In the process of discussing Christian behavior in Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis made it a point to cover the Seven Virtues. He dealt the with four “Cardinal virtues” in an earlier chapter, and he now turns his attention to the three “Theological virtues” for the rest of Book Three. In this chapter he deals with…
On May 21, 2014, Ken Ham wrote, “Textbook Misleading Many Seminary and Bible College Students,” in which he lambasted Millard Erickson, a well-known conservative Evangelical systematic theologian. If you have taken any kind of theology course at the college or graduate school level, you’ve probably heard of him. In any case, Ken Ham took issue…
I don’t know how many times I’ve heard this in my life—you’ve probably heard it to: “All sins are equal! If you tell a lie, you’re just as bad as a murderer!” Really? Does anyone really believe that? Now, I know what that person means when they say something like that. What that person means…
I have taken a few days off from posting anything on my blog because I have been spending my time reading through my Heresy of Ham manuscript. That being said, what I want to do over the next week is to get back to going through Mere Christianity. I left off a few weeks ago…
Despite what I’ve discussed in the past few posts regarding Kierkegaard’s thought, there is one thing that should be painfully obvious…at least it was to Kierkegaard: the vast majority of people don’t put much thought into their lives. Most people just drift along in their lives, making choices based on whatever shiny object comes their way, like…
Want evidence I am a masochist? I’m reading “Inside the Nye Ham Debate”–the most mean-spirited, arrogant, manipulative, deceptive, passive-aggressive tripe ever put on paper. I have to get this out of my system. Just this morning, over the span of 15 minutes of reading, I came across these gems: 1. The Big Bang IS A…
Kierkegaard had a particular dislike for philosophers, theologians, and “academics” by and large. Anyone who has spent time in the graduate level/academic world will know why. Now, while it is not true in every single case, the academic world of philosophers and theologians is one where each “specialist” is in his own little world where…
As I am reading a considerable amount of Ken Ham “literature” these days, I can’t help but remember my first encounter with what I will call the “biblical literalist” movement—that strand of ultra-Fundamentalism that attempts to argue the Bible directly addresses and answers modern, scientific issues. I apologize in advance…my sarcasm is going to show…
In the midst of my researching for my book, The Heresy of Ham, I am constantly amazed at the truly ironic things that I find time and time again in regards to Ken Ham and the young earth creationism (YEC) of Answers in Genesis. Case in point: his utterly twisted and deceptive use of the…
As I think I tried to get across in the previous post, “faith” and “reason” should not be viewed as polar opposites that are engaged in some kind of war with each other. Reason and rationality are good things, but they will always, inevitably, be rooted in some sort of relational faith. Simply put, contrary to Immanuel…