“Reason must be used to rightly interpret the Bible. We discern the meaning of the Bible not through mystical experience but through extensive thought and contemplation.” — Terry L. Johnson, Presbyterian pastor and author This week, we continue our look at the idea of the sufficiency of Scripture in Christian theology and the role of […]
Originally, I prepped this post in advance (and began its sequel), because I was going to be on vacation for over a week and wanted material to pre-schedule. Then, a health concern came up, and travel plans were canceled. But, no reason why we can’t still delve into this topic… Beginning with this post, I […]
Several weeks ago, I shared a couple episodes of “Red Pen Logic” (RPL) by Christian apologist Tim Barnett, aka “Mr. B”. I found a couple others — this time responding to more general challenges from atheist critics/skeptics — and decided to share them, as well. In the first video below, Mr. B takes on that […]
“Science is not only compatible with spirituality, it is a profound source of spirituality.” — Carl Sagan A number of years ago, the late Chuck Colson wrote a piece discussing worldview ideas in film, especially those of a New Age flavor. After talking about Avatar, he brought up the movie Contact, and that’s where I […]
Last week I cited from Chapter 1 of the book Old-Earth or Evolutionary Creation?: Discussing Origins with Reasons to Believe and BioLogos (2017), quoting representatives of RTB as they clarified their organization’s approach on a few things. In that same redirect, Robert Stewart (one of the Southern Baptist theologians acting as moderators) also commented and […]
As I recall, this is not the first time I have posted on the topic of concordism in Christian apologetics, particularly as used by the Reasons to Believe (RTB) organization. This time, the source is Chapter 1 of the book Old-Earth or Evolutionary Creation?: Discussing Origins with Reasons to Believe and BioLogos (2017), which addresses […]
Some readers might be familiar with, or at least aware of, “Red Pen Logic” (RPL). For those who aren’t, RPL is the work of Christian apologist Tim Barnett, aka “Mr. B”, who addresses questions and challenges to Christianity in brief videos. The challenges usually come in the form of a text that he reproduces on […]
This particular Bible mystery doesn’t quite qualify for the “Weird Bible Passage” series I did a few months ago. It is more a matter of different translational possibilities. Specifically, the verse in question is 2 Kings 23:8, which is within the passage describing the actions of Judah’s King Josiah when he was instituting reforms. It […]
“We do not have to figure out what God has decided for us to do in order for us to do it.” — Greg Koukl, founder and president of Stand to Reason The following was informed by the teachings on decision-making and “finding God’s will” by Greg Koukl. It’s a popular topic and one of […]
“Take every Christian definition you can think of. Then redefine it with a super spiritual metamystigorical definition. There. Now you have New Thought.” — Melissa Dougherty, Happy Lies I hadn’t originally planned on doing another post citing Dougherty’s book this week, but… that’s how it turned out. Funny thing is, this section actually comes from […]
