Category: apologetics
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Nationalism is distinguished from patriotism. Patriotism is an “expression of devotion to country that is defined by justice” while Nationalism is “tribalistic, triumphalist, idolatrous, exclusivist and violates justice”. By definition then, patriotism leads to open exceptionalism while nationalism fosters closed exceptionalism. Closed exceptionalism inevitably infects theology as it tends to…
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Evil is the consequence of sin (Rom 1:30 – “they invent ways of doing evil.) While evil must always be countered, we need to recognize that is always only a stop-gap measure at best, akin to pulling up the top half of a weed but leeaving the root for it…
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Blaise Pascal was a brilliant French mathematician, physicist, inventor, and philosopher. He was also a strong Christian with an interest in apologetics. He died young at age 39. When he died, he had been writing notes for an eventual book on apologetics which he unfortunately did not live to complete.…
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When apologists talk about knowledge, they are describing what is known as “epistemology.” Britannica defines epistemology as “the philosophical study of the nature, origin, and limits of human knowledge”. The term derives from the Greek epistēmē (“knowledge”) and logos (“reason”), and is sometimes referred to as the theory of knowledge.…
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There are different aspects of the atoning work of Jesus Christ. Think of the Atonement as a multi-faceted diamond; depending on which facet we look through, we can see the diamond from different perspectives. From our finite perspective, I do not think we can ever fully comprehend what transpired on…
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“Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered.” – CS Lewis Some Christians unfortunately think that believers have no business studying philosophy. Hwever, philosophy is a powerful aid in apologetics. It helps the church in polemics. Whereas apologetics involves the defense of…
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A single human’s DNA has 875 megabytes of data . . . which is equivalent to 106 volumes of Encyclopedia Britannica. Geneticist Guillaume Riesen explains it here. It’s important to understand that this 875 megabytes of data is “functional” information with specified complexity, as opposed to “Shannon” information (named after…
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+ biology, DNA, Functional Information, genetics, information, philosophy, science, Shannon Information, Specified Complexity, Stephen Meyers+
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Orthodoxy: that which the New Testament calls “sound doctrine” (1 Tim 1:10; 2 Tim 4: 3; Titus 1:9; 2:1) that which rightly reflects in summary form all the teaching of Scripture and which the church is bound to believe and obey. Heterodoxy: Greek meaning a “different belief”, is an opinion…
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Dr. Stephen Meyer, PhD from Cambridge, is an expert in information theory. Functional information, as opposed to random information, necessitates the prior existence of an intelligent mind. In the first video, he describes how “functional” information, such as found in DNA, requires intelligence. In the second 10-min video he explains…
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+ anthony flew, consciousness, DNA, evolution, information, information-theory, Intelligent Design, Math, philosophy, science, Stephen Meyers, Universe+
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Christian Apologetics 