Interview with Dr. Bill Ury – Social Trinitarianism
Posted onNew podcast is up. Click here to listen. This podcast features an interview with Dr. Bill Ury. Dr. Ury received his doctorate from Drew Univeristy […]
Habakkuk and God’s Judgment Upon Militarism
Posted onI’ve been reading through the minor prophets (the twelve small books named after the prophets behind them in the Old Testament) and today I got […]
The Early Church’s Attempts to Understand the Relationship Between the Human and Divine Natures of Christ
Posted onWe have a tendency in modern times to think of what one believes as not particularly important. However, this tendency doesn’t always serve […]
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 […]
Can Christians Own Possessions and Still Love the Poor?
Posted onIn reflecting on my recent debate regarding who had the better moral philosophy, Jesus or Ayn Rand, I thought about a question my debate opponent […]
Who Had the Better Moral Philosophy: Jesus or Ayn Rand?
Posted onWho had the superior moral philosophy: Ayn Rand, with her focus on rational self-interest, or Jesus, who saw morality as both individual and communal? […]
Debate, “Who Had the Better Moral Philosophy: Jesus or Ayn Rand?”, to Take Place September 9th, 2014
Posted onI’ll have the wonderful opportunity of taking part in a debate with my great friend Ben Doublett on the topic of the relational ethics of Jesus […]
An Interview with Jehovah’s Witnesses (MP3)
Posted onLast year, I had the opportunity of interviewing an older Jehovah’s Witness couple regarding some of the central JW teachings. They were both quite knowledgeable […]
Early Christianity’s Subversion of the Sexual Power Games of Patriarchal Greece and Rome
Posted onI recently discovered an article by David Konstan entitled “Enacting Eros” (http://www.stoa.org/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Stoa:text:2002.01.0004). What interested me most about this article was its discussion of sex and […]
Begging the Question – A Review of Bart Ehrman’s How Jesus Became God
Posted onConsisting roughly of 50% good scholarship and 50% question begging, Ehrman’s How Jesus Became God is a great popular level look into how liberal scholars deal […]