I recently stumbled across an argument entitled, “The Maximally Great Argument for Arminianism.” The Argument is located at the Society of Evangelical Arminians. Its author is Evan Minton. The thrust of the argument is to refute the Calvinist view of the nature and extent of the atonement. Most of these […]
Apologetics
The fields of polemics and apologetics can bring out the best and the worst in those of us who are most interest in them. I have fallen prey on many occasions over the years to the same kind of behavior. Now, read that last sentence again. What did I do? […]
Recently I saw a Facebook post that showed a pic of a Jory Micah tweet: Think about what Jory Micah is doing with this tweet. If that is the type of God you believe in, then you can count me out. I will not serve that sort of God. What […]
“I am not primarily an advocate of capitalism, but of egoism; and I am not primarily an advocate of egoism, but of reason. If one recognizes the supremacy of reason and applies it consistently, all the rest follows”. Ayn Rand also said, “In order to define, explain and present my concept of man, […]
From the very beginning, the church has had to preserve its integrity and purity by protecting and fencing its membership. Jesus said that many would come in his name and make claims to faith falsely. Paul told the Ephesian elders that ravenous wolves would arise even from among them who […]
The NY Times recently published an article written by professor of philosophy, Peter Atterton, about God’s existence. Atterton begins his article with his conclusion: Perfect. All-powerful. All-knowing. The idea of the deity most Westerners accept is actually not coherent. Sye Ten Bruggencate has responded to this article here. It is […]
In my interactions with atheists, one of the most common tactics I have observed is the claim that atheism is not a worldview. Atheism is not belief, but the absence of belief. It is not a claim, but the absence of a claim. Therefore, or so it goes, atheism does […]
From the beginning of Hubner’s preface, we almost hear the faint quote from the Astronauts of Apollo 13, “Hubner, we have a problem.” Well, we hear something like it. At the very beginning of the section The Bible in Presuppositional Apologetics, in his “Preface to the Third Edition,” of his […]
“Responding to Tom Krattenmaker” Christian bodies that claim to follow “no creed but the Bible” put themselves at an enormous disadvantage for many purposes, not least for promoting Christian learning, because they cut themselves off from the vitally important work that has been accomplished by the numberless assemblies making up […]
Now, if that isn’t a politically loaded question in modern American culture, there isn’t one! A number of years ago, when I lived in Binghamton, NY, I had my first encounter with black ice. Having grown up in the mountains of WV, I was used to driving in inclement weather. […]