Alvin Plantinga was recently interviewed for an article that appeared in the New York Times on the question, “Is Atheism Irrational?”[1] The following Tuesday, a National...

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Apologetics

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“I Feel; Therefore, I Am”: Reflections on Cultural Emotivism

We’re familiar with relativism’s slogan, “That’s true for you but not for me.” Well, in the worldview neighborhood, emotivism is just around the corner. This philosophy of...

The Poor and Free Markets

You may not remember the Phil Donahue Show. I myself didn’t really pay attention to it. Besides having other things to do, I found Donahue’s political correctness too...

How (Not) To Help the Poor

In a First Things editorial entitled “What Should We Do About the Poor?”[1], the editors discuss alternatives to addressing poverty. Though this essay is about twenty years...

Top Books on Arminianism/Molinism

A while back, my Calvinist friend Michael Patton here at Parchment and Pen told me that he generally preferred the company of Arminians over Calvinists. A well-known...

Longings and Needs as Reasons for Belief in God

We’re familiar with the famous atheist psychologist Sigmund Freud, who claimed that human beings fabricate a father figure to get us through life’s difficulties. In his...

The First Christmas: Myths and Realities

I. A Reality Check Here’s a true-false quiz: 1. Mary and Joseph had to travel as quickly as possible to Bethlehem because Mary could have given birth at any moment. 2. The...

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Deuteronomy 25:11-12, an Eye for an Eye, and Raymond Westbrook: A Reply to Hector Avalos

Recently Hector Avalos has responded to a particular argument in my book Is God a Moral Monster? (Baker). In it, I follow biblical scholar Jerome Walsh’s interpretation of...

A Bumper Crop . . . of Sorts

Having grown up in the north, I have a great appreciation for this time of year "the harvest season." While living in Connecticut, New York, Wisconsin, my family and...

Recovering the Mind, Renovating the Soul, Restoring the Spiritâ€™s Power

Iâ€™ve been reading J.P. Morelandâ€™s superb book Kingdom Triangle, which was recently released by Zondervan. He begins with this true story by the missionary doctor to Zaire,...

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