Just a few weeks ago, I had some thoughts on the deconversion of Jon Steingard, the former lead singer of Hawk Nelson. The driving force he cited behind his deconversion was a declining view of Scripture. He came to realize, he says, that the writers of Scripture were flawed like anyone else. Therefore, Scripture itself must be flawed like any […]
Just a week or two ago, I mentioned the increasing prevalence of the “deconversion story” in popular media. A few days ago, yet another former Christian’s story started to make the rounds in every major media outlet. Jon Steingard, former lead singer of the Christian rock band Hawk Nelson, has declared he no longer believes in God. In Christian circles, […]
Many know the famous story of the walls of Jericho. Maybe you’ve seen the Veggie Tales version. If you went to Sunday school as a kid, you probably heard it there as well. It’s a very memorable story, found in Joshua 6: The Israelites were about to enter the promised land after 430 years of slavery in Egypt and 40 […]
I’ve recently written an 8-part series on arguments for the existence of God. Those posts are in-depth examinations of eight different arguments for God’s existence. Here, I want to lay out some of them in a much briefer form and share what I think are ten of the best. Note the order of the title: I’m calling this “Ten Top […]
You’ve probably heard of the problem of evil. In fact, you’ve no doubt wrestled with it yourself before. Anyone who’s experienced evil has. If there is an all-knowing, all-powerful, all-loving, and perfectly good God who created and rules over this world, then why is there so much evil, pain, and suffering in it? This may be the most powerful and […]
What is beautiful? Certainly you can think of many things. Maybe you think visual beauty: something like the sun setting over the hills, a majestic snow-capped mountain range, a magnificent city skyline, your spouse or significant other. You may think of auditory beauty: Something like your favorite song or the sound of the gentle waves of the ocean rolling in […]
We all have our own unique desires. I desire to see the Cleveland Indians win the World Series, I desire a snowstorm, and I desire to read a good book. Most people I know do not happen to share those desires! Yet there are some desires that are common to everyone. In fact, it might not even be correct to […]
Here’s a form of a narrative you’ll hear increasingly commonly in the popular media and, often, scientific authorities. It goes something like this: The first life forms began when the necessary organic materials came together and began to sustain themselves and reproduce. Over billions of years, these organisms adapted and evolved to survive in their ever-changing environment, eventually acquiring a […]
“The more I examine the universe, and the details of its architecture, the more evidence I find that the Universe in some sense must have known we were coming.“ – Physicist Freeman Dyson “A commonsense interpretation of the facts suggests that a super-intellect has monkeyed with physics, as well as with chemistry and biology.” – Astronomer Fred Hoyle As modern […]
We might not agree on all moral truths. One person might think sex outside of marriage is wrong, another person might think it’s right. One person might think it’s okay to drink alcohol, another might think it’s wrong. We might not agree on exactly what is morally right or morally wrong, but nearly all of us can agree on this: […]
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