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 ...
Less and Less Like a Judge at a Flower Show
Not the Trope, and Not the Houseplant
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, …
The Choices of James Lindsay
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 ...
Epimenides, Lewis, and the Van Tillians
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 ...
The Sinful Mind at Bay
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 Miscellany
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 ...
No Problem Passages
Introduction: One of the best things my father ever taught me—and there were many to choose from—was the idea that the Christian should resolve in his heart never to have any problem passages ...
The Task of Apologetics and the Marketplace of Ideas
Introduction: The central task of apologetics is to articulate and defend the Christian message against the objections and criticisms of unbelief. More than this, it is to proclaim the Christian gospel, ...
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Regime Dictionaries in Clown World
Introduction: One of the reasons why an unloving generation can come to think of themselves as entirely loving is they have assumed control of all the essential definitions. They have seized ...
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Our System Has a Hole in It
Introduction: If we are not too proud to learn a little ethical wisdom from Hank Williams, I would like to share the chorus from one of his songs with you. Yeah, my bucket’s got a hole in itYeah, my bucket’s got a hole in itYeah, my bucket’s got a hole in itI can’t buy no …
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