J. Gresham Machen on the significance and place of arguments in the proclamation of the Gospel.
Leave a comment »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.
Leave a comment »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.
Leave a comment »In this sermon at the Jubilee Church in London, Ed Stetzer discusses cultural-engagement and the task of proclaiming the Gospel.
Leave a comment »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.
Leave a comment »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.
Leave a comment »In this video from a lecture delivered last month, philosopher Dallas Willard explores whether the moral life can be the subject of knowledge in an age that is skeptical about non-empirical claims.
Leave a comment »This Saturday (the 29th of May), the Tertiary Students Christian Fellowship is hosting a seminar in Auckland to consider the issues involved with postgraduate life.
Leave a comment »Author and pastor, Tim Keller discusses his apologetic approach in talking with skeptics. He argues that in order to gain a hearing for many of our Christian beliefs we should be able to be able to make arguments that appeal to baseline cultural beliefs, without invoking explicit religious sources of authority.
Leave a comment »On Saturday the 29th of May, TANSA (Theology and the Natural Sciences in Aotearoa), in conjunction with the Vaughan Park Anglican Retreat Centre, will be holding a seminar on God and the new wave of atheism.
Leave a comment »In this sermon at Castle Pines Community Church, Douglas Groothius offers a useful overview of religious and moral relativism. He talks about Jesus as a thinker and a model for us in communicating truth and approaching intellectual problems.
Leave a comment »Stuart looks at the claim that logical arguments are not evidence and unpacks the evidential value of philosophical arguments in our investigation of reality.
Leave a comment »Michael Drake reviews Edgar Andrews’ new book about science and the existence of God.
Leave a comment »Kenneth Samples, apologist at Reasons to Believe, offers a cumulative case for the existence of God and for the reasonableness of Christian faith.
Leave a comment »Tom Wright talks about the importance of the resurrection of Jesus Christ for the message of Christianity.
Leave a comment »John D. Steinrucken, writing for the American Thinker, argues that Western civilization’s survival depends on its preservation of the Judeo-Christian tradition.
Leave a comment »Atheism has traditionally been defined as the belief that God does not exist. In recent years there has re-defining of the term to be merely a “psychological state of being without a belief in God.” Has the so-called Atheist really escaped the need to make arguments to justify their position?
Leave a comment »The Reclaiming the Mind Ministries is hosting an online debate on the Christian doctrine of the trinity, with apologist Rob Bowman and David Burke.
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