenario as a possible reason why God […]

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    atheism, divine hiddenness, doubt, Jason Thibodeau, skepticism

    Thoughts on Certainty: The Evangelical Leader and the Liberal Bishop (Part 2)

    April 17, 2016 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 54 Comments

    In my opening installment of this series I cited Dave Tomlinson’s parable of the evangelical leader and liberal bishop. I’m […]

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    certainty, doubt, epistemology, evangelical, liberal

    Read Chapter 1 of Is the Atheist My Neighbor?

    January 10, 2016 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 10 Comments

    It’s been awhile since I talked about my book Is the Atheist My Neighbor? That’s the same book that received […]

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    atheism, dialogue, doubt, Is the Atheist My Neighbor?, Rebellion Thesis, skepticism

    Are atheists rebelling against God? Greg Koukl says “No Duh!”

    October 5, 2015 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 166 Comments

    In a new 3 minute video Greg Koukl, Christian apologist from “Stand to Reason”, answers the question “Are atheists just suppressing […]

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    atheism, doubt, Greg Koukl, Is the Atheist My Neighbor?, Rebellion Thesis
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