The Problems with the Doctrine of Original Sin (Part 3)
Although the particulars of the doctrine of original sin have varied throughout the centuries, the core of this doctrine has stayed intact: The sin of the first...
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Augustine and the Doctrine of Original Sin (Part 2): Background About the Ultimate STD
As you might have noticed in the previous post, when it comes to the doctrine of original sin, YECist groups like Answers in Genesis tie it directly in with the...
Adam, Augustine, and the Doctrine of Original Sin (Part 1)
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been mulling over writing a post specifically about Adam and the doctrine of Original Sin. As things would have it, just ove...
Should Evolution Be Taught in Christian Schools? (Answers in Genesis’ Point of View)
Earlier today I was thumbing through my Twitter-feed and came across a link to a January 12th article by Avery Foley at Answers in Genesis (AiG) entitled, “Shou...
The Ways of the Worldviews: A “Table of Contents” For You…With Links!
I thought I’d provide this post as an overview of my entire “Ways of the Worldviews” Series. I’ve broken it up in the the various “...
The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 71): So, How Should We Then Live?
In his book, The Victory of Reason, Rodney Stark said the following in regards to Christianity and Western Civilization: “Christianity created Western Civilizat...
The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 70): The 21st Century: Mounting Pressures and Crumbling Foundations
Forty years ago, Francis Schaeffer came out with How Should We Then Live? in which he provided an overview of western culture from the time of ancient Rome, up ...
Ten Key Things to Remember Regarding the Creation/Evolution Debate and Young Earth Creationism (AKA: A Time to Mourn…and Shake the Dust From Your Feet)
Over the past two years, I have written quite a lot about the creation/evolution debate, young earth creationism in general, and Answers in Genesis in particula...
The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 69): Postmodernism and Michel Foucault–Systems of Power
In his book, Who’s Afraid of Postmodernism?, James K.A. Smith discusses three major postmodern thinkers, and (in my opinion) not only successfully articulates h...
The Ways of the Worldviews (Part 68): Enter the Postmodernists–Jacques Derrida and Jean-Francois Lyotard
If you have grown up within Evangelicalism over the past few decades, the term “postmodernism” is probably somewhat of a boogeyman—the catch-all term that symbo...