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April 2016

April 06, 2016

The Bible and America

The United States of America chose intelligently and rigorously not to have a national religion

April 02, 2015

Is the Story Dangerous? (RJS)

The final chapter of Iain Provan's book Seriously Dangerous Religion: What the Old Testament Really...

October 2014

October 21, 2014

The Embrace of Evil (RJS)

Having explored the Old Testament view of God and of the nature of humanity in...

April 2014

April 24, 2014

Coevolution of Science and Religion? (RJS)

The first chapter of Amir D. Aczel’s recent book Why Science Does Not Disprove God...

April 22, 2014

The God of the Whirlwind (RJS)

Ronald Osborn (Death Before the Fall) finds the cosmic theodicy provided by C. S. Lewis...

April 15, 2014

Jesus Ate Fish and Other Thoughts on Death (RJS)

To dig a little deeper into the problem of animal suffering Ronald Osborn (Death Before...

April 10, 2014

The Problem of Joshua (RJS)

Lately I've been listening once again to the early part of the Old Testament. Genesis...

April 08, 2014

And it Was Good … But Red in Tooth and Claw? (RJS)

One of the more common arguments against evolution is the requirement of death before the...

April 01, 2014

From Tower Building to Net Mending (RJS)

Ronald E. Osborn wraps up part one of his new book Death Before the Fall:...

February 2014

February 18, 2014

The Mighty Mysterious Camel (RJS)

There has been something of a stir around the internet and on the news the...

December 2013

December 05, 2013

Babel in Ancient Context (RJS)

Standing alongside the garden, Cain and Abel, and the Flood we have a fourth classic...

November 2013

November 21, 2013

It is a Conundrum Pt. 2 (RJS)

On Tuesday I put up a post It is a Conundrum Pt. 1 that gave...

October 2013

October 29, 2013

Should Reading the Bible Make One an Atheist? (RJS)

Over the last few weeks I have put up links to a couple of videos...

October 07, 2013

Benefit of the Doubt

Many learn that the best faith is certaintist faith, that doubt is the worst kind...

October 01, 2013

God’s Creation … Chaos Creatures and What is “Good”? (RJS)

Over the last three or four years I have known six, make that seven, friends...

September 2013

September 17, 2013

Beware Neuromaniacs and Darwinitis (RJS)

Malcolm Jeeves is a Christian, an emeritus professor of psychology at the University of St....

September 12, 2013

Off to College … Into? (RJS)

We are now into the second week of school around here. A new set of...

September 05, 2013

Religious People are Less Intelligent? (RJS)

A new article appeared early in August - The Relation Between Intelligence and Religiosity: A...

May 2013

May 23, 2013

A Question About Evolution – Answers Anyone? (RJS)

Is Christianity like a warm cozy sweater, but one that requires only one dropped stitch...

May 14, 2013

Skepticism and (Not Needing) The Last Word (RJS)

As most are aware by this time, Dallas Willard passed away last Wednesday. Dallas Willard...

March 2013

March 21, 2013

Keller and THE PROBLEM (RJS)

We do not live in the Garden of Eden (Utopia, Shangri La, Paradise --- you...

March 19, 2013

Doubt, The Reformation, and Sola Fide (RJS)

Lord I believe; help thou my unbelief. I took part in a scholarly discussion recently...

March 05, 2013

The Historic Christian Faith (RJS)

Following Tim Keller in The Reason for God we have now presented and discussed seven...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

Evolution Isn’t the Problem (RJS)

The science and faith discussion floats around a number of different issues. They intertwine with...

February 19, 2013

I Believe in Genesis (RJS)

As most who read this blog know by now I am a Professor of Chemistry...

February 07, 2013

(In)Justice in Jesus’s Name (RJS)

In Chapter Four of The Reason for God Tim Keller broaches a topic I have...

February 05, 2013

Absolute Truth is the Enemy of Freedom (RJS)

Christianity is a Straightjacket --- belief in absolute truth is an enemy of freedom---it endangers...

January 2013

January 29, 2013

How Could a Good God Allow Suffering? (RJS)

Chapter 2 of Tim Keller’s book The Reason for God broaches the problem of pain....

January 24, 2013

All Religion is Culturally Conditioned Truth (RJS)

Tim Keller has spoken on a number of different occasions about his book The Reason...

January 22, 2013

In an Age of Skepticism (RJS)

I have had a number of interesting conversations over the last couple of months, some...