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—Matthew Henry
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Constitution or Libertarian Party: Which for the Pious?
I should note upfront that I am not an official representative of the Constitution Party. Nor have I run my ideas by any official representatives of that party. My reasons for preferring this party over the Libertarian Party are entirely … Continue reading
Gifted Mind: Engaging, Worthwhile…Unfinished
Kinley, Jeff, with Raymond Damadian. Gifted Mind: The Dr. Raymond Damadian Story, Inventor of the MRI. Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2015. Hard cover. Pp. 240. ISBN 978-0-89051-803-8. Certain aspects of Jeff Kinley and Raymond Damadian’s Gifted Mind: The Dr. … Continue reading
For Love of God’s Word: Useful, Not Essential, to Biblical Understanding
Köstenberger, Andreas J., and Richard D. Patterson. For the Love of God’s Word: An Introduction to Biblical Interpretation. Grand Rapids: Kregel Academic, 2015. Hard cover, 444 pages. ISBN 978-0-8254-4336-7. Late in For Love of God’s Word (hereafter, FLGW), a condensed … Continue reading
Worthwhile Reading…For Some: History, Law and Christianity
Montgomery, John Warwick. History, Law and Christianity. Corona, CA: NRP Books, 2014 (prior edition copyrights were 1964, 1991, and 2002). Paperback. 102+xv pages. ISBN 978-1-945500-01-5. While my philosophical and theological commitment are not Montgomery’s—I am an increasingly committed presuppositionalist; he … Continue reading
Comprehensive, Informative…Inconsistent, Flawed: 40 Question about Creation and Evolution
Keathley, Kenneth D., and Mark F. Rooker. 40 Questions about Creation and Evolution. 40 Questions, series ed. Benjamin L. Merkle. Grand Rapids: Kregel Academic, 2014. Paperback, 430 pages. ISBN 978-0-8254-2941-5.Introduction: General Overview and AssessmentIn this book, a fairly comprehensive survey … Continue reading
Permission to Avoid Permission to Doubt
Sullivan, Ann C. Permission to Doubt: One Woman’s Journey into a Thinking Faith. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2014. Paperback. 173 pages. ISBN 978-0-8254-4366-4.Ann Sullivan’s Permission to Doubt might best be described as a personal memoir, reflection, and self-help book that dabbles … Continue reading
True Reason: Worth Thinking Your Way Through
Gilson, Tom, and Carson Weitnauer, editors. True Reason: Confronting the Irrationality of the New Atheism. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 2013. ISBN 978-0-8254-4338-1. Abridged versions of this review may be found on Amazon and Goodreads. Prefer to skip ahead? Here are … Continue reading
Posted in Book (& Other) Reviews, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere
Tagged apologetics, bible, bible and science, book reviews, church history, epistemology, ethics | morality | law, faith and reason, hermeneutics, impious thinking | unbelief, philosophy, pious thinking, presuppositionalism, scientific creationism, theology
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Visit Prompts Letter: Can I Get A (Jehovah’s) Witness?
I’m not sure how this happened with all the barbed wire, “No Trespassing” signs, and roaming attack dogs on the property, but Monday of this week a local Jehovah’s Witness made it to my front door. (Actually, there were two, … Continue reading
Evolutionists’ Fear and Loathing in San Diego
Earlier this week, an email from my local creation museum informed me that said museum had been refused membership in the area’s Museum Council. I’d spoken to employees and friends of the museum the day that some representatives of the … Continue reading
Posted in In The News, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere, Random Commentary
Tagged apologetics, bible, bible and science, epistemology, faith and reason, impious thinking | unbelief, logic, news | current events, our doomed society, philosophy, pious thinking, popular culture, presuppositionalism, psychology, scientific creationism, social commentary, theology
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Hoping the Best for C. S. Lewis: Reflections on Robbins
Image: Foggy Foothpath © Copyright Dave Smethurst and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons License. One seminary I attended, Bethel Seminary San Diego, hosted lectures this week by a C. S. Lewis scholar. Though I did not attend the … Continue reading
Posted in Annotated Quotations, Book (& Other) Reviews, Random Commentary, Trinity Foundation Reviews
Tagged apologetics, article and blog reviews, bible, christian growth | sanctification, epistemology, faith and reason, interfaith dialog, literature | fiction, pious thinking, presuppositionalism, Roman Catholicism, theology
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Designed to Renew Your Mind: Guliuzza’s Creation Apologetics
Yesterday (Saturday 28 September 2013), the creation museum in my area held its yearly “Museum Day.” Though the event ran from 9 AM to 6 PM, with presentations by a range of speakers from Gary Parker to John Morris to … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, bible, bible and science, christian growth | sanctification, epistemology, event reviews, faith and reason, impious thinking | unbelief, logic, philosophy, pious thinking, presuppositionalism, psychology, scientific creationism, theology
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Yahoo! A Discussion Board Post Concerning The Trinity
I just posted the message below to a Gordon Clark discussion group on Yahoo!. Find the original post (minus added links) here. The series of three posts I found confusing may be found here, here, and here. This whole discussion … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, clear thinking, faith and reason, logic, philosophy, pious thinking, presuppositionalism, theology
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My Sad Farewell to Reddit, with Thoughts on Faith and Experience
As it happens, my Reddit post was “removed [by a Reddit moderator] as it violate[d] Reddit‘s content policy with respect to personal and identifying information.” Since I am philosophically opposed to anonymous Internet posting (If you’re not willing to identify … Continue reading →