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Martin Luther

What is Mere Christianity? Part 4: Eric Reitan Answers

October 16, 2018 by Randal

Introduction Our next installment in my series on mere Christianity comes from Eric Reitan. Dr. Reitan is Professor of Philosophy at Oklahoma State University and author of The Triumph of Love: Same-Sex Marriage and the Christian Love Ethic and Is God A Delusion?: A Reply to Religion’s Cultured Despisers. He is also coauthor of God’s Final Victory: A Comparative Philosophical Case […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: ecumenism, Eric Reitan, Martin Luther, mere Christianity

Reading the Bible informed by conscience

November 15, 2013 by Randal

In “A review of “God or Godless”, inerrancy, and begging the question” I defended myself against a reviewer of God or Godless who opined that I had made a “major mistake” in my theology by rejecting the doctrine of inerrancy. I pointed out that I don’t reject inerrancy, though I do reject indefensible articulations of […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bible, general revelation, hermeneutics, inerrancy, inspiration, Martin Luther, moral perception, natural law

Quote-mining Luther, Einstein and Feyerabend

October 4, 2011 by Randal

In my last post I expressed my dissatisfaction with the way that “anti-reason” quotes from Martin Luther get thrown around without context by atheists and skeptics as a way to marginalize Christianity and the concept of faith. Ray Ingles responded like this: I dunno. You got any quotes where he says something different? Or expresses the […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Albert Einstein, Martin Luther, Paul Feyerabend, quote-mining

Quote others the way you would have them quote you

October 4, 2011 by Randal

Martin Luther is a darling of the internet infidel community not least because he provided many quotable tidbits which can be invoked at will to marginalize Christians as being “irrational” or “anti-reason”. Take the case of Jag. In reference to the claim that faith is opposed to reason he noted “Martin Luther would have strenuously […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: academia, charity, Martin Luther, scholarship

The Intolerable Martin Luther

August 20, 2011 by Randal

Here is another entry from my forgotten back catalogue. In this article I critique the way that we airbrush our chosen heroes. I make the point by focusing on the hero of Protestantism, Martin Luther. However, the problem extends far beyond religious traditions. For the sake of truth we would all do well to heed […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Martin Luther, Protestantism, Reformation, tolerance

Calvinism preaches a God of love, and yet…

July 27, 2011 by Randal

The central objection to Calvinism has always been, and will always be, that God’s decision to elect some people to salvation whilst leaving (or electing) others to damnation is inconsistent with the notion of divine love. But Calvinists are not without their rebuttals. One common rejoinder is to argue that our understanding of love is imperfect. It […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Calvinism, divine love, election, Kobayashi Issa, Martin Luther, omnibenevolence, Philip Melanchthon, providence

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