A core feature of the Enlightenment project was the twin concepts of optimism and progress. Modernism’s infatuation with science led to the idea that human…
I could buy my own island resort if I got money for every time an atheist told me, “I would believe if only I had…
In a few days there will be an international gathering of atheists in Melbourne. Richard Dawkins and many other misotheistic heavyweights will be there. I…
When the great earthquake of 1755 rocked Lisbon, it raised all sorts of questions about God and faith. The quake, along with a devastating tsunami…
Apologetics is concerned with demonstrating the reasonableness of Christianity’s truth claims, and answering objections to them. With over 230 articles on the topic, this website…
I was handed a book today and asked for some comments on it. It is not a new book, but it is a popular level…
Modernism can be described in many ways, but central to the modernist project have been several related emphases: man by reason alone can come to…
Zondervan, 2009 (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) Well-known Christian apologist Greg Koukl here offers a popular-level approach to defending the faith. The California-based apologist…
The march of science and the outworking of Enlightenment thinking has been a mixed bag. There has been both progress and regress during the past…
Crossway Books, 2008. (Available in Australia at Koorong books) William Lane Craig is one of the premier evangelical apologists around. He is amply qualified to…
The biblical understanding of morality is rather straightforward: There exists an objective, universal moral law because there is a transcendent, personal moral lawgiver – God.…
There have been numerous objections raised against Christianity over the centuries. There may be 20 or so major standard objections raised, covering a variety of…
Regnery, 2008. Serious books contain ideas and arguments which can have a profound impact on the rest of the world. Ideas, in other words, have…
There are many top-notch Christian apologists on the scene today. They are doing a superb job of demonstrating the reasonableness of the Christian faith, and…
There is no shortage of nutty ideas. A recent news item proclaimed that by mid-century, humans and robots will engage in loving and sexual relationships.…
Doubleday, 2008. In this important volume two philosophers with interests in bioethics and law make the case for the moral worth of the human embryo…
With all the zeal and energy of a religious crusade, the new atheists have come out in force, rattling their secular sabres. They are on…
A recent article by Steven Pinker, reprinted in the Age last week, tried to explain morality from an evolutionary perspective. Steven Pinker is an evolutionary…
Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2007. ‘Social Darwinism’ is a term which refers to the social and political ramifications of biological Darwinism and the materialism which it…
HarperOne, 2007. In 2004 the atheist world was rocked by the news of one of the most important defections from its ranks in recent times.…