Creed and ‘Belief is a Choice’
Adam Hamilton's book Creed repeatedly affirms that belief is a choice, but for him it appears to be a stab in the dark, a matter of the will, not the mind....
The Truth Holds Us (Reposted)
Arrogant Christianity? It’s awkward being a Christian these days. We claim to know the truth about God, morality, and host of other contested things. We believe this truth is unique and applies to all people for all time. We believe that where other so-called truths contradict the one we...
Think Christianly by Jonathan Morrow
Book Review Think Christianly: Looking at the Intersection of Faith and Culture by Jonathan Morrow I have an all-too-large “guilt shelf,” which is what I call the list of books I know I should be reading. They’re books that I want to read—that’s why I have them—but I can’t...
The Wexner Center’s Foundations
My son and I took a short walk into Ohio State's Wexner Center a few minutes ago. The main gallery was closed, unfortunately, but it gave us opportunity to recall what Ravi Zacharias said about it: I remember lecturing at Ohio State University, one of the largest universities in...
The Professor Who Thought He Knew Bigotry When He Saw It
Charles Negy, a psychology professor at the University of Central Florida, thinks he knows bigotry when he sees it. The blistering email he wrote on it to some 500 students has now gone viral. One key paragraph uses the word “bigot” no less than eight times (the whole is...
Exposing Myths About Christianity: A Guide to Answering 145 Viral Lies and Legends
Book Review Exposing Myths About Christianity: A Guide to Answering 145 Viral Lies and Legends by Jeffrey Burton Russell, available for pre-order now, shipping on June 4. The word these days is that Christianity is immoral, unwise, dangerous, deceptive, pro-slavery, anti-women, anti-science, locked in the past, irrationally based, opposed...
Strategies For a Tilted World
A man once ordained priest in Rome writes on CNN’s Belief Blog of “knee-jerk” Christianity, too bigoted and irrational to recognize our own Scripture’s approval of homosexuality. An influential advocate against bullying in schools drives dozens of students from the room, some of them in tears, calling out obscenities...
The Image of God Under Attack
From the series, Ten Turning Points That Make All the Difference The image of God in humans is under attack. Evolutionary doctrine leads many thinkers to conclude that there is no essential difference between us and and any other organism. (By “evolutionary doctrine,” I am referring specifically to the...
It Must Be Christmas: I Agree With Jerry Coyne!
I’ve been quite critical of University of Chicago biologist Jerry Coyne on more than one occasion, so I was quite surprised to find myself nodding in agreement with him today on a religion-related topic. He opened up this blog post saying, There’s a pretty dreadful piece by Tim Padgett in...
