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Encouraging followers of Christ to enter into the historic tradition of excellent Christian thinking, and inviting others to think in a fresh way about Christian beliefs.
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Unwilling to Tolerate Critical Analysis?
Last night I deleted a comment placed on the Manhattan Declaration thread The commenter subsequently complained to me by email, including this: Obviously you’re not a ‘thinking Christian’. You’re a stereotypical Christian, ...
“Discussion Grounds” Debate Picks Up
Luke and I have finished our first stage of conversation at the Discussion Grounds website, and have moved into debate on reasons to believe (or not) in Christianity. I wrote “Why I Believe (1)” last night, Luke has responded to that and ...
National Conference on Christian Apologetics
The National Conference on Christian Apologetics in Charlotte, NC is just about over—all but the Dinesh D’Souza/Christopher Hitchens debate in about two hours. It seems on one hand like I ought to have been blogging the conference, but in...
BreakPoint: Intelligent Artistry
BreakPoint has just published my article “Intelligent Artistry: Maybe We Should Read More Poetry,” a response to the new film Darwin’s Dilemma. It’s not a review, but rather more of a reaction to some thoughts the film got me ...
Great start at Discussion Grounds
From my perspective (for what it’s worth) “Common Sense Atheist” Luke and I are off to a great start on our blog conversation at Discussion Grounds. Come over and see, and leave a comment too....
Introducing “Discussion Grounds”
There’s a new experiment in dialogue under way: Discussion Grounds, with the subtitle, “Disciplined Debate on Religion and Related Matters.” This week Luke Muehlhauser, “Common Sense Atheist,” and I have begun a discussi...
On Liberal Bias in Academe with Some Remarks on Indoctrination
From the Maverick Philosopher: If one were to oppose all indoctrination, then one would have to present every extant view on every issue as if it had a legitimate claim on our attention. (Maverick Philosopher: Once Again on Liberal Bias in Academe ...
The Truth Holds Us
Reposted from February 27, 2006 In a world of religious and ideological divisions, there’s hardly any phrase that evokes more anger than “I know the truth.” It’s tolerated in mathematics and science, though even scientists are...
Keep Your Faith In College (Podcast)
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Staying Christian In CollegePodcast: oing to college was the best thing that ever happened to my spiritual life: it was there that I began my relationship with Christ, learned how to follow him, lea...
Resources for Keeping Your Faith In College
Books on Christianity In College Website: Boundless.org Focus Section—highly recommended! Campus Ministry Groups Campus Crusade for Christ Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Navigators Baptist Student Union (I cannot find a national level websi...
For Students and Parents, On Staying Christian In College
Students are heading back to college soon. What’s it like for Christians on secular campuses? For some it’s a spiritually rich experience where pressures and opportunities come together to build faith. These students often discover great ...
God and the Genocide Question
This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series God and GenocideTo finish my series on God and his alleged acts of genocide in the Old Testament (OT) will take a longer post than usual. I’ve divided it up into four entries, but there’...
Resources on the Question of God and Genocide
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series God and GenocideMatthew Anderson signaled this to us, and I want to be sure we all have opportunity to look at it: a continuing discussion on the question of God and his alleged acts of genocide in ...
God and Genocide: Clarifying the Question
This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series God and GenocideEarly this week we started to take a look at whether God is guilty of genocide, in various places in the Old Testament where he commanded Israel to destroy certain nations. The quest...
The Mental Secularization of Christians
Harry Blamires wrote the following in his landmark 1963 book, The Christian Mind: How Should a Christian Think? The standardizing influence of the Ministry of Education has weighed heavily on these [Church] colleges [in England], and their developme...
Did God Commit Genocide In the Bible?
The God of the Bible is often charged with gross immorality, especially for ordering entire nations to be destroyed in the Old Testament. He commanded Israel to cleanse Canaan of its immoral, idol-worshiping nations after the Exodus, and in 1 Samuel ...
Peter Singer’s Good Example
I have strong disagreements with Princeton ethicist Peter Singer, but after listening to him debating John Hare (professor of philosophical theology at Yale University), I must say I appreciate this: he has actually studied what he opposes. He knows ...
Mary Poplin on “Jesus and the University”
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Deep Social ChangeYou wouldn’t expect a talk on Jesus and the University to start in Calcutta, India, but that’s the context in which Mary Poplin presented her thoughts on this topic. Po...
