Theology That Bites Back
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 …
Introduction: The Authority of Scripture #1 Sermon Video We will be taking a brief three-week break from our current series in 2 Corinthians in order to spend our time on what might be called ...
Introduction: In Jonah Goldberg's most recent G-File, he has extended rumination on the distinctions between faith and belief. It was a thought-provoking piece, and so here are some thoughts on apologetics ...
Introduction to Truth: Pilate dared to ask his famous question—what is truth?—when the incarnate Truth had been arrested and was standing right there in front of him (John 18:38). Jesus had just ...
I think it is time for us to distinguish the Christian temper from various ideologies of the left and right that claim the mantle of scriptural authority. For example, socialists have confounded taking with sharing and libertarians have confounded autonomy with liberty. And both can produce Bible verses that commend sharing and liberty to us …
I recently saw a snippet of an interaction between Joel McDurmon and Mark Jones that made me think of something. And why not?, say I. It’s still kind of a free country. Why can’t I think of oblique stuff? So I offer this, not as my own engagement with their debate, but rather as a …
The problem of evil goes back at least to the time of Epicurus, and it runs like this. Why doesn’t God do something about the existence and reality of evil? Either He cannot do something about it, or He will not do something about it. If He cannot, then how is He omnipotent? If He …
Introduction The secular West has got a bad case of the staggers. And if I might engage in a little bit of cultural appropriation of my own—which is almost as bad as selling burritos in Portland while white—I would like to take a comment by Chesterton, jigger it just a bit, and then apply it …
I saw on Facebook that Richard Dawkins had summarily dispatched the God of the Bible. Not only so, but he did it in under three minutes. I found out about this feat of legerdemain because Ken Ham’s answer to this elegant business showed up in my feed, and so then I went and checked it …
If you would be so kind, I would like to ask you to view this brief bit of blasphemous cheek. It’ll just take a few minutes. Now then, all set? Let’s break this down into two basic parts. The first part is that Stephen Fry is given a thought experiment, and we should take a …
