Zachary Arden, in a guest post at the Kiwifruit Blog, discusses the role of evidence and faith: Faith is primarily trust in God. Saving faith is not just correct doctrinal belief (for, as James notes, even the demons have this), but requires what I think of as ‘a volitional shift’ towards God. For a fallen human being to trust in…
Read more »By: Jason|27 July, 2011|Categories: Apologetics|Tags: apologetic method . Apologetics . arguments . conversation . dialogue . Evangelism . evidence . tactics . witnessing
We often get questions about theology and apologetics sent to us by readers and we thought it would be helpful if we shared some of our answers to those questions on the blog. If you’ve got a question that you’d like us to address here, send it to thinknz@gmail.com along with your full name, city, and country. This week, one…
Read more »By: Jason|11 November, 2010|Categories: Apologetics|Tags: Apologetics . Belief . enagement . Evangelism . evidence . Faith . postmodernism . proclamation . Reality . relativism . thinking . Truth
Anthony Horvath, a pro-life advocate and Executive Director of Athanatos Christian Ministries, has written a provocative post about the importance of apologetics for the witness of the church today.
Read more »By: Jason|21 August, 2010|Categories: History|Tags: archaeology . evidence . history . Peter S. Williams
A list of online articles and essays on the discoveries in archaeology and the historical reliability of the New Testament, recommended by Peter S. Williams.
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 »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: Stuart|15 May, 2010|Categories: Philosophy of Science|Tags: Argument . Epistemology . evidence . justification . logical argument . Philosophy of Science . verificationialism . Worldview
Stuart looks at the claim that logical arguments are not evidence and unpacks the evidential value of philosophical arguments in our investigation of reality.
Read more »By: Stuart|24 February, 2010|Categories: Philosophy of Religion|Tags: Argument . atheism . evidence . God's existence . Philosophy . Reasonable . theism
Stuart anticipates and challenges three possible responses to his critique of the atheistic argument from the absence of evidence for God’s existence.
Read more »By: Stuart|23 February, 2010|Categories: Philosophy of Religion|Tags: atheism . empirical proofs . evidence . Logic . theism
Stuart examines an argument for atheism from the lack of evidence for God’s existence.
Read more »By: Stuart|02 February, 2009|Categories: Philosophy of Religion|Tags: atheism . Bertrand Russell . evidence . God . Natural Theology
The following is taken from a friendly email that was discussing the evidence for the existence of God. The presumption of atheism and the case for God’s existence is discussed with respect to the Bertrand Russell’s famous teapot objection.
Read more »By: Rob|19 September, 2008|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: evidence . new atheists
A review of some reviews of Nathan Busenitz’s new book, “Reasons We Believe’.
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