Tag Archives: J.P. Moreland

“Free J.P. Moreland Book”

Via Stand To Reason: ConversantLife is giving away free digital copies of J.P.’s recent book, The God Question. I just found out about it and haven’t read it, but if it’s Moreland, you can count on it being well worth reading.

August 18, 2009 – 8:55 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Evidences | Tagged | Comments Off

Has the Faith Been Found Out To Be Foolish?

Not long ago I heard J.P. Moreland in a lecture discussing the importance of knowing that Christianity is true. Moreland is an apologist and the author of what I consider to be one of the most important books written by a Christian in recent years, Kingdom Triangle. I don’t have his exact words, but it …

August 21, 2008 – 7:00 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Evidences | Tagged , , , | Comments (11)

Nonempirical Knowledge

There have been a bewildering 170 comments so far in response to a post published here a week ago. The bewilderment, for me, has been that much of the discussion has been a debate on the Law of Noncontradiction. It’s hard for me to see how that could be controversial–or how controversy is even possible …

March 20, 2008 – 8:18 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science, Thinking Christianly | Tagged , , | Comments (2)

On Blogging a Philosophy Book

A few days ago I confidently announced I was going to blog my way through J.P. Moreland’s Christianity and the Nature of Science: A Philosophical Investigation. What I failed to recognize was that the first chapter is considerably more “bloggable” than the rest. I’m scaling back my plans now. Moreland’s book began with the difficulty …

February 26, 2008 – 9:43 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science | Tagged , , , | Comments Off

Christianity and the Nature of Science

Science and Christianity–are they at odds with each other? Is science the kingly road to knowledge, and is religion a matter of mere belief? Do they speak to each other, or do they occupy (as Gould said) non-overlapping magisteria? To the heart of the point: can a Christian really take her faith seriously in this …

February 17, 2008 – 9:03 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science, Thinking Christianly | Tagged , , | Comments (31)