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The Doctrine of the Incomprehensibility of God: Live It, Learn It, Love It!
It should be obvious that God is by definition incomprehensible, yet human beings, you and me included, somehow think we can comprehend him. This happens in subtle and not so subtle ways, but the pretension is the same. Somehow we think that our finite brains are...
Voddie Baucham on the The Abomination of Sodomy
In case you're not familiar with that word, it means homosexuality, and to call it an abomination is, well, just not polite! Not to mention, it can get you "cancelled." I'm shocked this video by Voddie hasn't gotten taken down from YouTube, or what I've come to call...
Was Feuerbach Right: Is Religion Merely a Human Projection? Yes and No
If you're not familiar with Ludwig Feuerbach (1804-1872), he was a significantly influential atheist philosopher, primarily because he influenced two of the great malevolent thinkers of the modern age, Marx and Freud. The misery left in the wake of their influence on...
Articles on Theology
The Implications of Origins Part 1: Wealth Lies in the Human Mind Made in God’s Image
In the beginning God created . . . We know this famous passage from Genesis 1, the first words of our Bible. What we often fail to appreciate, unfortunately, is how profound these words are in their implications for all of human existence. How human beings understand...
Why The Trinity Makes Perfect Sense Theologically and Logically
There are many things that separate Christianity from every other religion on earth, but nothing is more central than the Trinity. An important part of apologetics, and keeping our kids Christian, is to make the case that the Trinity is all over the Bible, from...
John 10 – Reformed theology and Keeping Our Kids Christian
Reformed theology has been instrumental, even foundational, in keeping our kids Christian. Looking back at Christian history this means that I find the faith explicated by men such as Augustine and Calvin more persuasive than Pelagius and Arminius. I was reminded of...
Articles on Explanatory Power
There is a God! Is There a Better Explanation for the Complexity of Tendons?
A popular narrative in secular Western culture goes like this. There was a time called The Dark Ages when religion reigned in Western civilization, and all people were benighted, miserable, and poor. Then came a Renaissance when ancient literature and languages were...
Secularism and the Berlin Wall, Part 5 – The Power of Explanatory Power
As I've argued in these posts, secularism as the fundamental worldview (religion) of Western cultural elites is as weak as the Berlin Wall proved to be. For the time being it appears as durable as the Wall circa 1970s, but as I contend, it's every bit the paper tiger...
Secularism and the Berlin Wall, Part 4 – Secularism Unmasked
In my previous post I dealt with why secularism might be appealing in our modern context. I argued that it's not anything inherent in secularism that makes it more appealing than Christianity, but the cultural messaging machine that promotes it. That's why it's a...
Articles on Culture
FX’s The Americans: Everyone Lives by Faith
The FX show The Americans is set in the Reagan era Cold War 80s. Two Soviet intelligence agents, Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys, pose as a married couple to spy on the American government. They didn't know each other prior to meeting in America, and are tasked with...
Are Millennials The Most Narcissistic Generation Ever?
In my previous post I wrote about the word of the year, "post-truth," and how the triumph of the subjective makes assertions of Christianity as true, or anything as true for that matter (outside of scientific claims), problematic for many of our neighbors. The...
The 4 Horsemen of the Philosophical Apocalypse
I saw this title at the Intellectual Takeout website, and was instantly curious. Two of the first three chapters of my book are on truth and epistemology, so I'm a big believer that philosophy is not exactly tangential to keeping our kids Christian. Most Americans,...
Articles on Apologetics
“Risen” Trailer Available
I learned about this movie called "Risen" coming out next spring, obviously around Easter. It looks very promising, with a big name lead, Joseph Fiennes, and obviously excellent production values. From the piece at Empire: Kevin Reynolds’ film, which he co-wrote with...
Notable Quotation
[M]oral relativism implies that neither cultures (if conventionalism is in view) nor individuals (if subjectivism is in view) can improve their moral code. The only thing they can do is change it. Why? Consider any change in code from believing, say, racism is right...
Articles on Parenting and Family
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