Category Archives: Christianity

A Question About Evolution – Answers Anyone?

Posted on May 23, 2013 by

Is Christianity like a warm cozy sweater, but one that requires only one dropped stitch to unravel? Paula Kirby has suggested that it is, and that evolution is the stitch that unravels the sweater. But more of that toward the … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Evolution, Problems for Faith

Just Like Me?

Posted on April 30, 2013 by

We all prefer friends who are just like us … personality, age, education, social class, marital status. This is simply human nature it appears – with both good and bad consequences. We tend to self-segregate. Should the church be any … Continue reading →

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The Divine Dance

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

Orthodox Christianity as affirmed in the historic creeds is at its heart Trinitarian -there is one God existing in three persons. But what does this mean — and why is it important? Certainly the Trinity is a tough concept to … Continue reading →

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The Historic Christian Faith

Posted on March 5, 2013 by

Following Tim Keller in The Reason for God we have now presented and discussed seven of the biggest objections raised against the Christian faith. None of these objections are fatal to the historic Christian faith when examined objectively. But this … Continue reading →

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In an Age of Skepticism

Posted on January 22, 2013 by

I have had a number of interesting conversations over the last couple of months, some in person, some by email. One was with a young adult who was contemplating how to discuss the Christian faith with a friend who was … Continue reading →

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The Greatest Drama Ever Staged

Posted on December 4, 2012 by

A couple of weeks ago I posted from Christian Letters to a Post-Christian World, a selection of essays by Dorothy Sayers, unfortunately out of print now (but also available under the title The Whimsical Christian: 18 Essays I believe). This … Continue reading →

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We Must Believe in Age

Posted on November 20, 2012 by

Among other things lately, I have been reading from Christian letters to a post-Christian world, a selection of essays by Dorothy Sayers, unfortunately out of print now. C. S. Lewis has a broad readership among Christians – and well deserved. … Continue reading →

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The Wellsprings of Conflict

Posted on August 14, 2012 by

I am currently reading Christof Koch’s memoir Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist. Christof Koch is a Professor of Cognitive and Behavioral Biology at CalTech. Raised in a Roman Catholic family, son of a German diplomat, born in Missouri, growing up … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Conversion, Doubt

Science and Theology 5 – Motivated Belief

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

Is religious belief merely a faith claim – a personal preference like that for peanut butter? Last Friday I put up a short post pointing to a column in the Huffington Post by Paul Pardi based on an interview with … Continue reading →

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Faith and the Future 4

Posted on November 12, 2009 by

Today’s post wraps up our brief series on Harvey Cox’s new book The Future of Faith. The last several chapters of the book, and in fact various passages throughout the book,  present some of Cox’s thoughts on the future of … Continue reading →

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