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...

by Paul Copan

Apologetics

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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...

Creation and Evolution: Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing

(Paul Copan) The former Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca once said: “The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.” This simple advice has wide-ranging application—whether...

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...

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...

Paul Copan on Christian Doubt

I have asked a few respected Evangelical scholars and authors to contribute one paragraph each on the issue of Christians and doubt. I am grateful to each one of these...

by C Michael Patton

Apologetics

Current Issues in Theology

Matthew Flannagan’s Interactions with Thom Stark

A note from Paul Copan: New Zealand theologian and philosopher of religion Matthew Flannagan is a good friend of mine. He and his wife host an excellent blogsite—MandM. ...

by C Michael Patton

Apologetics

Current Issues in Theology

Richard Hess’s Response to Thom Stark

Note from Paul Copan: This is an e-mail (dated 7 May 2011) to me from Richard Hess (Denver Seminary) in response to Thom Stark’s criticisms of Hess in Paul Copan, Is God a...

by C Michael Patton

Apologetics

Current Issues in Theology

Is God a Moral Monster Revisited: Preliminary Replies to Thom Stark

(by Paul Copan) Thom Stark has offered a lengthy response to my book Is God a Moral Monster? His online book is entitled: Is God a Moral Compromiser? When a book is laden...

Morality and Naturalism’s Counterintuitive Claims: Response to Dawkins, Part V

(by Paul Copan) We’ve been engaging the thinking of Richard Dawkins, and more recently we’ve touched on the counterintuitive nature of (Dawkins’) naturalism. I’ll be looking...

by C Michael Patton

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