Articles with a philosophical bent.
Whatever Happened to New Atheism?
In 2008 I went through what is now fashionably called ‘faith-deconstruction’. I find the use of the word deconstruction confusing as
Logical Jesus
When Jesus was asked what was the most important commandment, he said this: ‘“The first of all the commandments is: Hear, O
Who wants to live forever? Christians should!
The assumption is made probably by the great majority of people that everlasting life is hugely desirable, whether that means never dying,
Why Christianity, not Epicureanism, is the philosophy we need now
The Covid-19 pandemic, pro-Trump protestors storming the Capitol, fake news, and global warming-it is true that we live in an age
An Unexpected Ally
When I jettisoned my Christian faith at the age of nineteen, it was partly the fault of the great British philosopher Bertrand
Why Read “Authentically Emergent”? Part 2 of a series
For many evangelicals, the views of emergents, like Brian McLaren, Tony Jones, Rob Bell, and Doug Pagitt, have been written off as
Are the Emergents “Yesterday’s News”? Part 1
In 2005, Crossway published my book, Truth and the New Kind of Christian: The Emerging Effects of Postmodernism in the Church. It
Is This the Normal Christian Life? Part 6
We have seen many ways that influenced our evangelical predecessors toward favoring what was rationally and empirically knowable over what we could
Is This the Normal Christian Life? Part 5
We have seen how various philosophies and mindsets of the times served to erode the Christian’s biblically-based confidence that God wants to
Is This the Normal Christian Life? Part 4
Not only did our (U.S.) evangelical predecessors deeply embrace modern science along Bacon’s lines, they also embraced the broader Enlightenment confidence in
