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Continue reading →: the strongest arguments against God
In my opinion, the strongest argument against God is probably the existence of evil. After that, I think the argument from the existence of non-resistant non-believers (divine hiddenness) is intriguing. But I realized not too long ago that there is something very important to notice about them. They share a…
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Continue reading →: 10 resurrection applications pt 2
The resurrection is the starting point for setting expectations for the Christian life. I get this from Romans 6:4. We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk…
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Continue reading →: Jesus can sympathize with parents
In Hebrews chapter four we read that Jesus is able to sympathize with our weaknesses. That is an encouraging and worshipful thought. But it also seems to beg the question, just how well he can sympathize, exactly? Obviously, the circumstances and details of Jesus’ life experience were not identical to…
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Continue reading →: 10 resurrection applications pt 1
A while back I had the privilege of leading a study on the resurrection. We spent some time looking at the apologetic side of things. We spent some time examining the theological implications. And then we finished with thinking about its practical application for our lives, which I’d like to…
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Continue reading →: God and the island of knowledge
Debates about the origin of the universe often hit a dead end when one person posits an eternal creator God. What seems reasonable to the believer comes off as even more problematic to the unbeliever. Take Richard Dawkins for example, who objects to theism because he thinks suggesting that God…
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Continue reading →: reforming celibacy
Like any good evangelical, I’m no expert on church history. So I was recently intrigued to discover a lesser-known effect of the reformation, which is how it shaped Christian thought on celibacy among clergy. In the early church, married clergy was somewhat common. In the gospels we see that Peter…
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Continue reading →: a white man’s religion
I’ve heard it said before that Christianity is a white man’s religion. But of course, anybody with a brain or access to the internet can quickly find out that statement is dumb and laughable. What’s actually closer to the truth is that atheism or agnosticism is a white man’s religion.…
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Continue reading →: 2nd & 4th Corinthians
The books of the Bible that we know as 1 & 2 Corinthians were probably the second and either the third or fourth letters he wrote to the church in Corinth. We can piece this together fairly easily from what we do have even if we don’t have an exhaustive…
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Continue reading →: a problem for exclusivists
I am not the first and I will not be the last to ponder the question, “but what about those who never hear the gospel?” While Christians broadly agree that a person can only be saved by the atoning work of Jesus, there is disagreement over whether a person must…
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Continue reading →: sam harris makes me laugh
I had the pleasure of this Sam Harris video showing up on my YouTube feed the other day. I can’t say I’m very familiar with his work. I only know about Sam Harris from his association with the new atheism back almost 20 years ago or so. In the video,…
