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New Issue of Hope’s Reason Online

The latest issue of the apologetic journal Hope’s Reason is now available. Here’s a list of the articles and reviews contained in the issue: Articles: An Apologetic Church | Stephen J. Bedard Apologetic Testimony from an Unlikely Source | Mark Eckel The Witness of the Spirit: Developing a Pentecostal Approach to World Religions | Jeffrey K. Clarke The Christian Doctrine…

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180: The Good and the Not-So-Good

Produced by Living Waters, 180 is a documentary showing Ray Comfort talking to people about the issue of abortion. By comparing the destruction of the unborn to the Holocaust, Comfort shows the inconsistency of supporting abortion while opposing the the Nazi’s extermination of 6 million Jews during World War II. In a post at the Life Training Institute Blog, Pro-life apologist…

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An Interview with Douglas Groothius

Stan Guthrie talks to Philosophy Professor Douglas Groothius about his new book, Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith. Groothius also discusses cultural engagement, the impact of cyberspace on thinking, and the greatest challenges today in Christian apologetics.

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The Dead Sea Scrolls Online

In a joint project with the Israel Museum, Google have put the Dead Sea Scrolls online for the first time. Considered one of the most significant archaeological finds of the 20th century, the Dead Sea Scrolls date from around 250 BC to 68 AD and comprise some 800 documents in many tens of thousands of fragments. The ancient scrolls were first…

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The William Lane Craig UK Tour

Here’s the promotional trailer for Craig’s upcoming tour of the UK: The final details of the tour are still being arranged, but here’s the schedule as it presently stands: Monday 17th October 2011 7.30pm, Debate: “Does God Exist?“ Public Debate with Stephen Law (lecturer in Philosophy at Heythrop College, London and Editor of the magazine of the Royal Institute of…

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Apologetics Primary Source Reader

A new book collects important texts in the history of apologetics from 1500 to the present.

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What Does it Mean for God to Be Perfect?

Robert Lawrence Kuhn talks to Christian philosopher J.P. Moreland about the nature of God’s perfection and how concepts such as moral courage, joy, personal growth and enrichment, etc, might apply to a perfect being. The PBS documentary series Closer to Truth is one of the best resources available for interviews with top scholars on God, the universe, religion, and the…

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The Limits of Science

—Holmes Rolston (Genes, Genesis, and God, 1999).

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Finding God at Oxford

Carolyn Weber talks to Trevin Wax about her new book Surprised by Oxford, a memoir describing how she became a Christian during her time at Oxford University.

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The Value of Doubt

- Kara Powell, on a three-year study conducted by Fuller Theological Seminary’s Center for Youth and Family Ministry. [Via: Jay L. Wile]

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Q&A Videos with William Lane Craig, Ravi Zacharias, and John Stackhouse

Several top Christian thinkers provide a useful introduction to a host of issues in apologetics, philosophy, and cultural engagement.

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Christopher Hitchens, Atheism, and Evil

Douglas Wilson, writing at The Gospel Coalition, discusses Christopher Hitchen’s recent Slate article on 9/11: And his conclusion: Read the whole thing here.

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Reconciling the God of Love with the God of Genocide?

David T. Lamb, author of God Behaving Badly: Is the God of the Old Testament Angry, Sexist and Racist?, has written an article in the September/October issue of Relevant on the alleged incompatibility of the Old Testament wars and the Christian God. He shows why two common responses fail to resolve the problem (one offered by liberals, one offered by conservatives)…

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Does the Bible Endorse Slavery?

Paul Copan continues his series on the issue of slavery in the Bible and discusses whether the New Testament writers condoned slavery.

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An Open Letter to First-Year University Students

Timothy Dalrymple offers some excellent advice to students entering university study: 1. Seek wisdom, not merely intelligence. 2. Seek mentors, not merely teachers. 3. Seek the truth, not merely prevailing opinion. 4. Seek answers, not merely questions. 5. Seek betterment, not merely achievement. 6. Seek fellowship, not merely friends. 7. Finally, seek first the kingdom and righteousness of God. Read…

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We Should Be Biblicists in the Same Way Jesus Was

Kevin DeYoung describes Jesus’ view of Scripture.

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