A Dive into Galatians (Part 3: Galatians 2:15-3:20—Faith or Torah?)
The argument in Galatians actually begins in 2:15. Everything up to this point is basically historical prologue that illustrates the theological point Paul is g...
Tag: Faith
“godless” by Dan Barker: An Extended Book Analysis–Part 2 (Reason, Faith…and the USSR?)
The second section of Dan Barker’s book godless is entitled, “Why I am an Atheist.” It concludes the following chapters: Chapter 5: Why I am an Atheist; Chapter...
Paul’s Letter to the Romans: Chapter 10–Okay, How Did the Jews Screw Up? (Part 16)
Before we move on to Romans 10, I want to point out that we must realize that the issues Paul is addressing in 9-11 are issues he had been dealing with for year...
Paul’s Letter to the Romans: Chapter 4–Abraham, Righteousness, and Faith (Part 8)
Here we are now at Romans 4. Let’s do a quick recap, so we can always keep in mind the flow of Paul’s argument. Paul has argued: All Gentiles are sinful and des...
Sam Harris and “The End of Faith”: Conclusion–Part 10:1
Now we come to the conclusion of my critique of Sam Harris’s book, The End of Faith. What I have attempted to show in this detailed analysis is the following: H...
Sam Harris and “The End of Faith”: Can Science be the Basis of Morality? (Part 8:1)
Despite his attacks on religion and “faith,” atheist Sam Harris nevertheless holds to his own presuppositional faith in “science,” namely that there can be a “s...
Sam Harris and “The End of Faith”: Faith and Intolerance (Part 6)
We’ve now come to the point in our analysis of Sam Harris’ book, The End of Faith, where we will look at the specific things he has to say about “faith.” ...
Sam Harris: On Faith and Hell (Part 2)
One of Sam Harris’ main arguments in The End of Faith against Christianity is that, according to him, the roots of intolerance, repression, and violence are fou...
C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity: Faith
I want to finish Book 3 of Mere Christianity with a short discussion on Lewis’ view of faith. He devotes two chapters to the topic of faith. In 3:11, Lewis emph...
Kierkegaard: Aesthetics, Demoniacs, Ethics, and Religion
Despite what I’ve discussed in the past few posts regarding Kierkegaard’s thought, there is one thing that should be painfully obvious…at least it was to Kierke...