What is the sensus divinitatus? There is within the human mind, and indeed by natural instinct, an awareness of divinity. This we take to be beyond controversy. To prevent anyone from taking refuge in the pretense of ignorance, God himself has implanted in all men a certain understanding of his divine majesty. Men of sound [...]
Continue Reading...The Coffeehouse Chronicles by Josh McDowell and Dave Sterrett with Moody Publishers is a series of three apologetics novellas, each tackling a different issue that most Christian students will struggle with during their college years. They are set in the modern day and portray real, believable students as they engage in genuine dialogue concerning three [...]
Continue Reading...Christian apologetics is the rational defence of the Christian worldview as objectively true and subjectively meaningful. By ‘objectively true’ I mean it’s true whether or not you believe it. By ‘rational’ I mean to give compelling and convincing arguments for its truth; not merely saying I believe it or I know that I know it [...]
Continue Reading...I am struck that what many would consider the intellectual enterprise [of Christian apologetics and Christian philosophy] hasn’t really gone over well in many churches across the country [and, for that matter other western nations - Roger]. People don’t really think this is of particular value to the Kingdom. I have a great belief in [...]
Continue Reading...The Making of an Atheist: How Immorality Leads to Unbelief (Dr James S. Spiegel) •Paperback: 144 pages •Publisher: Moody Publishers (Feb1, 2010) Book Summary (by the author) Sigmund Freud famously dismissed belief in God as a psychological projection caused by wishful thinking. Today many of the “new atheists”—including Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris, and [...]
Continue Reading...I once told my children that if they ever got to the point where they thought it was unreasonable to believe that Christianity was true, then they should abandon the faith. Does that sound risky? It is, but what is the alternative? Should we tell our children to set their minds aside totally and accept [...]
Continue Reading...Richard Dawkins (possibly without his prior knowledge) finally found himself up against Christian philosopher William Lane Craig in a public forum in Mexico in late 2010. This after steadfastly refusing to debate Craig in a one-on-one debate for several years. Dawkins has always come up with disparaging excuses why he would not publically engage Bill [...]
Continue Reading...More fantastic resources from Brian Auten of Apologetics 315. God, the Universe & Stephen Hawking by John Lennox In this lecture, part of the University of Dundee’s Margaret Harris Lecture on Religion, Professor of Mathematics John Lennox (Oxford) talks about A Matter of Gravity: God, the Universe and Stephen Hawking. Lennox gives an [...]
Continue Reading...I was excited to be invited by Justin Brierley to be one of a number of international guests on the Christmas Day edition of the excellent and popular radio/podcast show Unbelievable? This week on Unbelievable : The Christmas Cracker A festive edition of the show. With studio guest Anthony McRoy and a host of phone [...]
Continue Reading...Though argument does not create conviction, the lack of it destroys belief. What seems to be proved may not be embraced; but what no one shows the ability to defend is quickly abandoned. Rational argument does not create belief, but it maintains a climate in which belief may flourish. (Oxford theologian and New Testament scholar, Austin Farrer [...]
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