Reader’s Guide to “Richard Dawkins Goes to Heaven.”
Third in a series of reader’s guides for my short story collection, “Richard Dawkins, Antony Flew, and Mother Teresa Go to Heaven.” This one is for the Richard Dawkins story primarily, but may be...
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Historic Doubts Relative to Napoleon Bonaparte by Richard Whately against...
Over the last three hundred years unbounded skepticism has been applied to religion and Christianity especially. Atheist philosopher David Hume was one of the prominent voices calling for stringent...
View ArticleReminder of ACM’s upcoming apologetics conference
Reminder, ACM’s annual online apologetics conference is coming up in just about 10 days! Register today to receive the 50% discount on the registration fee. Since I’ve last posted, we’ve added Brian...
View ArticleJune 2012 Fundraising Campaign for ACM
I’m setting June as a month of fundraising efforts for ACM. I hope that all my readers will take some time to head on over to the campaign letter and check out how they can get a free, signed copy of...
View ArticleArguing about the morality of a thing with an atheist is pointless
In my view, it is pointless to debate the morality of anything with an atheist until he is willing to admit that moral assessments imply the existence of the immaterial and transcendental realities...
View ArticleOn the Necessity of Jesus’ Sacrifice for our Sins
I had an interesting email exchange about a month ago concerning whether or not it was ‘necessary’ for Jesus to atone for humanity’s sins by the shedding of his blood. In some follow up conversation,...
View ArticlePsalm 22 and the Cross Or, One Reason So Many of the First Christians were Jews
Psalm 22 and the Cross Or, One Reason So Many of the First Christians were Jews Anyone who has ever had the opportunity to study the Jewish people prior to 100 AD will instantly recognize what rascals...
View ArticleGuards at the Tomb: Evidence of Jewish Guards at Jesus Tomb
This being the case, when Jesus' body goes missing, despite all these people watching it, one can understand why the argument that the disciples stole the body was seen immediately as ridiculous on its...
View ArticleGuards at the Tomb: Pilate puts Jesus on Trial, the Jews put Pilate on Trial
The Jews, by ensuring that Roman guards are present at the tomb in sizable numbers, when the body of Jesus does actually go missing, their explanation that the disciples stole the body seems weak and...
View ArticleGuards at the Tomb: The Romans and Jews: So (un)Happy Together
Little is known about Pilate's fate, but it is against his brutal pattern of behavior and disregard and contempt for the Jews that we must now consider the story of Jesus' trial and the guarding of the...
View ArticleGuards at the Tomb: The Discipline of the Roman Soldier
The Jews were not inclined to be sympathetic to the Romans. The idea of dead Roman soldiers must have been, in the main, a very pleasant one to turn about in one's mind. However, what if balanced...
View ArticleGuards at the Tomb: Were they Roman Guards or Jewish Guards?
In some regards, it doesn't matter whether the guards were Roman or Temple guards. The mere fact that there were guards represents a real problem for those who wish to dismiss the resurrection....
View ArticleHow Many Guards at the Tomb? A series of essays and ebook.
My post "How many guards at Jesus' tomb?" has drawn thousands of visitors. The bulk of these come during the Easter season. I suspect that there are a lot of churches putting on Passion plays and...
View ArticleYour Beliefs are a Threat to the State Itself
Christianity has always been considered a threat to governments, because it maintains that individuals answer first and foremost to God--and by 'individuals' we also mean those running the governments....
View ArticlePro-Life Apologetics Conference: Defending the Faith is a Defense of Life
It is a question of what is real and true about the universe: are we all, in reality, creatures made by God and then redeemed on the cross--even before we were born?
View ArticleWhat World War Two Online Can Teach Us About God, the Universe, and Ourselves
The gamers of World War Two Online can ‘unsub.’ The programmers can ‘tweak’ the physics of the game to try to address the myriad of mostly contradictory demands that their paying game base demand; but...
View ArticleSolving the Islamicist Problem Once and For All
Evidently the talking points are out, since I have now heard multiple individuals, especially those of Democrat persuasion, opine that ‘We have been bombing Iraq for 20 years so obviously that doesn’t...
View ArticleChristmas and the Pri(n)ce of Peace
Peace usually is won through violence, not by hurling platitudes at each other. True story. The post Christmas and the Pri(n)ce of Peace appeared first on SntJohnny.com.
View ArticleAn Unexpected Reason Why Apologetics Fails
I have been involved in Christian apologetics for a little over 20 years, with about 7 years of ‘professional’ church work under my belt. I’ve had many, many conversations with unbelievers, online and...
View ArticleReview: Richard Weikart’s “The Death of Humanity and the Case for Life”
In a recent post, I argued that one of the tell-tale signs of whether or not a viewpoint does not correspond with reality is whether or not it results in death; one’s own death, or the death of...
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