In Book 1:5 of Mere Christianity, in his chapter entitled, “We Have Cause to be Uneasy,” Lewis wraps up the main argument of Book One. He begins by anticipating what no doubt people back then, and people today, would be saying at this point: “Oh here we go! We’ve broken the Law! We need Jesus!…
The very concept of some sort of “moral law” can be somewhat problematic, and can easily be twisted into a kind of fundamentalist legalism that sees all life and behavior in stark, black and white terms. You know that kind of person. He says, “God said it, I believe it, obey it or else! End…
Let me say right off the bat, the title is misleading. Ken Ham does not think E.T., that adorable alien from the 1982 movie, is an atheist. No—Ken Ham believes that scientists who think there might be life on other planets are atheists in rebellion against God. So, if you’ve ever wondered if there was…
We now begin our adventure into C.S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity. It seems that too many times well-meaning Christians immediately “go to the Bible” to try to convince a non-believer that there is a God, or that Jesus is God. The problem with that approach, I believe, is the failure to realize the non-believer isn’t going…
C.S. Lewis: The Man Most Americans, when they hear the name “C.S. Lewis,” immediately think of “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” from his children’s series The Chronicles of Narnia. Beyond that, though, many don’t really know how influential C.S. Lewis has been over the past century. He was an English professor at both…
There is no place better to learn about the heretical theology of the Hamites than the source of the heresy itself: Ken Ham’s Answers in Genesis website, and more specifically, his personal blog he posts on the website. If you actually read the man’s own words, you’ll soon see just how bizarre his claims are….
In light of my post yesterday, I’ve gotten a couple of responses questioning my calling Ken Ham and young earth creationism a heresy. I want to make a few clarifications. What Exactly is Heresy? First, I am not using “heresy” as just a disparaging comment. I am convinced that in light of Church history, what…
I believe that God often puts a calling on people’s hearts. I remember when I was in high school, sitting in chapel at my Christian school, listening to yet another pastor tell us students that the first thing you should do once you get saved is to go out and witness to someone. A light…
Even though N.T. Wright has three more chapters to Surprised by Scripture, I believe I can adequately cover them in this post. “How to Engage Tomorrow’s World” (Ch. 10), “Apocalypse and the Beauty of God,” (Ch. 11), and “Becoming a People of Hope” (Ch. 12) all serve as challenges by Wright to Christians of today…
Yes, it was only a matter of time…but you knew the subject of politics was due to come up at some point. After all, if the two things you never talk about in public are religion and politics, then that’s just an invitation to talk about religion and politics. And so, in chapter 9 of…