Category: Philosophy
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God & Morality: Four Views
I think I’ve made it pretty clear, but just in case, I’m a big fan of the multiple views books in theological and biblical studies. Generally speaking, I think they do a great job of both presenting the various positions on an issue and allowing readers to see how the positions would critique each other.…
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Doctrine: Creation
As part of the on-going review series of Doctrine, here are my thoughts on this particular chapter: Creation: God Makes. Way back when I was studying all this in seminary, I did a blog series on Genesis. It’s very detailed, and as you can see, I didn’t get past chapter 2: Thoughts on Genesis Genesis:…
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Quotes From Intro to Systematic Theology by Cornelius Van Til
On Monday, I mentioned how helpful I’ve found Cornelius Van Til’s Introduction to Systematic Theology. I first read it during my first year in seminary. Recently, I’ve been re-reading it in Logos and taking advantage of digital highlighting. It’ll be interesting to compare what I highlighted then and now. In the meantime, I thought I’d…
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Why You (Usually) Can’t Persuade Someone They’re Wrong
I recently finished Mapping The Origins Debate by Gerald Rau (which is excellent by the way). My review is forthcoming, but I wanted to go ahead an highlight a hugely important point that Rau makes, almost as an afterthought. After presenting 6 models of the beginning of everything (not one by one, but through different…
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Baseball + Theology = Theologian Trading Cards
A couple of weeks ago, I showed you that I got these Theologian Trading Cards in the mail courtesy of Zondervan Academic. I thought I’d give you a few more pictures, my thoughts, and link to where you can enter a giveaway to get some for yourself! Basically, this is a set of baseball cards,…
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Two Views on Thomas Aquinas For Evangelicals
Over at The Gospel Coalition yesterday, they posted two essays on Thomas Aquinas. The first (that I saw), was by K. Scott Oliphint and suggested Aquinas is a shaky foundation: Thomas Aquinas is among the top philosophical theologians in the history of the church. His genius cannot be doubted. His significant influence extends, not simply…
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The Most Uncomfortable Argument Against Common Ancestry
Consider these two statements: Why sex evolved is in fact one of evolution’s greatest mysteries. We should be deeply suspicious of speculations that come unaccompanied by hard evidence. Both of these come from Jerry Coyne’s Why Evolution Is True. The first is in the chapter “How Sex Drives Evolution,” (155) and the second is from the…
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A Shot of Faith To The Head: Be A Confident Believer In the Age of Cranky Atheists
You’re reading this book review because of John Piper, believe it or not. If John Piper hadn’t have invited Doug Wilson to the 2009 Desiring God National Conference, I might not have ended up subscribed to his blog (cleverly titled Blog and Mablog). Having not done that, I probably wouldn’t have seen his blurb about…
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The Drama of Doctrine: Conclusion
When I was working on my thesis, I first noticed Kevin Vanhoozer’s The Drama of Doctrine. Since I was writing on the theological nature of movies, this seemed like a resource I could use, but I just didn’t have time to dig into it. After reading it thoroughly now, I wish I had used it…
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The Drama of Doctrine: The Performance
[This post is part of The Drama of Doctrine review series] Several weeks ago, we started our way through Kevin Vanhoozer’s The Drama of Doctrine. We’ve looked at the drama, the script, and the dramaturge. That leaves the section on the performance before we wrap up next week. As Vanhoozer explains: The burden of part 4 is…