Category Archives: Worldviews

Discussion of issues that relates to apologetics, world religions and prolegomena issues of the transmission of Scripture.

Science and Faith: What’s Wrong with the Comparison?

Posted on July 9, 2010 by

This post is a continuation of some of my thoughts on science and the Christian faith. Recently, I responded to a common objection posed by secular critics: the claim that humanity needs science and not theology. I concluded that without orthodox Christian theology we … Continue reading →

Posted in Church History, History of Science, Inerrancy, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Science, Scripture, Theology, Worldviews | 4 Comments

Which Would You Rather Do Without: Science or Theology?

Posted on June 27, 2010 by

I recently read an article in The Guardian  by Terry Sanderson who claimed: I look at it this way. If science disappeared from human memory, we would soon be living in caves again. If theology disappeared from human memory, no one would notice. Theology … Continue reading →

Posted in Church History, History of Science, Philosophy of Science, Science, Systematic Theology, Theology, World Religions, Worldviews | 4 Comments

Human Machines, Free Will, and Moral Evil

Posted on June 4, 2010 by

There’s a popular view on love and free will that I regularly encounter. It goes something like this: In order for love to be genuine, the agent has to have the ability to choose not to love. Unless there is freedom of … Continue reading →

Posted in Action Theory, Apologetics, Free Will/Determinism/Compatibilism, Problem of Evil, Theology, Trinity | 10 Comments

Abandoning the Christian Faith: Part 1

Posted on February 3, 2010 by

Let me be clear about the title. I am not abandoning the Christian faith, but I want to say a few things about those who do. There is a growing phenomenon of people who were raised in churches, received Christian education, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Apologetics, Ecclesiology, Theology | 6 Comments

The Future Story of American Christianity

Posted on October 18, 2009 by

No doubt you’ve heard stories of people defecting from the Christian faith. Get used to it. You are going to hear many more. Hordes of people who grew up in the American church — many who were quite devout — … Continue reading →

Posted in Apologetics, Ecclesiology, Worldviews | Tagged , , , , , | 9 Comments

Does Your Church Encourage Homosexuality?

Posted on March 16, 2009 by

Undoubtedly, many who read this title are members of churches where homosexuality is considered morally wrong. These people will think: “No, my church doesn’t encourage homosexuality. We are against it.” Determining which churches promote homosexuality and which do not may seem obvious, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Ecclesiology, Theology, Worldviews | Tagged , , , | 11 Comments

The Blackberry Files, vol. 2

Posted on January 22, 2009 by

As I was walking the campus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis, I heard one of two middle-eastern women in conversation say: “Jesus f***ing Christ” which made me wonder why there isn’t more religious sensitivity in American society toward Christians the … Continue reading →

Posted in The Blackberry Files, Theology, World Religions, Worldviews | 1 Comment

When life isn’t peachy…

Posted on September 15, 2008 by

 Buy the shirt.

Posted in Philosophy, Worldviews | Tagged | 6 Comments

God the Philosopher

Posted on September 6, 2008 by

Think about this: Under ‘things in the broadest possible sense’ include such radically different items as not only ‘cabbages and kings’, but numbers and duties. possibilities and finger snaps, aesthetic experience and death. To achieve success in philosophy would be, … Continue reading →

Posted in Apologetics, Epistemology, Philosophy, Theology | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

Luther, the Jews, and the Holocaust

Posted on February 13, 2008 by

We live in a post-Holocaust world. One of the consequences of this is that many people think that anything that even smells like anti-Semitism must in fact be anti-Semitism. We are right to express serious concern over the seeds of … Continue reading →

Posted in Church History, Lutheranism, Martin Luther, Theology, Worldviews | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Not So Neutral

Posted on January 26, 2008 by

This post has been sitting incomplete in my writing files for more than a year. I just needed a reason to complete it. Thanks to the discussion on the previous post, “Common Misconceptions of the Christmas Story” I was given new … Continue reading →

Posted in Apologetics, Epistemology, Philosophy, Theology | Tagged , , , , , , , | 50 Comments

Common Misconceptions of the Christmas Story

Posted on January 9, 2008 by

A good case can be made that this post is a bit untimely (not unlike my family’s Christmas cards which haven’t gone out yet), but I find that there’s a benefit in looking at this subject post-Christmas season. For one, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Apologetics, Theology | Tagged , , , , , , | 74 Comments

The Ethics of Old Testament Genocide and Radical Islamic Jihad

Posted on August 20, 2007 by

The Old Testament stories, if presented accurately in their fullness, would not make very good Family Focus Films. These stories contain incidents of rape, brutal murder, cannibalism, and the slaughter of women and infants, to name a few. We tend to gloss over … Continue reading →

Posted in Apologetics, Old Testament Exegesis, Theology, World Religions | 17 Comments