Tag: Naturalism
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Four Things Christianity Allows Us to See 20/20
(I know, I know. We’re all already tired of the “2020 Vision” themes. But this opportunity only comes twice in the timeline of human history–and the first time we weren’t even counting years the same way, nor were we measuring vision the same way. So humor me.) Few ideas have made an impact on me […]
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Say It with Me: Cognitive Dissonance
This is the third installment of a series, introducing terms and ideas that may be unfamiliar to most but are increasingly necessary for the thinking Christian to understand. “But they’re organic!” Because we don’t have a Trader Joe’s near our house, whenever my wife can make a trip out to the closest one, she stocks […]
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Thankful for Thanksgiving
I love Thanksgiving! I love the rest. I love the time with family. I love the food–way too much. Thanksgiving is a time of reflection, which is always a good thing. We all can point to ways in which our lives could have been vastly better. However, this is a time when we recognize that […]
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Say It with Me: Plausibility Structures
This is the second installment of a series, introducing terms and ideas that may be unfamiliar to most but are increasingly necessary for the thinking Christian to understand. The term will probably not work its way into your casual conversation any time soon. However, it may play a part next time someone talks to you […]
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Say It with Me: Worldview
This is the first installment of a series, introducing terms and ideas that may be unfamiliar to most but are increasingly necessary for the thinking Christian to understand. At first glance, worldview seems like an arcane topic reserved only for the more philosophically minded. Discussing worldviews can get tedious and sometimes downright arbitrary. However, worldview […]
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Both Sides of Every Story
As quotable as C.S. Lewis is, my favorite quote of his has to be the following: I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else. As was his style, in this one statement he says so much. The […]
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The Other Side of the Problem of Evil
The problem that the atheist has in the problem of evil is that in atheism there shouldn’t be a problem. The problem of evil is a problem for everyone. It is a problem from the stage at a philosophical debate to the table at a corner coffeehouse. People struggle with the problem of evil because […]
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