By: Stuart|30 June, 2010|Categories: Philosophy of History|Tags: Albert Schweitzer . Anthony Collins . Benedict Spinoza . Christ of faith . D. F. Strauss . David Hume . English Deism . G. E. Lessing . H. E. G. Paulus . Historical Jesus . Jesus of history . Jesus quest . John Locke . John Tolland . Karl F. Bahrdt . Karl H. Venturini . Liberalism . Lord Edward Herbert of Cherbury . Pierre Bayle . Samuel Reimarus . william lane craig . William Wrede
Most credit Samuel Reimarus as the person to initiate the quest for the historical Jesus. He was not, however, without predecessors that laid his groundwork. Part two of this series briefly looks at what happened beforehand and during the first quest for the historical Jesus.
Read more »By: Stuart|26 June, 2010|Categories: Philosophy of History|Tags: Establishing Historical Descriptions . Historical Jesus . Historical Relativism . Jesus . John Stuart Mil . Methodological Natrualism . Michael Green . Miracles
The scandal of Christianity is that it is a religion grounded in historical events, which if they can be demonstrated to be false, would empty it of meaning and all power. Chief among those historical events is the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. I begin this ten part series with a goal in mind: to establish the description of the person of Jesus of Nazareth in the gospel narratives as truly historical. Part One of this series is a short introduction.
Read more »This years Ligonier National Conference looked at some of the tough questions that Christians and non-Christians find perplexing. The video from the sessions of the first day of the conference have just been posted.
Read more »By: Jason|23 June, 2010|Categories: Humour|Tags: football . monty python . Philosophy
Football for one. And maybe philosophy. If you’ve been following the World Cup, you might enjoy this Greece vs Germany football clip.
Read more »By: Jason|23 June, 2010|Categories: Philosophy of Religion|Tags: absence of evidence . agnosticism . atheism . Bertrand Russell . evidence . existence of God . falsification . flying spaghetti monster . Russell's teapot . theism
Debunking Bertrand Russell’s famous celestial teapot argument.
Read more »On June 25, Dr Peter Adam will be speaking at St Margaret’s Anglican Church in Auckland on the topic of Christian spirituality.
Read more »By: Stuart|21 June, 2010|Categories: Philosophy of Science|Tags: anti-science . evidence . Free enquiry . Ken Perrott . Reality . science
Some questions asked by Ken Perrott on the role of evidence and its relation to the what makes acceptable beliefs are answered by Stuart.
Read more »By: Jason|21 June, 2010|Categories: Debates|Tags: christopher hitchens . faith in the public square . John Haldane . privatization . public square . secularism . veritas forum
Video from the recent debate between philosopher John Haldane and author Christopher Hitchens on the question of which worldview provides a superior public philosophy.
Read more »By: Jason|17 June, 2010|Categories: Quotes|Tags: Apologetics . arguments . defense of the faith . Evangelism . fideism . Holy Spirit . J. Gresham Machen . reasoning . scholarship
J. Gresham Machen on the significance and place of arguments in the proclamation of the Gospel.
Read more »By: Jason|13 June, 2010|Categories: Books|Tags: Adam . biblical authority . biblical clarity . Denis Lamoureux . Doctrine . evolution . General Revelation . inerrancy . James Anderson . Origin of life . scie . science . Scripture
Can we reconcile our love for Jesus with a belief that all living organisms gradually evolved from simple life forms? In his latest book, associate professor of science and religion at St. Joseph’s College in the University of Alberta, Denis Lamoureux, argues that we can. James Anderson has written a good review of Lamoureux’s book, looking at his views of Scripture and science.
Read more »By: Jason|12 June, 2010|Categories: Books|Tags: Christian hypocrisy . dissappointment . emergent church . emotional struggles . intellectual struggles . ravi zacharias
Ravi Zacharias has written a new book on the difficult questions that arise from disappointment with God and the struggles in trying to live as a disciple of Jesus Christ.
Read more »By: Jason|11 June, 2010|Categories: Video|Tags: Acts 17 . Apologetics . Athens . cultural-engagement . culture . Ed Stetzer . Evangelism . gospel . Gospel proclaimation . missional . Paul . preaching
In this sermon at the Jubilee Church in London, Ed Stetzer discusses cultural-engagement and the task of proclaiming the Gospel.
Read more »By: Jason|11 June, 2010|Categories: Resources|Tags: Blaise Pascal . christ on campus initiative . Danielle Sallade . human flourishing . rest . study . Value . vocation . work
This month, the Christ on Campus Initiative has released a new 25 page article by Danielle Sallade on what it practically means to live a life of human flourishing. She outlines what she sees as the chief obstacle to this kind of life, and how the Christian response offers us a unique solution.
Read more »By: Stuart|06 June, 2010|Categories: Philosophy of Science|Tags: Big Bang . Causal directionality . kalam cosmological argument . Simultaneous Causation . william lane craig
An objection often raised against the Kalam Cosmological Argument is that there cannot be a cause of the universe because there were no prior instants of time before t = 0 in the initial Big Bang singularity. Stuart explains simultaneous causation and offers a response.
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