Most evangelical Christian churches have forgotten — or ignored — the traditional Christian liturgical calendar. And yet these same churches happily acknowledge secular celebrations like Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Valentine’s Day and ANZAC Day (or the national equivalent). Go figure… Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us [...]
Continue Reading...William Lane Craig is research professor of philosophy at Talbot School of Theology, La Mirada, California. As part of the UK Reasonable Faith Tour in October 2011 he visited Oxford. As well as delivering a public lecture in the evening, Craig also addressed invited students about apologetics at a lunchtime gathering. This recording of elements [...]
Continue Reading...This week on The Philosopher’s Zone we’re wagering on God. Well, why not? What have we got to lose? If God doesn’t exist, we lose nothing; if he does, we gain everything. This is the famous argument known as ‘Pascal’s wager’ after the great seventeenth-century French philosopher Blaise Pascal. This week, we examine the wager [...]
Continue Reading...Christian Today newspaper is an operating division of Christian Today Limited. This new multimedia company comprises of a digital publication (au.christiantoday.com) and a web portal, search engine and directories all rolled into one (au.crossmap.com). Founded in 2002, Christian Today Australia gains affiliation to the Christian Today network based in the U.K. Operating autonomously from its [...]
Continue Reading...Neuroscience, Psychology, and Religion: Illusions, Delusions, and Realities about Human Nature by Malcolm A. Jeeves View all my reviews Neuroscience, Psychology, and Religion: Illusions, Delusions, and Realities about Human Nature (Templeton Science and Religion Series) by Malcolm A. Jeeves, Warren Brown Jr. Paperback, 208 pages Published March 1st 2009 by Templeton Foundation Press ISBN1599471477 [...]
Continue Reading...I have just returned from a fantastic weekend spent with my eldest son on a 2 Night Father-Son Adventure run by the team at Fathering Adventures. Fathering Adventures is the brainchild of Townsville father-of-four Darren Lewis who was this year awarded the Queensland Father of the Year 2011. Being a father is [...]
Continue Reading...This great podcast discussion on the nature of religious faith by Kiwi philosopher Glenn Peoples. This episode asks the question: “What is Faith”? Is it, as some maintain, just believing things for no good reason? When Christian thinkers over the years have spoken of having faith, what have they been talking about? Listen and find [...]
Continue Reading...From the Veritas Forum. Faith, Psychology, and the Origins of God: Why do people believe? Justin Barrett, Gordon Burghardt University of Tennessee 21 September 2011 Justin L. Barrett is senior researcher of the Centre for Anthropology and Mind and The Institute for Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology at Oxford University. Gordon Burghardt is Distinguished Service Professor [...]
Continue Reading...Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced ‘sow-in’). The name of the festival, historically kept by the Gaels and Celts in the British Isles, is derived from Old Irish and means roughly “summer’s end”. The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United [...]
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