“When someone claims that they do contradict [Christ, Scripture, and natural revelation], this is generally a preface to an attempt at poor exegesis on the form of revelation they consider supreme. If they say that Jesus Himself is to be preferred (over against Scripture and natural revelation), this is likely because Jesus is about to …
That Cut Flowers Kind of Religious Liberty
Introduction: So I want to make a point I have made before, and I want to do it yet again, but this is perfectly all right because it is a point that cannot be made enough. And here it is again: Religious liberty is not a secular value. Religious liberty is a religious value, and …
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Psalm 104: A Hymn of Creation and Providence
Less Than False
“In short, ‘God does not exist’ is not a false statement. It is nonsense, incoherent” (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 86).
That Explains Some Things
The One Thing They Can’t Do
“It follows from this that no primary axiom can destroy itself. If it destroys itself, it is not a primary axiom” (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 83).
Even Believing that Nothing Makes Sense Makes No Sense
“If we are the end product of so many years of time acting on matter as governed by chance, then we have no reason to believe any of our thoughts to be true. Our current thoughts, whatever they are, are the simple behavior exhibited by these chemicals under these conditions and at this temperature. And …
God’s Little Reductio on Pluralism
Introduction: A few days ago I published a post on the French/Ahmari scuffle, in the course which I called on National Review to confess the name of Jesus. That post can be found here, and I am grateful to Andrew Sandlin for his response to my piece, which can be found here. There are some …
Standing on Air
“Either first principles are axiomatic and self-evident, or there are no principles at all anywhere, including the nihilistic principle that there are no principles” (Mere Fundamentalism, p. 82).
Letters from the Kind of People Who Write Letters
Open Carry or No?: My wife and I can’t agree but it looks like you’re sporting a sidearm in your Twitter banner photo. That’s all. Jordan Jordan, I have a sidearm, but that fact cannot be ascertained from that photo. On Arrogance and Humility: Challenging and convicting, thank you, and the Holy Spirit for how …