Category Archives: Apologetics

Groothuis’ "Christian Apologetics" ch. 14: Evidence for Intelligent Design

Rounding out the chs11-14 series dealing with God’s roll in creation, the goal of this chapter of Groothuis’ Christian Apologetics is to give a positive case for Intelligent Design, as well as answering objections to it.  The section “ID and the Nature of … Continue reading

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Groothuis’ "Christian Apologetics" ch. 13: Origins, Design and Darwinism

Chapters 11 thru 14 of Groothuis’ Christian Apologetics are very much related.  I am tempted to write a blog post mentioning all 4 of them together, but I already did chapter 11 (pp. 233-234) and chapter 12, and I just created an index that treats … Continue reading

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Blog index for Douglas Groothuis’ "Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith"

It occurred to me that an index for this discussion of Douglas Grouthuis’ Christian Apologetics might be useful.  I will update this as I cover more chapters.  We are studying it in my apologetics group at church, using the study … Continue reading

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Dialogue with Tristan Vick on the Golden Rule

In this Euthyphro Dilemma thread I began a dialogue with Tristan Vick, which I continue in this Golden Rule thread, and bring to the top in the thread you are now reading. Tristan replies: With 1)God commands/reveals in accordance with … Continue reading

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Dialogue on Euthyphro’s Dilemma with Tristan Vick and Mike D

Update 10/16:  I’ve added my reply to the end of this post.  Thanks. :) Backstory of this dialogue:   1.  I posted the “Dear Euthyphro” meme on the Facebook page for Christian Apologetics Alliance.  The meme reads: Dear Euthyphro,  God … Continue reading

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Dear Euthyphro meme

The Humean-Platonic tripartite (Ought-Is-Belief) theory of moral knowledge May 10, 2012Answering Jerry Coyne and Jason Thibodeau on the Euthyphro Dilemma October 29, 2011God (is) the Golden Rule (ought) without offending Hume April 10, 2011Natural law, divine command and Euthyphro’s dilemma resolved March 27, 2011Hume’s is-ought, Plato’s … Continue reading

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Resolving Euthyphro’s Dilemma October 16, 2012 The Humean-Platonic tripartite (Ought-Is-Belief) theory of moral knowledge May 10, 2012 Answering Jerry Coyne and Jason Thibodeau on the Euthyphro Dilemma October 29, 2011 God (is) the Golden Rule (ought) without offending Hume April 10, 2011 … Continue reading

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The day I converted from atheism is approaching…

I spruced up the old testimony for Brian Auten’s Former Atheist Project on Apologetics 315, just in time for my approaching born-again birthday.  If you’re a former atheist, Brian would love to hear your story–and so would I :)  Mine begins … Continue reading

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JC Lamont’s "Prophecy of the Heir" on the problem of judgment

Over the summer I read JC Lamont‘s Prophecy of the Heir, and not included in my review and author interview is mention that my absolute favorite thing about this book is how Lamont unapologetically, yet with the prowess of an … Continue reading

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JC Lamont interview and Prophecy of the Heir review

I recently had the pleasure of reading and reviewing JC Lamont’s debut work of literary apologetics, Prophecy of the Heir, as well as interviewing its author, JC Lamont: Book review: JC Lamont’s Prophecy of the Heir August 27, 2012 Shorter reviews on … Continue reading

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