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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

    The Meaning and Rationality of Faith: A Christian and Atheist Conversation

    January 12, 2019 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / No Comments

    Christians and atheists often engage in heated debate over the rationality of faith. Unfortunately, those conversations tend to generate more […]

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    An Atheist and a Christian Walk into a Bar, epistemology, faith, Justin Schieber, rationality

    Would you kill your child if God told you to?

    December 20, 2018 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / No Comments

    If God told you to kill your child as an act of faith, would you do it? — Tentative Apologist […]

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    divine command, ethics, faith, morality

    Blind Faith: All the Way Down. A Review of one Chapter in Still Unbelievable.

    August 29, 2018 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / No Comments

    Over the last few days, I’ve spent some time interacting with comments on the recent episode of “Unbelievable” (for which I […]

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    faith, Justin Brierley, Still Unbelievable

    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

    Does atheism require more faith than Christian theism?

    December 26, 2017 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 87 Comments

    On Christmas Eve Lee Strobel tweeted that he didn’t have enough faith to be an atheist: To continue in atheism, […]

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    atheism, faith, Lee Strobel, theism

    What’s wrong with this atheist meme?

    September 11, 2017 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 13 Comments

    A couple people told me they found my last run at this meme too cryptic. So I decided to delete […]

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    atheism, epistemology, faith, knowledge, meme

    Exercises in Missing the Point: A Response to Counter Apologist’s Scorched Earth Review

    May 16, 2017 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 24 Comments

    I recently preached a sermon on faith and evidence and while it received a warm reception in the comments section […]

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    apologetics, Counter Apologist, evidence, faith, knowledge, rationality, review, sermon

    Three Ways Atheists Try to Rise Above the Hoi Polloi

    May 10, 2017 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 48 Comments

    Most of us have ways that we distinguish ourselves and our in-group from the common herd. Alas, in most instances […]

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    atheism, faith, rationality
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