Category Archives: Knowledge

Love and Knowing?

Posted on March 21, 2019 by rjs5

I am leading a discussion class at our church using a Veritas Forum dialogue at the University of Cincinnati between N.T. Wright and Philosophy professor Heidi Maibom. It is an interesting conversation – far deeper than it seems at first … Continue reading →

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Before Nature

Posted on January 4, 2018 by rjs5

I have started reading a new book recommended by John Walton: Before Nature: Cuniform Knowledge and the History of Science by Francesca Rochberg. The book is quite academic and rather expensive (not light reading by any stretch of the imagination). … Continue reading →

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Testable Truth

Posted on August 16, 2016 by rjs5

All of us have some kind of worldview or philosophy of life. It may be a carefully reasoned position, or an organic entity that we grew into (or up in). In any event it can be helpful to examine the … Continue reading →

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We Are (Christian) Naturalists

Posted on August 4, 2015 by rjs5

Part III of Gary N. Fugle’s new book Laying Down Arms to Heal the Creation-Evolution Divide looks at the definition of science, the major scientific issues with creationism and intelligent design, and concludes with a discussion of how we might … Continue reading →

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Are We Being Fooled?

Posted on July 25, 2013 by rjs5

Several years ago I read an article in Science that led to a post on the idea of knowing – and the reliability or unreliability of intuition. The questions raised in that post are worth looking at again. None of … Continue reading →

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All Religion is Culturally Conditioned Truth

Posted on January 24, 2013 by rjs5

Tim Keller has spoken on a number of different occasions about his book The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism. Many of these are now available on the internet through YouTube and on other sites. As I … Continue reading →

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Ignorance: Does It Drive Both Science and Theology?

Posted on August 30, 2012 by rjs5

Stuart Firestein, Professor and Chair of the Department of Biological Sciences at Columbia University has recently published a book with the provocative title Ignorance: How It Drives Science. This book derives from a popular class that Dr. Firestein teaches at … Continue reading →

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How Should We Respond?

Posted on March 22, 2012 by rjs5

We are all molded by a variety of influences and influencers – those who encourage and those who discourage. Nature, genes, environment, nurture, circumstance, heroes, the Spirit… parents, grandparents, pastors, professors, friends. We are also products of our time and … Continue reading →

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Is Science Merely Wisdom of this World?

Posted on March 1, 2012 by rjs5

Oftentimes when discussing issues of science and faith, or other issues that challenge the conventional thinking of the Christian faith, someone will up and quote or paraphrase Paul from his letters to the Corinthians. For the message of the cross … Continue reading →

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How Can We Know?

Posted on October 11, 2011 by rjs5

Scot posted a brief excerpt of a column by Karl Giberson last week – Bachmann’s World – that received a great deal of comment, some good comment, some not so good comment repeating the old back and forth without really … Continue reading →

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