Showing posts with label belief. Show all posts
Showing posts with label belief. Show all posts
Monday, June 19, 2017

The Myth of the Christian "Dark Ages"

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In my college history class, I was assigned the book The Discoverers by Daniel J. Boorstin. It was an interesting and eminently readab...
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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

We Don't Need to Recreate the First Century Church

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The world in which we live is loud, distracting, and difficult. Attention spans are decreasing and the influence of secular society see...
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Monday, March 21, 2016

Atheists Admit Their Disbelief Linked to Emotional Discomfort

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Recently, I was on a college campus as a young atheist asked what I thought was the cause behind the growth in the number of people, esp...
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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

The Unvarished Bias of Scientism

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Recently, an episode of the Unbelievable? program featured a discussion on whether it is reasonable to claim that advances in scienc...
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Wednesday, January 06, 2016

Questioning Our Over-Reliance on Science (video)

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Recently, I got to sit down with the One Minute Apologist, Bobby Conway, and discussed several topics. One item that came up was our cul...
Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Is There Such a Thing as Rational Faith?

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 A woman once told me "It doesn't really matter which religion you follow; if you're sincere, your beliefs are just as val...
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Sunday, November 01, 2015

Why Does God Remain Hidden? (podcast)

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"If God is all-powerful, why didn't He create people who would all believe He exists?" It's a common question; one tha...
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

The Irrationality of Indifference to God

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In my time on college campuses, I've had the opportunity to engage with people who are passionate about their particular faith, and...
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Saturday, October 10, 2015

Believing in God is not Believing in Magic

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"You believe in magic!" Such is the charge that has been leveled against me and all religious believers by atheists who see t...
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Saturday, September 19, 2015

To Draw Close to God You'll Need Theology (video)

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Ever heard anyone say, "I don't need all that book-learning. Just give me Jesus and that's enough for me"? It's be...
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Tuesday, September 01, 2015

The Inherent Bias in Science

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Last week, I wrote about an online conversation I had with an atheist who accused me of making a God of the gaps type argument for the...
Thursday, August 20, 2015

If You Want to be Reasonable, Then You May Have to Believe

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I've had the opportunity to interact with many people who would classify themselves as either atheists or agnostics. (Sometimes, ...
Thursday, July 23, 2015

How Can We Know God Exists from Creation? (video)

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Christians hold that God exists , but is it only a claim based on nothing more than pure faith? The answer is no. By looking at creati...
Saturday, July 18, 2015

How Christian Faith is Based on Fact (video)

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Faith for the Christian is anything but blind. In this short clip, Lenny answers a question from a student, explaining how Christianity ...
Saturday, April 18, 2015

Answering "You'd be Muslim if You Were Born in Morocco"

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Have you ever tried to argue for the truth of Christianity and had a person object that "The only reason you're a Christian is b...
Friday, April 17, 2015

True Beliefs and The Truman Show

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The concept of belief has been twisted and distorted to mean something different than what had been traditionally understood. Belief is sim...
Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Are Christians Like Atheists With Respect to Islam?

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In his book Letter to a Christian Nation , Sam Harris makes the claim that Christians know just what it's like to be non-believers. In...
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Thursday, January 15, 2015

Hidden Factors in Atheism

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Professor of Psychology Paul Vitz was an atheist. Though he was raised in a minimally Christian home, he identified as an atheist during h...
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Monday, January 12, 2015

Are you Ready to Argue Like Jesus?

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Are you ready? Do you have what it takes? Are you prepared to argue? Christians today face more opposition to their beliefs than in the pa...
Tuesday, January 06, 2015

How to Have a Justified Belief

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The concepts of belief and knowledge are woefully confused today by both Christians and non-Christians. Some of this has to do with anti-t...
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