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An Argument for the Existence of God from Numbers (AEGN)

Posted in Apologia, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 31, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Alvin Plantinga, one of the key figures in the Reformed Epistemology movement, is considered by many to be the greatest American philosopher of our times. He has delivered a very popular lecture many times called Two Dozen (or so) Theistic Arguments. While some of these arguments are rather technical, it is fascinating to see the [...]

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Reject Israel and God Will Reject You

Posted in Rightly Divided Dogmatics, The 21st Century Church, tagged , , , , , , , on July 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »

These were the words a baptist pastor once told former President Bill Clinton. Specifically, if America ceases to support the state of Israel, God will turn His back on America. But the question is, is this true? Should we automatically support the state of Israel no matter what?
Perhaps someone who is ethnically Jewish (notice I [...]

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Ode to Evolution

Posted in Apologia, tagged , , , , on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Lead us, Evolution, lead us
Up the future’s endless stair;
Chop us, change us, prod us, weed us.
For stagnation is despair:
Groping, guessing, yet progressing,
Lead us nobody knows where.
Wrong or justice, joy or sorrow,
In the present what are they
while there’s always jam-tomorrow,
While we tread the onward way?
Never knowing where we’re going,
We can never go astray.
To whatever variation
Our posterity [...]

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There Is One Mediator Between God and Man, the Man, Christ Jesus Woman, Mary?

Posted in The 21st Century Church, tagged , , , on July 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

That is, if votive candles are any indication…
Votive Candle Count for Jesus: 4
Votive Candle Count for Mary:  75+

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Worldviews and Tests for Truth

Posted in Apologia, tagged , , , , on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In the history of philosophy, there have been three main theories concerning Truth. They are the correspondence, coherence, and pragmatic theories of truth.
Correspondence – Something is true if it corresponds to reality. This theory is often traced backed to Aristotle who once wrote,
To say of what is that it is not, or of what is [...]

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An Ambitious Book List for a Long Plane Ride

Posted in Apologia, tagged , , , , , , , on July 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Here it is:
(Re)thinking Worldview (oops…I couldn’t wait. I read it this week).

Notes from the Tilt-A-Whirl (oops…I couldn’t wait. I read it this week. Probably my favorite book of the year).

Cornelius Van Til: Reformed Apologist and Churchman

Van Til’s Apologetic

The Love of Wisdom: A Christian Introduction to Philosophy

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