Can Science explain everything?
From David Wheeler at the Chronicle of Higher Education blog: There’s a new bully on the intellectual block, shoving scholars around. Lots of them are caving into the threats. The bully’s name is...
View ArticlePlantinga on Science, Naturalism, and Faith
Alvin Plantinga is a highly-respected philosopher, respected even by those who disagree with him. An evangelical, Reformed Christian, Plantinga has written a new book, Where the Conflict Really Lies:...
View Article“They know not what they do”
We just celebrated the last Sunday of the Church Year–some call it the Sunday of the Fulfillment or Christ the King Sunday. And the Gospel reading for this triumphant, climactic day is about. . ....
View ArticleVocation and Epistemology
More and more Christians are discovering, or re-discovering, the doctrine of vocation, and the richness of that teaching means that vocation can illuminate countless dimensions of life. Now the noted...
View ArticleAsserting vs. Explaining
On Trinity Sunday yesterday, I worshipped at the church of my son-in-law, the Rev. Ned Moerbe, who made a useful distinction between “asserting” and “explaining.” The Athanasian Creed, he observed,...
View ArticleWhich Doctrines Must Be “Reasonable”?
Which do you trust more, God’s Word or your own understanding? In whom do you put your faith? In God or in yourself?
View ArticleAcademics Questioning “Rationality”&“Reason”
Postmodernists believe that there is no objective truth, that all truths are “constructions.” Add in Post-Marxism and you get the notion of “critical theory,” which analyzes truth-claims in terms of...
View ArticleThe Intrinsic Limits of Science
Modernists assumed that science will answer all questions, even as it "disenchants" the physical world. But science has come so far that it keeps disclosing new mysteries. Some people's faith in...
View ArticleWhat Information Do We Find Plausible?
Why we believe certain things is a fascinating question. Why we don't believe in certain things is also fascinating. It isn't just a matter of dispassionate reason. Some information we find plausible...
View ArticleMirror Images
When you look in a mirror, you see not just your image but a reversed image of yourself. And, from the other perspective, some images opposed to each other look the same. Similarly, some polarities in...
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