Even if you disagree with the guy, I bet you can't outdo C.S. Lewis in his ability to illustrate an argument. His word pictures are both memorable and compelling. In Mere Christianity he gets at his arguments in many ways — from the rational and the theological to the existential, reasoning from what it feels like to be human. I…...
Read MoreHere's Your Worldview Reader with links to articles, essays, reviews, & videos I consider to be interesting or important from a biblical worldview. Join me on the first & third Friday every month as I discuss topics from the post with Carmen LaBerge on My Faith Radio around 7:30AM (EST). ⊕ Deconstruction and Doubt (Season 2, Episode 1 of Mere…...
Read MoreWhat do you do with your doubt? Do you ignore it? Are you ashamed of it? Do let it rule you? Is it your boss? What can you do with your doubt? I'm speaking in chapel this morning at Southwest Baptist University on the passage in Psalm 73 where Asaph, the worship leader for Israel, get's real. He gets real,…...
Read MoreDo you have a soul? Can science say anything about it? Can science disprove it? Brian Cox, the musician turned professor, says science makes it plain the soul does not exist. If there was some other material source present in the body, it should be detectable in some way. Since the soul is not detectable in some measurable way, it…...
Read MoreI had dinner last week with a friend who works in the Netherlands. I was intrigued by a word he used to describe a common label for religious belief by people in Amsterdam. It's from the Dutch word "iets" which simply means something. When referred to as a shared belief it is referred to as "Somethingism." In short, it means…...
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