The Day Christopher Hitchens Beat Five Apologists with a Story

March 21, 2020 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / No Comments

This morning, I posted the following observation in a tweet: We will only begin to appreciate the power of the […]

apologetics, narrative, storytelling

83. God’s Story: A Conversation with Mark Roncace

January 29, 2016 / Randal / Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist / 12 Comments

When I was growing up in the church, my earliest encounters with the Bible came in the terms of the […]

Bible, interview, Mark Roncace, narrative, violence

Smith, Jones, and wandering into “Wandering in the Darkness”

November 9, 2013 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 2 Comments

Yesterday I started reading Eleonore Stump’s magisterial 2010 book Wandering in the Darkness: Narrative and the Problem of Suffering (Oxford: Clarendon […]

analytic philosophy, Eleonore Stump, evil, narrative, Wandering in the Darkness

12. A conversation on scripture as narrative with biblical scholar Keith Bodner

August 12, 2013 / Randal / Podcast, Podcast-The Tentative Apologist, The Tentative Apologist / 4 Comments

In this episode of the podcast we sit down with Dr. Keith Bodner, Professor of Religious Studies and the Stuart […]

Bible, Deuteronomistic history, drama, inspiration, interview, Keith Bodner, narrative, Old Testament, scripture

What? No Bible at the Hard Rock Hotel? (Notes on Orlando Part 1)

February 6, 2013 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 12 Comments

Early this morning I returned from a few days family vacation at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. In the spirit of Alexis […]

Bible, Hard Rock Hotel, narrative, Orlando, Rock and roll