A Tribute to my Grandpa Anderson, on the 20th Anniversary of His Last Christmas
In July of 1997, after finishing a master’s degree in the New Testament at Regent College, I went with my dad to visit my grandparents, Lennart and Margaret And...
Category: Book Review
Ken Ham’s “Already Compromised”: A Book Review (Part 6)–Don’t Share a Meal with the Compromisers…and Use Our YECist Questionnaire!
Forrest Gump famously said, “Life is like a box of chocolates…you never know what you’re going to get.” That saying most certainly does not apply to YECism in g...
Ken Ham’s “Already Compromised”–A Book Review (Part 5): …the one where he attacks Christian academics by name: Dembski, Giberson, BioLogos, and Walton, to name a few
For anyone who is familiar with Ken Ham, his talking points and tactics are as predictable as they are bewildering. His book, Already Compromised, is no differe...
A Book Review on Ken Ham’s “Already Compromised” (Part 4): Why Ham Believes Christian Colleges are like the Japanese, Pharaoh, and the Pharisees (Hint: They Don’t Accept His “gospel” of YECism)
In my previous two posts on Ken Ham’s book, Already Compromised, I outlined how Ham (and co-author Greg Hall) “set the stage” for their book by arguing that his...
Ken Ham’s “Already Compromised”–Part 3 of my Book Review: Why Christian Professors are Anti-Intellectual Enemies of God
“We are at war. We are at war with weapons far greater than any bomb, missile, or gun. And these weapons are aimed at targets far more strategic than any buildi...
A Book Review of Ken Ham’s “Already Compromised” (Part 2): How 100% Agreement on New Testament Issues Doesn’t Stop Ham from Accusing Other Christians of Compromise
In my previous post, “I Was the 16-Year-Old Godfather of Answers in Genesis,” I not only told a little story of a paper I had written for a high school Bible cl...
I Was the 16-Year-Old Godfather of “Answers in Genesis” (Well, not really, but read my 11th Grade Bible paper, and you’ll wonder!)
Over the past week, I have been doing some reminiscing of my high school days—in particular, I’ve been posting some of my artwork from the high school art class...
John Walton and Israel’s Conquest of Canaan: Did God Really Command Genocide? (Spoiler Alert: No, he didn’t..and the Israelites didn’t claim he did to justify mass killing either)
We now come to the final post of my six-part extended book review of John Walton’s most recent book, The Lost World of the Israelite Conquest, and in this post,...
Understanding the Conquest of Canaan (Part 5): The Canaanites–Is Having Sex With Your Donkey Only Wrong If You’re an Israelite?
As we come to Part 5 in my series about understanding the conquest of Canaan, I want to address a point John Walton makes that stems from his propositions I add...
John Walton on the Israelite Conquest of Canaan (Part 4): The Depiction of the Canaanites and Understanding God’s Law
In his latest book, The Lost World of the Israelite Conquest, John Walton attempts to present the conquest narrative in the Book of Joshua in its historical and...