This week, I thought I’d do another short book analysis series on Robert Tracy McKenzie’s new book, We the Fallen People. McKenzie is a Wheaton College professor, and one of my dad’s old friends from his own Wheaton College days helped McKenzie as he wrote the book. Long story short, my dad gave me a…
Two years ago, I wrote a book review of Gregg Davidson’s Friend of Science, Friend of Faith. Well, technically, it wasn’t quite 730 days ago—that review was posted January 10th 2020, so that would be 723 days ago, or (if you really like to go by weeks) 103 weeks ago. And since whenever we are…
We now come to Part 4 of my book analysis series on William Lane Craig’s book, In Quest for the Historical Adam. We will finish off 2021 by looking at the second half of Craig’s book (chapters 8-13), in which he attempts to give a scientific answer to the question of the historical Adam. William…
We now come to Part 3 of my book analysis series on William Lane Craig’s book, In Quest for the Historical Adam. In this post, I will cover Chapters 5-7. Let’s do this… Chapter 5: Is Genesis 1-11 Mytho-History?Here in Chapter 5 is where WLC introduces the concept of Genesis 1-11 being “mytho-history.” Up to…
In this second post on WLC’s recent book, In Quest for the Historical Adam, I’m going to walk us through chapters 3-5. So, without any opening witty banter, let’s just jump right into these chapters! Chapter 3: Are the Primaeval Narratives of Genesis 1-11 Myth? (Part 1)Chapters 3-4 both focus on addressing the question, “Are…
Earlier this fall, William Lane Craig came out with his book, In Quest for the Historical Adam: A Biblical and Scientific Exploration, (priced at a very (un)reasonable $38.00!). Although I wanted to read it for purely curiosity’s sake, I didn’t get it for two reasons: (1) Sorry, but $38 for a book? I tend to…
If you are a Christian like me, chances are that your take on the idea of “miracles” is similar to mine. Intellectually, you believe that Jesus really did heal the sick and raise the dead and was resurrected himself. Intellectually, you believe that (at least in general terms) that miracles and healings still happen today….
Welcome to “Part 2” of my look at Tucker Carlson’s Patriot Purge. In “Part 1,” I described what I felt was the main thesis and four main claims that Carlson made, and then I highlighted what Carlson said regarding the people he highlighted in his documentary. Let’s first recap the four main points: (1) Looking…
A little over a month ago, Fox News host Tucker Carlson came out with a three-part series on his Fox Nation streaming-site called Patriot Purge, in which he said he was going to look into the details of last year’s riot at the Capitol on January 6th. Immediately, even before it was made available, a…
We now come to Part 2 of my look at S. Joshua Swamidass’ book, The Genealogical Adam & Eve. In my previous post, I attempted to lay out the basic thesis and argument of his book, namely that Swamidass puts forth a speculative hypothesis as a way to “heal the divide” between those Christians who…