The “New” Objective Morality
The final days of the 20th century and beginning days of the 21st were rife with socio-political...
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Category: Philosophy
Productive dialogue begins with a truthful premise
Have you ever found yourself in a conversation that was going absolutely nowhere? No matter what...
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The Art of the Reductio
While we’d all like to think we are prone to rational discourse, we nevertheless can be deceived into thinking that just because someone is smart, they are a careful thinker. As the example of Jesus, Paul, and parents everywhere shows—this is not necessarily the case.
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Philosophers Define Atheism as the Proposition that God Does Not Exist
It’s quite common for the atheistic community that hangs out online to claim that atheism is merely the psychological lack of a belief in God or any gods. However, a recent Facebook conversation sparked discussion around how philosophers define it, which seems to decisively answer the question.
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Facts vs. Faith vs. Feelings: How Do We Know and Experience God?
The intellectual side of Christianity is very attractive and most natural to me, so I’ve been thinking about a way to understand our relational experience of Christ in this context. By using some pragmatic philosophy, we can draw helpful distinctions between the various ways we know and experience God and his world.
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Why Fight for Free Will? w/ Tim Stratton
One of the most important internal discussions I think Christians can have involves whether or not we have been endowed with free will by our Creator. Why does it matter whether or not we have free will? To answer that question (and a few more!), I brought on my good friend and founder of FreeThinking Ministries, Tim Stratton.
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Careful Conversations: Be Willing to Change Your Mind
Do you think it’s possible you could be wrong about certain things you know? I think an important part of having careful conversations is the willingness to change your mind. Here’s what I mean.
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Careful Conversations: Craft Sound Arguments
The third theme I noticed in my attempts to create careful conversations with those who disagree...
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“I Don’t Know, and You Don’t Either!” — Confronting Science of the Gaps
The tables are turning in the case of an oft-parroted accusation against biblical theists....
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099: Not Convinced ≠No Evidence
When evaluating the evidence for Christian truth claims, many skeptics assert there simply is no...
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094: Moral Facts Must Be Grounded
Are moral facts obvious, and if so, can they be accounted for objectively? That’s the...
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093: (Update 1) William Lane Craig and the Historical Adam
Recently, noted Christian philosopher William Lane Craig announced his next area of study to be...
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How to Avoid the Superfluous Distinction Fallacy
Bible interpretation is a very important—and very tricky—thing. In...
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068: How to Love God (Part 1)
Have you ever thought about the incomprehensibility of finite creatures like you me loving the...
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Reader Question: What is God’s Relationship to Time?
One of my readers, Amy, asked the following question, and I thought my response would make a...
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Is Atheism a Worldview?
Note: This post makes mention of Ravi Zacharias. It is with a heavy heart that I must acknowledge...
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God and the Laws of Logic: A Brief Defense of Divine Conceptualism
There are features of our universe which must be explained if we are to have rational debate, and...
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Is the Christian Salvation Experience Unique?
Note: This post makes mention of Ravi Zacharias. It is with a heavy heart that I must acknowledge...
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4 Reasons Why Atheism is Intrinsically Unintelligent
Note: This post makes mention of Ravi Zacharias. It is with a heavy heart that I must acknowledge...
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How Can a Christian Make Sense of Personal Tragedy?
Note: This post makes mention of Ravi Zacharias. It is with a heavy heart that I must acknowledge...
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My Journey from Evidential to Presuppositional Apologetics
Apologetics, as a theological discipline, has been practiced in a variety of ways over the years....
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Are Origins a Question of Science, or Philosophy?
Note: This post makes mention of Ravi Zacharias. It is with a heavy heart that I must acknowledge...
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Does Society Determine Morality?
Recently I was engaged in a discussion with an unbeliever on another apologetics ministry’s...
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Is “Truth” Foundational to Knowledge?
Note: This post makes mention of Ravi Zacharias. It is with a heavy heart that I must acknowledge...
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