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June 2017

June 19, 2017

Why Seeing is not always Believing –Questions from M

"Show me God!" used to be a demand from the reality challenged. This is rather...

June 17, 2017

Who Were the New Testament Authors? Who Cares? –Questions from M

We are a culture that likes celebrities. Making art is one way to become a...

June 16, 2017

Why Jesus Came Before the Internet –Questions From M

"I would do what you are doing," the student said to me, "without your errors."...

June 15, 2017

Does the Bible Contradict Itself? Who Cares? — Questions from M

Whenever I talk about the Bible, I am asked about the contradictions**. Aren't there lots of them? Maybe,...

June 14, 2017

How to Find God in Every Book—Questions from M

Once I had a customer return a computer to the store where I worked. She...

June 13, 2017

God is so Good —Questions from M

The small child in a dark room knows that somewhere out there is a...

June 12, 2017

Going to Bed With Tacitus —Questions from M

My mind churns away and keeps me awake as I think about what needs to...

June 11, 2017

They Moved to a Heavenly City and Understood –Questions from M

One of the surest proofs that a set of ideas (a view of reality) is...

June 10, 2017

Why You Can Taste and Never Hunger Again –Questions from M

Beef jerky is a rare treat in our house. If we ask about this snack,...

June 09, 2017

You are Biased! –Questions from M

Opening one's mind to other points of view in religion has not made me less...

June 08, 2017

I believe: Justification Required (Usually) — Questions from M

I believe: the Packers are the best football team ever. Texas is a big state....

June 07, 2017

Why did Jesus come then and not now? –Questions from M

Every year I dreamed of warning the last Russian Tsar of what was to come....

June 06, 2017

God the Moral Relativist? –Questions from M

"Did God get saved between the Old Testament and the New Testament?" asked the student....

June 05, 2017

Follow the Truth, Best You Can– Questions from M

Faith is not believing a thing despite the evidence.

June 03, 2017

Choosing to Believe? –Questions from M

When I was a boy, I was sure of one thing: I hated the very...

June 02, 2017

Mind and Body -Questions from M

Never reject a religion or philosophy because of a problem that causes a similar problem in...

June 01, 2017

Lawyers and Devils- Questions from M

Any time someone associates lawyers and devils, the analogy sort-of-works. I know. Some of my...

May 2017

May 30, 2017

On Satan: Questions from M

Satan appears very little in the Hebrew Bible, yet he is all over the New...

May 27, 2017

Jesus in History- Questions from M

I recall watching a football game I hated only to get a Packers' score every...

May 26, 2017

No Contradictions? Cool, but Not Enough . . . Questions from M

Contradictions are odd. They hardly ever happen in life, because what most of us call...

May 25, 2017

If God did not exist . . . Questions from M.

Each of our children had the day they realized I almost did not marry their...

May 24, 2017

Questions from M: the Best Argument Against Christianity

At the start of the summer, I got a thoughtful email from a non-Christian named...

May 23, 2017

What is The Best Evidence Against Christianity?

My faithful dialog partner M* has asked me fifty-five questions. I have decided to answer...

May 19, 2017

Questions from M: Stupid Disciples! Why so stupid?

M is a interlocutor* who found me from Almighty Google and sent me fifty-five good...

May 18, 2017

Questions from M: Miracles are not Just for the Bible!

Every summer I try to do a series based on what I am reading or...

May 15, 2017

Questions from M: Jesus is Cool, Does that Make Him Divine?

Assuming for the sake of argument that Jesus had a miraculous birth, resurrected from the...

May 11, 2017

Questions from M: Illiterate Disciples, Written Gospels

M* asks: "How do you explain how any of Jesus’ disciples, who were most likely...

May 02, 2017

An Idea Can Be Old and Bad or Old and Renewed

Silly people say silly things. Recently, I heard someone ranting (there is no better term)...

April 2017

April 29, 2017

On An Opening Assumption

Is matter or ideas the stuff of reality? Or are both equally basic? Since all...

April 23, 2017

Doubt! Or Not

The news was so good, he could not stand to believe it. If he did,...