God or the Multiverse? Which one requires more faith? To all students having the multiverse presented to you as truth (or as the best option for the origination of life) I encourage you to watch this brief, 5 minute presentation by Brian Keating, Professor of Physics at the University of California, San Diego. He poignantly … Continue reading God or the Multiverse?
Apologetics/Defending the Christian Faith
A Legacy of Biblical Defense & Faith
Josh McDowell (left) is a former atheist and has been teaching the Biblical faith to teens and adults for decades. His son, Sean, has followed in his father's footsteps and is, himself, a gifted theologian and defender of the Christian faith. Sean presently serves on the faculty of Biola University in southern California. Below are … Continue reading A Legacy of Biblical Defense & Faith
The Bible: Gospel, Guide or Garbage?
Linked for you here is a dialogue between New Testament scholar and theologian, NT Wright, and Harvard philosopher, Sean Kelly, as they discuss one of history’s most influential books – the Bible. It’s an audio link only (no video) and is over an hour in length. Whether you listen in “small bites” or “swallow the … Continue reading The Bible: Gospel, Guide or Garbage?
The Discipleship of the Mind
When Jesus was asked what was the greatest commandment he purposefully made it clear that God was to be loved with the mind as well as the rest of our human faculties. (cf. Matthew 22:37) In his book, "The Passionate Intellect," former atheist, Alister McGrath (Oxford; Ph.D., Molecular Biophysics), calls the intellectual pursuit of God … Continue reading The Discipleship of the Mind
The Faith of Atheism
In Conversations with Carl Sagan, Tom Head records Sagan (astronomer, astrophysicist, and ardent agnostic) as saying, "An atheist is someone who is certain that God does not exist, someone who has compelling evidence against the existence of God. I know of no such compelling evidence." It is no secret that, despite the reasonable evidence, ultimately, … Continue reading The Faith of Atheism
Newsweek: Where Do You Go When You Die?
As I study the biblical worldview of the afterlife (which I'm convicted is true) I'm always curious to see what mainstream culture thinks about it all. So, when I saw this tweeted article - Newsweek giving credence to the possibility of life-beyond-death - my interest was piqued. Most of the article cites what scientists are … Continue reading Newsweek: Where Do You Go When You Die?
The Bible, the Qur’an and the Book of Mormon
I'm presently neck-deep in an outstanding 450 page tome titled, In Defense of the Bible: A Comprehensive Apologetic for the Authority of Scripture. No disrespect to my Muslim and Mormon friends. This is simply an observation for the reliability of the Bible when compared to other major world religion texts by Paul Wegner (Ph.D. University … Continue reading The Bible, the Qur’an and the Book of Mormon
Who is Jesus?
"Who is Jesus?" It's the most important answer a person will ever give to a question. Most of us are familiar with former atheist/Narnia author, C.S. Lewis', famous "trilemma" recorded in his classic apologetic, Mere Christianity: I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: "I'm … Continue reading Who is Jesus?
The Story of God
Writing about the Bible, author/speaker, Greg Koukl writes, "This is not a fairy tale, but rather it is the Story all fairy tales are about. Indeed, almost every tale ever written is an echo of this story embedded within our hearts ("He has set eternity in the human heart." Ecc. 3:11) Yet this story is … Continue reading The Story of God
Is Christianity Anti-Science?
"...many have come to believe something very odd about Christianity: that it is anti-science, anti-reason, anti-progressive phenomenon fueled by blind faith. That is not Christian faith at all!" Former atheist, Josh McDowell In addition, I would encourage the reader to consider McDowell's quote (above) in light of the arguments for God's existence from the myriad … Continue reading Is Christianity Anti-Science?