PODCAST: For Three Redactions, Even for Four — Amos and the Documentary Hypothesis
Posted onAs an addendum to the previous podcast discussing the Documentary Hypothesis and the Pentateuch, I recorded this brief excursus on the book of Amos to […]
Category: Skepticism
PODCAST: A Priest and a Deuteronomist Walk Into a Bar – the Documentary Hypothesis
Posted onWe examine the Documentary Hypothesis of the Pentateuch–the idea that the first five books of the Bible did not originate with Moses but were originally […]
PODCAST: The Transcendence Argument – The Self-Disclosure of the God of Israel
Posted onPiggybacking on the ideas of Yehezkel Kaufmann and John Oswalt, this argument builds on the uniqueness of the ancient Israelite claims about the divine to […]
The Gospel According to Batman V Superman
Posted onFresh from the theater after having seen Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, I have been reflecting upon one particularly fascinating theme within it. In […]
Christian Involvement in Politics Is Not a Zero-Sum Game
Posted onWhen Christianity became the official state religion of the Roman Empire in 380 (after being granted the status of an approved religion by Emperor Constantine […]
The Defeat of American Constantianism and the Resurrection of Grace
Posted onI once heard Phil Burress, head of the religiously and politically conservative organization Citizens for Community Values, talk about the political work that his group had […]
The Biblical God is Both Personal and Transcendent
Posted onThere is a strong tendency in man to think of personhood as emerging from non-personality. For pagans and atheists, for example, matter is […]
Are the Old Testament Accounts Historical?
Posted onIn 1 Corinthians 15:14, the apostle Paul wrote, “if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith […]
Can Life Have Meaning Without God?
Posted onAn atheist going by the moniker “Counter Apologist” wrote an interesting post which goal was to undermine the Christian claim that man can have no […]
Answering the Fool According to His Folly – Presuppositional versus Classical Approaches to Apologetics
Posted onBefore the second century theologian Tertullian uttered his rhetorical question, “what does Athens have to do with Jerusalem?” the church had already been struggling with […]