Some Christians lament the naturalistic approach that science insists on taking. I think that’s kind of strange. Science and faith have different starting points, even though people of faith believe that they are investigating many of the same things. At…Read More→
We Christians are careful to warn people that creation should not be worshiped, only the Creator. This is good advice, as far as it goes, but does it hide important things in its attempt to guard important things? Might it…Read More→
Assumptions, pre-suppositions, and avoidance of discussing them can lead to numerous undesirable outcomes, in our own thinking, our Christian journey, and within our fellowships. This note, partly inspired by two recent posts at ChristianWeek, illustrates a couple of ways this…Read More→
A recent book by Thomas Jay Oord that presents God’s love as non-controlling has me thinking about how we might imagine this idea at its fullest extension. Tom’s rigorous way of following this line of thinking to a surprising conclusion…Read More→
In part one, we considered how accepting the reasonable and widely accepted findings of modern biology may challenge the way we view creation and the Creator. If our views in these areas are challenged, and we are willing to consider…Read More→
Even in this new millennium a large number of university students find little support in their home church, family or community for dealing with the intellectual challenges to their faith that they will encounter in the modern, secular university. Worse,…Read More→