Radio New Zealand host Kim Hill recently discussed New Atheism, faith, falsification, and much more with professor of mathematics and philosopher of science John Lennox. It’s an excellent interview. Listen to it via stream or download it here. If you haven’t already checked out Lennox’s new website, make sure you do.
Read more »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|15 July, 2011|Categories: Philosophy of Religion|Tags: blind faith . Faith . Paul Helm . problem of evil . Reasonable Faith
Paul Helm: Faith cannot be totally blind, a gamble in the face of infinite odds. Whatever doubts and risks may be associated with trust, faith, in order for it to be intelligible and defensible, must have some evidence going for it. And the point of Christianity (at least) is to hold that enough of the purposes of God can be…
Read more »By: Bnonn|29 June, 2011|Categories: Philosophy of Religion|Tags: Epistemology . Faith . John Loftus . new atheism . OTF . Outsider Test for Faith . Paul Manata
Paul Manata puts John Loftus’s Outsider Test for Faith in the ground once and for all.
Read more »By: Jason|10 April, 2011|Categories: Media|Tags: Christianity . Faith . John Lennox . Rationality . Truth
UCLA law professor Daniel Lowenstein interviews Oxford mathematician John Lennox about the truth of Christianity and the grounds for faith.
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: Stuart|22 August, 2010|Categories: Quotes|Tags: Augustine . Faith . Gregory E. Ganssle . Philosophically . Understanding
Gregory E. Ganssle explains what “Faith seeking understanding” means.
Read more »By: Jason|28 May, 2010|Categories: Local|Tags: auckland . Bev Norsworthy . Carey College Christian School . Faith . postgraduate . seminar . TSCF . workshop
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.
Read more »By: Jason|12 May, 2010|Categories: About|Tags: arguments . Faith . God's existence . Kenneth Samples . Reason . Theistic Arguments
Kenneth Samples, apologist at Reasons to Believe, offers a cumulative case for the existence of God and for the reasonableness of Christian faith.
Read more »By: Jason|18 March, 2010|Categories: Quotes|Tags: Apologetics . critical thinking . doubt . Faith . Tim Keller
Tim Keller discusses why it is important to take doubts and doubters seriously.
Read more »By: Jason|22 December, 2009|Categories: Books|Tags: Alister McGrath . Clark Pinnock . exclusivism . Faith . inclusivism . John Hick . pluralism . R. Douglas Geivett . relativism . salvation . W. Gary Phillips
Do all religions lead to God? What happens to those who have never heard the Gospel? Wintery Knight has pointed out a helpful summary of the book, Four Views on Salvation in a Pluralistic World, which addresses these questions.
Read more »By: Jason|13 November, 2009|Categories: Quotes|Tags: Doctrine . Faith . Jesus Christ . knowledge of God . R. Albert Mohler Jr . Theology
There is no faith relation with Christ free of doctrinal content. The knower must have some knowledge of the known, or no relation exists. That seemingly redundant and self-evident statement should underlie the issue. Jesus Christ and our knowledge of Him are not in any sense coextensive. But one cannot have a relation with Him without knowledge, and that knowledge…
Read more »By: Stuart|03 November, 2009|Categories: Websites|Tags: Epistemology . Faith . greg koukl . Ignorance . knowledge . scientism . Stand to Reason . Unbelief
Greg Koukl of apologetics ministry Stand to Reason writes, In an odd sort of way, Christians have abetted atheists in their efforts to cast doubt and even derision on believers. Here’s how. Atheists have tremendous confidence that science will continue its record of silencing superstition. As knowledge waxes, foolishness wanes. Consequently, there’s no need for sticking God in the so-called…
Read more »By: Stuart|28 March, 2009|Categories: Local . Thinking Matters|Tags: Belief . Faith . Proof . Rationality . Thinking Matters Auckland
Dr Flannagan will address the objection that Christianity is irrational in the absence of proof. He will unpack this claim and offer an alternative method of looking at faith and reason demonstrating that lack of evidence does not make faith in God irrational.
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