Blog Book: The Apologetics of a Talking Faun Excerpt: "The loyal fan of Lewis’ work should not despair—if Lewis was falling back from his apologetic arguments it could mean only one thing: Aslan was on the move."...
Read MoreC.S. Lewis sketched the following poem in the rise of his popularity as a spokesperson and defender of the Christian faith. His apologetic work took a toll on the man, and his poem serves as a helpful prayer for all who work to the advance the gospel in the public square: From all my lame defeats and oh! much more…...
Read MoreIt is fashionable among academicians to hide behind dead men. In order to strengthen one's position, one need only evoke the name of some bygone philosopher or theologian. "Oh, my poisition is Aristotilian" one will say in one breath, but in the next "Well, it's not that Aristotelian." If one really wanted to perpetuate Aristotle's thoughts it would make more…...
Read More“Ignorance is the first penalty of pride.†So wrote H.G. Wells in his 1920 work The Outline of Human History, in which he argued that Christianity had collapsed “like a house of cards†in light of evolutionary theory.  “The whole moral edifice,†Wells said referring to Christianity “was built upon false history.†If ignorance is the first penalty of pride,…...
Read MoreC.S. Lewis gave the most annoying character in the Chronicles of Narnia the same name as a man he debated early in his career. In a book published in 1937 under the title, "The Personal Heresy: A Controversy," Lewis debated Eustace Mandeville Wetenhall Tillyard about the proper manner in which to interpret literature. Eustace is the name used, as you…...
Read More"There is no such thing as philosophy-free science." In his 1995 book Darwin's Dangerous Idea, Dennett continues the previous quote with these words, "There is only science whose philosophical baggage is taken on board without examination." University of Notre Dame Professor of Philosophy, Alvin Plantinga, gives a similar appraisal, "It would be excessively naive to think that contemporary science is…...
Read MoreWhere would you be O Little Man, If not for the love of God? Alone? Without hope? Imprisoned to death? Where would you be O Son of Adam, If not for the calling of God? Empty? Separated? Destined for despair? Where would you be O Image Bearer, If not for the purposes of God? Searching? Grasping? Clinging to nothing? But…...
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