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Revelation and our mode of understanding

Dr. Scott Oliphint, professor of Apologetics at Westminister Theological Seminary, discusses what it means for God to accommodate Himself in his communication with us, and what this means for our understanding of Biblical passages that talk of God changing his mind.

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Plantinga's Warranted Christian Belief now available online

Christian Classics Ethereal Library has made available Alvin Plantinga’s important work on epistemology and the rationality of theistic belief.

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New audio from 2009 Apologetics Symposium

New Reformation Press has just made available the lectures from a symposium that was hosted earlier this year on the topic of Apologetics and the defense of the historicity of the Bible.

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Merry Christmas from Thinking Matters

From all our contributors, we want to wish everyone a Happy Christmas.

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We’re dreaming of a Bright Christmas?

Should the God of the Bible be ditched along with Santa Claus & other children’s myths?

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Is there salvation outside Christianity?

Do all religions lead to God? What happens to those who have never heard the Gospel? Wintery Knight has pointed out a helpful summary of the book, Four Views on Salvation in a Pluralistic World, which addresses these questions.

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A bridge to nowhere: Wilson on New Atheism and morality

Douglas Wilson has written a guest article over at On Faith, discussing atheism, morality and whether we need God to be good.

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Challenging naturalism: David Gordon on the Nagel controversy

David Gordon, of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, offers some comments on the controversy that has erupted in the wake of atheist philosopher, Thomas Nagel’s positive review of a new book on Intelligent Design.

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Truth and Integrity

David Wells on the relationship between truth and integrity.

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The Case for Life After Death

Christianity Today interviews Dinesh D’Souza about his latest book and his claim that evidence in modern science shows that the afterlife and realms like heaven and hell aren’t outrageous concepts.

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The God who condescends

Dr. Scott Oliphint, Professor of Apologetics at Westminister Theological Seminary, discusses the condescension of the Christian God in the incarnation.

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There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.

Stuart offers some thoughts on the proposed “Atheist” bus advertisements coming to New Zealand in March.

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Atheist philosopher slammed for endorsing Meyer's book on Intelligent Design

Atheist philosopher Thomas Nagel’s endorsement of Stephen Meyer’s latest book, Signature in the Cell, has generated ample debate and provoked outrage from his fellow atheists.

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Suffering and the Christian understanding of truth

Thomas Oden of Drew University Theological School explains why any Christian understanding of truth must include a willingness to suffer for that truth.

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Friday Night Miscellany

A roundup of news, articles and other items of interest from this week on the internet.

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Why Richard Dawkins Won't Debate Craig: "I'm Busy"

Richard Dawkins explains why he refuses to engage with Christian philosopher, William Lane Craig.

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