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What is the Greatest Enemy of Faith?
June 27th, 201112:56 PM ETThe other day I came across the following passage in a Peter Kreeft book: "Dullness, not doubt, is the strongest enemy of faith, just as indifference, not hate, is the strongest enemy of love." (Everything you ever wanted to know about Heaven, 20) That gets my vote for thought provoking quote of the day, and it rings true to my own experience. As... -
Who cares about truth when you have urban legends?
June 23rd, 201111:41 AM ETA few years ago I was at a church watching their Christmas pageant when the narrator shared with the audience the uplifting origins of the candy cane. According to the narrator, back in the 19th century a candy maker in Indiana, desiring to share his faith in Christ, developed a special new candy to share the gospel at Christmas. He began with a ha... -
Why there is nothing wrong with being certain in your beliefs
May 16th, 201110:45 PM ETThese days one often encounters the idea that being certain about a belief — i.e. having unshakeable conviction in its truth — is somehow worriesome, dangerous, or otherwise threatening. This is how Richard Dawkins puts it: "religion causes wars by generating certainty."(Cited in Avalos, Fighting Words, 177). Second, in Does the Bible justify... -
Do atheists care about truth? On "The Christian Delusion" (Part 2)
June 01st, 201011:32 AM ETWhen I enter an important art museum like the Tate Modern or National Gallery I don't aim to be out in twenty minutes. Rather, I linger over the displays, biding my time as I seek to extract every ounce of juice from the rinds of canvas and marble. (Ugh, that's a rather tortured idiom, is it not?) Anyway, I carry the same attitude with important b... -
What if Paul the apostle had been hit by a meteorite?
May 22nd, 201008:56 PM ETDTP is concerned to get a handle on this inclusivism stuff that I've been hawking and so pitches the following question: "Are you saying something like: Evangelism is telling people something already true about themselves and encouraging them to live up to what they are?" Well let's think back to Acts 17. Paul visits the Areopagus at Mars Hi... -
Must we apologize for the apologists?
February 25th, 201011:59 AM ETApologetics is a mainstay of Christianity and for good reason. As 1 Peter 3:15 declares, "Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect...." So what exactly is apologetics? The word comes from the Greek word "apologia" meaning a "defense". W... -
Genesis Creation as Myth and a Scientific Worldview
February 22nd, 201004:13 PM ETHere, dear reader, continues the conversation of Mr. A and Ms. B from "Is the Genesis story of creation and fall a myth?" Mr. A: I guess I see how myths can be true, but how is the narrative of creation and fall true if it is understood as a myth? Ms. B: Perhaps you're familiar with the quote of Cardinal Baronius, made famous by Galileo: "The Bib... -
Urban Legends in the Pulpit
November 15th, 200907:59 PM ETChristians believe they worship the God who is truth. So why is it that they often play fast and loose with the truth? "Fast and loose with the truth?" you say. "What are you talking about O Tentative Apologist?" Well let me put it this way: I wish I had a dollar for every time I heard an urban legend in the pulpit. If I did, I... -
Is it better to affirm a truth for the wrong reasons than to deny it for the right ones?
July 29th, 200908:50 AM ETAn acquaintance of mine, Stephen M. Wagner, sent me the following question: "is it better to believe something true through indoctrination and rhetoric or to believe something false through reflection and argument?" While it is a great question, let me put it in my own words, in part because I want to make it my own, and in part because I'm uncomf... -
Don't think the worst of people
May 22nd, 200911:05 AM ETIn the last couple weeks a few of my posts have generated a fair amount of interest from atheists, agnostics, skeptics, and even a few wiccans. I have been delighted at the exchanges. Unfortunately, it would appear that the Christian Post website crashed on Tuesday. When the dust had cleared more than a day later, all of the comments on my posts af...
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