Category: apologetics
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“Nihilism is a denial of any philosophy or worldview—a denial of the possibility of knowledge, a denial that anything is valuable. If it proceeds to the absolute denial of everything, it even denies the reality of existence itself. In other words, nihilism is the negation of everything—knowledge, ethics, beauty, reality.…
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The cosmological constant controls the rate of expansion of the Universe. Too large and the universe would have collapsed back in on itself, rendering life impossible. Too small and stars and galaxies could not have formed, again rendering life impossible. The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics went to physicists Saul…
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While the gospel can be condensed to John 3:16, a good apologist must be able to defend the gospel in all of its glorious fullness. It is extremely difficult to execute theological triage and know when to fall on one’s sword if we hold only an abbreviated form of the…
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Contingent beings are things that exist, but do not have to exist. Examples are my iphone, my car and me. Contingent beings depend upon upon other beings for their existence. In contrast, something is a necessary being if it exists, has always existed and has to exist; it cannot “not…
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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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Christian Apologetics 