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The God who speaks

Don Carson on the importance of verbal revelation in God’s communication of Himself to humanity.

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Conflict for the Darwinian Dispute

Stuart re-examines the church’s response to the challenge posed by evolution in the nineteenth century.

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Friday Night Miscellany

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

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Conflict in the Newtonian Worldview

Stuart continues his series on the history of the Conflict Thesis, charting the rise of science after Galileo

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The essence of Christianity is Christ

Peter Kreeft explains that the heart of Christianity is not ethical, but metaphysical.

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Metastasizing the Christ Myth

Andre Zweck asks whether we should treat the gospels as we treat the tales of Thor or Hercules.

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The scientific community and self-criticism

Whatever your view on anthropogenic global warming, the recent hacking of private emails of the world’s top climate scientists has been a fascinating story. What is most interesting, however, is the way these emails give a rare insight into the behind-the-scenes efforts of scientists and the lengths some will go to shape the public perception of the claims of science.

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Jesus among the historians

Scot McKnight discusses the search for the historical Jesus and argues that common portraits of Jesus as merely a social revolutionary or religious teacher are unable to explain why he was killed or why the early Christians chose to identity themselves with him.

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Book Recommendation: Who Made God by Prof. Edgar Andrews

A new book by Edgar Andrews, scientist and Emeritus Professor of Materials at the University of London, challenges the scientific claims of certain atheists and presents Biblical theism as a more convincing alternative.

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Conflict for the Copernican Controversy

Stuart examines the Galileo controversy and asks whether it was a clear case of science vs faith.

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Albert Mohler on the New Atheism

A video of Albert Mohler’s presentation at the University of Louisville, explaining and defending the content of his latest book, Atheism Remix. The new book is a popular-level engagement of the New Atheism, helping Christians to understand and respond to the intellectual challenges raised by the the movement.

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Seeking God in Science: An Atheist Defends Intelligent Design

Against the critics of Intelligent Design theory, a new book by a philosopher of science argues that design theories are, in fact, science and that the arguments are stronger than most realize.

The author, Dr Bradley Monton, is a professor at the University of Colorado and specializes in the philosophy of physics. In his book, he examines the scientific evidence for intelligence design and argues that the argument from cosmology is important and persuasive. He is also an atheist.

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Conflict for the Conflict Thesis

Stuart examines the history behind the understanding that faith and science are in conflict.

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Apologetics on Twitter

Some apologists and apologetic ministries that are worth following on Twitter.

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The Christian eschatological hope

David Wells on the substance of Christian hope, from his book ‘The Courage to Be Protestant’.

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Olliphint on apologetics and the doctrine of Scripture

Dr. Scott Oliphint talks about how we should seek to apply the doctrine of Scripture to philosophy and our defense of Christianity.

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