Theology That Bites Back
Introduction: One of the intellectual problems that conservative Christians have is that they have allowed evolutionary assumptions to seep into their understanding of human history downstream from the question of our origins. They deny the theory of evolution proper, as well they ought, considering it to be, in the words of Malcolm Muggeridge, “one of …
Dear Ehud, In my last letter, I addressed (and answered) the belief that some Christians have had that consigns Jews to the status of "Christ-killers." That is a very specific issue, and one ...
Dear Ehud, Before we get to the arguments from Scripture—and they are coming, promise—I wanted to touch on one more subjective element that I suspect you are dealing with. In my previous ...
Dear Ehud, Let's start with the naming of Israel as Israel, because I think it has a great deal to do with what you are going through right now. I will personalize it for you at the end. The ...
Dear Ehud, Thanks for your reply, and all your questions were on the nose. The point you made about dealing up front with the family issue at some level made sense to me, but there is still a sense ...
Dear Ehud, Thanks for the email, and for the follow-up phone conversation. I think I have a good grasp of your questions now, and of your dilemma, and hope that I can be of some help. I am thankful that your friend Dawson recommended that you contact me—Dawson’s a great one. If you don’t mind, …
Introduction: In a recent post, I mentioned the atheism of James Lindsay, and was subsequently informed by a reader that Lindsay had recently rejected his former atheism, and now considers himself ...
Introduction: One of the difficulties that hampers our efforts in apologetics is an unfortunate tendency that we have in projecting New Testament categories back into the Old Testament. What ...
A bunch of tightly woven thoughts with no connecting phrases in between them. Sometimes no verb either. Cornelius Van Til used to write about “integration downward into the Void.” Spiritually insightful people knew what he was talking about, but now, with the events of the last five years, all of us should know what he …
A Thanksgiving Apologetic: Let us begin with the obvious. By definition, any sentient creature has one constant, solemn, unremitting duty, and that is the duty of gratitude. To be a creature is, in ...
