By: Jason|29 November, 2009|Categories: Quotes|Tags: D. A. Carson . Resurrection . Special Revelation . verbal revelation
Don Carson on the importance of verbal revelation in God’s communication of Himself to humanity.
Read more »By: Stuart|28 November, 2009|Categories: Science & History|Tags: Charles Darwin . Conflict Thesis . Evangelicalism . evolution . Fundamentalism . Higher Criticism . John Scopes . Liberalism . Religion . science . Science Historiography
Stuart re-examines the church’s response to the challenge posed by evolution in the nineteenth century.
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Read more »By: Stuart|27 November, 2009|Categories: Science & History|Tags: Conflict Thesis . Deism . Enlightenment . Galileo . Jonathan Edwards . Mechanistic . Newton . Newtonian . Paley
Stuart continues his series on the history of the Conflict Thesis, charting the rise of science after Galileo
Read more »By: Jason|25 November, 2009|Categories: Quotes|Tags: Christianity . Ethics . Jesus Christ . Sermon on the Mount
Peter Kreeft explains that the heart of Christianity is not ethical, but metaphysical.
Read more »By: Andre Zweck|24 November, 2009|Categories: Science & History|Tags: C. S. Lewis . Jesus of history . Legend . myth . textual criticism
Andre Zweck asks whether we should treat the gospels as we treat the tales of Thor or Hercules.
Read more »By: Jason|24 November, 2009|Categories: science|Tags: david berlinksi . Global Warming . scientific community . scientific consensus
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.
Read more »By: Jason|23 November, 2009|Categories: Quotes|Tags: Jesus Seminar . Scot McKnight
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.
Read more »By: Rob|23 November, 2009|Categories: Books|Tags: Books . Edgar Andrews . Who Made God?
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.
Read more »By: Stuart|22 November, 2009|Categories: Science & History|Tags: Catholic Church . Conflict Thesis . Copernicus . Galileo . Geocentric . Heliocentric . Religion . science
Stuart examines the Galileo controversy and asks whether it was a clear case of science vs faith.
Read more »By: Jason|21 November, 2009|Categories: Video|Tags: new atheism . R. Albert Mohler Jr
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.
Read more »By: Rob|21 November, 2009|Categories: Books|Tags: atheism . Bradley Monton . Dover . intelligent design . Philosophy of Science
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.
Read more »By: Stuart|21 November, 2009|Categories: Creation & Evolution|Tags: Conflict Thesis . darwin . history . Huxley . Religion . Samuel Wilberforce . science
Stuart examines the history behind the understanding that faith and science are in conflict.
Read more »By: Jason|19 November, 2009|Categories: Apologetics|Tags: apologetic ministries . Christian Apologists . pastors . twitter
Some apologists and apologetic ministries that are worth following on Twitter.
Read more »By: Jason|19 November, 2009|Categories: Quotes|Tags: David Wells . eschatology . Theology
David Wells on the substance of Christian hope, from his book ‘The Courage to Be Protestant’.
Read more »By: Jason|18 November, 2009|Categories: Media|Tags: Apologetics . doctrine of Scripture . Philosophy . scott oliphint . westminister theological seminary
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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