Thoughtful Reflections on Faith and Life
Close to twenty-five years ago I was a brand new Christian. I had come out of nominal Christianity, atheism and finally generic theism. I was (and am) still a skeptic at heart but wanted to grow in my faith. One of the first Christian books that I read was Miracles by C.S. Lewis. I didn’t … Read More “Miracles” »
A major part of my childhood was watching Scooby-Doo cartoons. I always wondered what Scooby snacks tasted like and there is still a part of me that would love to own a Mystery Machine. I will also confess that I never liked Scrappy-Doo. That was the beginning of the end for me. There was a … Read More “Scooby-Doo and the Shift in Worldviews” »
I just had an article published in the journal Studies in Religion. The name of the article is “On the Treatment of the Supernatural by Zeba Crook.” My article is a response to one that had been previously published in the same journal where Zeba Crook, an associate professor at Carelton University, argued that historians must … Read More “On the Treatment of the Supernatural” »
“While we are justified in preferring naturalistic explanations over ones that appeal to supernatural influences, all things being equal, we are not justified in insisting on naturalistic explanations regardless of how much the evidence points in a different direction.” Gregory A. Boyd and Paul Rhodes Eddy, Lord or Legend?
One of the common obstacles to faith is belief in miracles. In fact, after the enlightenment, there was a move even among some church leaders and theologians to remake Christianity into an miracle-less religion. The thought was that modern people don’t or at least shouldn’t believe in miracles. The idea of God intervening in the … Read More “Common Miracles” »
