apologetics

2022 Q3 Correspondence, Part 1: Let Them Live!

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jul 31, 2022 | Activism (Petitions and Such), Book (& Other) Reviews, DMH Personal News, English Usage, In The News, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere

👁 Most recently revised on 15 November 2022 by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) 👁 Welcome to the latest edition of the series formerly known as “prompted letters,” which chronicles my off-site correspondence with all and sundry. As will be noted...

My Sad Farewell to Reddit, with Thoughts on Faith and Experience

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | May 21, 2016 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Random Commentary

👁 Most recently revised on 20 July 2020 by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) 👁 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...

Reddit Comment Posted: Faith Not Based On Experience

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | May 20, 2016 | Brief Notices, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere

👁 Most recently revised on 20 July 2020 by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) 👁 Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) posted a comment to Reddit’s DebateReligion subreddit arguing that faith is not based on experience, evidence, or arguments, but that, rather,...

Gifted Mind: Engaging, Worthwhile…Unfinished

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Feb 2, 2016 | Book (& Other) Reviews

👁 Most recently revised on 20 July 2020 by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) 👁 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...

Clarey’s Dinosaurs: A Scripture-Consistent Counter-Narrative to Secular “Scientific” Orthodoxy

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Dec 1, 2015 | Random Commentary

👁 Most recently revised on 20 July 2020 by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) 👁 Clarey, Tim, Ph.D. Dinosaurs: Marvels of God’s Design. Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2015. Hardcover, 192 pages. ISBN 978-0-89051-904-2. Bible believers, who accept...

For Love of God’s Word: Useful, Not Essential, to Biblical Understanding

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Sep 16, 2015 | Book (& Other) Reviews

👁 Most recently revised on 20 July 2020 by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) 👁 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...

Worthwhile Reading…For Some: History, Law and Christianity

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | May 17, 2015 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere

👁 Most recently revised on 20 July 2020 by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) 👁 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...

Comprehensive, Informative…Inconsistent, Flawed: 40 Question about Creation and Evolution

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Apr 24, 2015 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere

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...

Permission to Avoid Permission to Doubt

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jan 8, 2015 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere

👁 Most recently revised on 20 July 2020 by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) 👁 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...

Starting [Near] the Finish Line: [Almost] the Gospel of Grace

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jul 24, 2014 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere

Wallace, John B. Starting at the Finish Line: The Gospel of Grace for Mormons. Pomona House Publishing, LLC: 2014. 202+X pages. ISBN 978-0-9914622-0-9.IntroductionThis book has many positive qualities. The author’s sincere faith and desire to see Mormons saved...