Biblical Intertextuality: Jonah in Moby Dick–Father Mapple’s Sermon (Part 2)
At various times in college, I attempted to read Moby Dick—I failed every time. My natural inclination was toward poetry, and Moby Dick was a novel…a long novel...
Category: Book Review
AiG’s Attack on Karl Giberson’s “Saving the Original Sinner” (Part 2)
Yesterday, I began assessing the assessment that Elizabeth Mitchell of Answers in Genesis gave to Karl Giberson’s book, Saving the Original Sinner. Today, I wou...
Answers in Genesis Attacks Karl Giberson’s “Saving the Original Sinner” (Part 1)
Back in August I wrote a four-part post series in which I critiqued the “book review” of Elizabeth Mitchell from Answers in Genesis on Peter Enns’ book, The Bib...
Book Review: Karl Giberson’s “Saving the Original Sinner” (Part 3)
Here is the rest of my book review of Karl Giberson’s book, Saving the Original Sinner. Chapter 6: The Origin of Mrs. Cain (and the Posse that Chased her ...
Karl Giberson: Saving the Original Sinner (Book Review: Part 2)
Today I wish to briefly review the first half of Karl Giberson’s book, Saving the Original Sinner. It is “Black Friday,” and I’m sitting...
Book Review: Karl Giberson’s “Saving the Original Sinner” (Part 1)
Karl Giberson is a Christian scholar and scientist who is at the forefront of the current “creation/evolution” debate in the United States. Among his other acco...
The Final Installment of my Book Review of Mere Christianity: 4:11–The New Men
The final chapter of Mere Christianity is entitled, “The New Men.” In it, Lewis touches upon something that will no doubt drive your modern day fundamentalist c...
C.S. Lewis and Mere Christianity…4:10–Nice People or New Men
Since my son is still napping, I thought I’d just continue and move on to Lewis’ next chapter in Mere Christianity: “Nice People or New Men.” In this chapter, L...
C.S. Lewis and Mere Christianity: 4:9–Counting the Cost
As C.S. Lewis continues to wrap up his book Mere Christianity, he addresses the idea in the Bible in which God says, “Be ye perfect.” He makes it clear that “be...
CS Lewis, Mere Christianity: 4:8–Is Christianity Hard or Easy?
The last few chapters of Mere Christianity have had a tremendous challenging influence on me ever since my high school days. This chapter is fairly straightforw...