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Finding the Devil in Rock and Roll … Backwards

November 18, 2020 by Randal

The single most infamous song of the backward masking craze of the 1980s was surely Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven.” A message from the devil or a trick of the imagination? I’ll say the latter. But when we were kids, playing “Stairway to Heaven” backward on the record player was still a memorable way to […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: devil, fundamentalism, Rock and roll, What's So Confusing About Grace?

A Wide-Ranging Interview with the Non-Alchemist

September 19, 2020 by Randal

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, Donald Trump, fundamentalism, hermeneutics, interview, theology

Five Signs that You Were Raised Fundagelical

August 10, 2020 by Randal

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: evangelicalism, fundagelicalism, fundamentalism, What's So Confusing About Grace?

Is Progressive Christianity Worse Than Atheism? My Response to Alisa Childers

May 21, 2020 by Randal

In this video, I offer a response to Christian apologist Alisa Childers’ article “5 Signs Your Church Might be Heading Toward Progressive Christianity.”

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: evangelicalism, fundamentalism, orthodoxy, theology

On the Fallacies of the Theological Conservative

May 14, 2020 by Randal

In this video, I critique Baptist theologian Russell Moore’s treatment of universalism. Unfortunately, the sound level is low but I’m not inclined to re-record it so it is what it is.

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: conservatism, fundamentalism, logical fallacies, Russell Moore, universalism

On the Pseudo-Piety of Shutting Down Questioning By Asking Who Are You, O Man?

January 23, 2020 by Randal

This morning, I tweeted my old (2012) review of David Lamb’s book God Behaving Badly. The review includes an extensive critique of Lamb’s attempt to rationalize and baptize biblical violence. Not surprisingly, I received a pseudo-pious reply from some self-righteous fellow who actually had the temerity to begin with “Who are you, o man?”. Who are you, […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Christianity, fundamentalism, piety, questioning

My Monday Morning Rant Against Evangelicals Who Undermine the Bible

January 20, 2020 by Randal

This morning, a tweet from Fuz Rana got under my skin. I should begin by saying that he seems like a nice chap and Reasons to Believe is less bad than Answers in Genesis. However, being nice and less-bad cannot save one from the fundamental error of treating the Bible as a confirmatory textbook for […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: bibliology, evangelicalism, fundamentalism, Fuz Rana, hermeneutics, inspiration

Creating People and Universes: On reading premodern theologians in light of modern science

January 15, 2020 by Randal

If conservative Christian theologians think it makes sense to cite premodern theologians on the scientific creation of the universe, they should also cite premodern theologians on the scientific creation of the human fetus. So you better revise your “life begins at conception” nonsense. Rather, the male body is ensouled forty days after conception, the female […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: fundamentalism, hermeneutics, science, theology

Should Conservatives Protest LGBT Hallmark Movies?

December 11, 2019 by Randal

The Hallmark Channel has a reputation for producing movies that social conservatives find wholesome. Not surprisingly, these movies get satirized by cynical Hollywood. Consider, for example, this 2017 satire courtesy of Saturday Night Live: (Yes, it is true that SNL is in New York while the Hallmark Channel is actually headquartered in, ahem, Studio City, California. […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: culture war, ethics, fundamentalism, LGBT, popular culture, sexual ethics

Rethinking Origins: The Evolution of a Young Earth Creationist

December 4, 2019 by Randal

In this article, I share a dialogue with David MacMillan, a former young earth creationist who has since come to a very different opinion. MacMillan currently lives in Washington DC with his wife and their children, where he works as a paralegal while studying for his J.D. at Columbus School of Law. He is featured […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Answers in Genesis, creationism, David MacMillan, evolution, fundamentalism, interview, Ken Ham, Neo-Darwinism, science

How (Not) to Read Like a Christian Fundamentalist

November 27, 2019 by Randal

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: culture, fundamentalism, hermeneutics

What is Atheistic Indoctrination? A Short Lecture

November 5, 2019 by Randal

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: atheism, fundamentalism, indoctrination

Fundamentalist Biblical Interpretation: A Critique

October 30, 2019 by Randal

Millions of conservative Protestant Christians (fundamentalists and evangelicals) believe that the Bible should be interpreted “literally where possible”. But is this a defensible interpretive principle? Does it even make sense? In this short lecture, I offer four objections to the Literal Where Possible Principle.

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bible, evangelicalism, fundamentalism, hermeneutics

When conservative Christians confuse their interpretation of the Bible with the Bible

October 27, 2019 by Randal

Yesterday, I tweeted the following observation: Many Christian conservatives profess to defend the inerrancy of Scripture when, in fact, they are defending the inerrancy of their interpretation of Scripture. In order to appreciate the reasoning of the conservative Christian, we should begin by unpacking the assumption that there is a commonsense way to interpret a […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: fundamentalism, hermeneutics, inerrancy, inspiration

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