By: Rodney|23 April, 2012|Categories: Apologetics . Biblical Criticism . Events . Thinking Matters Tauranga . Video
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Next week Thinking Matters Tauranga is starting a new series titled Is the Bible Reliable? Building the Historic Case. Is the Bible a book of myths and fairy tales, or is it a book of history and truth? This DVD series provides a thorough overview of major archaeological and historical discoveries that demonstrate the veracity and accuracy of the Bible. This…
Read more »By: Stuart|25 March, 2012|Categories: Debates|Tags: debate . Malcolm Trevena . Resurrection . Stuart McEwing
Over the last few months we’ve been hosting a formal written debate between myself and Malcolm Trevena on the historicity of the resurrection (see here, here, and here). Unfortunately I have decided to formally close the debate. Before setting out on the exchange, Malcolm and I both agreed to several rules or guidelines for the debate. One of these was…
Read more »By: Jason|03 March, 2012|Categories: Video|Tags: evidence for christianity . Resurrection . william lane craig
William Lane Craig offers historical and Biblical evidence for the conclusion that Jesus Christ rose from the dead. Q&A follows the main presentation. The lecture was delivered at Southampton Civic Hall, on the 2011 UK Reasonable Faith Tour. The tour was sponsored by Damaris Trust, UCCF, and Premier Christian Radio.
Read more »Next month, Laidlaw College will be hosting Biblical Scholar, Dr Dirk Jongkind (Research Fellow in New Testament Text and Language at Tyndale House, Cambridge) for two lectures on the accuracy of the New Testament manuscripts and the make-up of the New Testament canon. Dr Jongkind is an international expert on New Testament manuscripts and both events should be well worth…
Read more »By: Stuart|12 February, 2012|Categories: Debates . Resurrection|Tags: debate . evidence for the resurrection . Historical Jesus . Jesus . reliability of the Bible . reliability of the gospels . Resurrection
This is the first response in a formal written debate between Stuart McEwing and Malcolm Trevena. The question of the debate is “Is the resurrection of Jesus fact or fiction?” McEwing responds to Trevena’s opening statement.
Read more »Bridge 8 and animator James Hutson have created six two-minute animations on various aspects of critical thinking. The videos are designed for kids ages 8 to 10 but are also useful for grown-ups who might want an introduction to the basics of logic and the scientific method, as well as to psychological missteps like confirmation bias and the Gambler’s Fallacy.
Read more »By: Stuart|11 February, 2012|Categories: Resurrection|Tags: debate . Resurrection
This is the second opening statement in a formal written debate between Stuart McEwing and Malcolm Trevena. The question of the debate is “Is the resurrection of Jesus fact or fiction?” Trevena makes his case for the resurrection being fictitious. Thanks to Stuart McEwing for the chance to respond to the premise on the truth or lack thereof of the…
Read more »By: Bnonn|08 February, 2012|Categories: Epistemology|Tags: burden of proof . Miracles . skeptical hypocrisy . Skepticism . skeptics . standards of evidence
We had a spirited debate on miracles in a previous thread. And during that debate, I noted how even in cases where all the evidence is against naturalistic explanations, skeptics simply cannot entertain a supernatural explanation instead. They just have to hold that there is a naturalistic one, despite the evidence. The very definition of blind faith. In reply, “Tom…
Read more »It’s easy to go through life without asking the hard questions about what we believe and why. But when faced with a tragedy or the searching questions of a skeptic, we can feel defenseless and unprepared. It’s only when we patiently listen to our doubts and consider objections to our faith that we can start to provide grounds for our…
Read more »By: Jason|29 January, 2012|Categories: Video|Tags: Peter Williams . reliability of the gospels
Jeremiah Johnston talks to Peter Williams, warden of Tyndale House.
Read more »This is the first opening statement in a formal written debate between Stuart McEwing and Malcolm Trevena. The question of the debate is “Is the resurrection of Jesus fact or fiction?”
Read more »By: Jason|24 January, 2012|Categories: Resurrection
Over the coming weeks, we’ll be hosting a debate on the historicity of the resurrection here at the blog. The debate will take place between Malcolm Trevena and regular TM contributor Stuart McEwing. Stuart will be arguing in the affirmative and defending the resurrection, while Malcolm will take the negative position and argue against its historicity. Here is the format…
Read more »By: Jason|19 January, 2012|Categories: Video|Tags: Andrew Copson . Arif Ahmed . debate . Peter S. Williams . william lane craig
William Lane Craig and Peter S. Williams contend for the motion, “This House Believes that God is not a Delusion”. Arif Ahmed and Andrew Copson argue against the motion. The debate took place at the Cambridge Union Society on 20th October 2011, as a part of Craig’s Reasonable Faith 2011 UK Tour. HT: Brian Auten
Read more »By: Rodney|17 January, 2012|Categories: Apologetics . Quotes|Tags: Apologetics . Reasonable Faith . william lane craig . Youth
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An Excerpt from the 3rd Edition of Reasonable Faith by William Lane Craig: In high school and college Christian teenagers are intellectually assaulted with every manner of non-Christian worldview coupled with an over-whelming relativism. If parents are not intellectually engaged with their faith and do not have sound arguments for Christian theism and good answers to their children’s questions, then…
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