We say “science,” but in actuality there are sciences like physics and biology. We say “religion,” but it would be more accurate to say religions ... » Go

Take each piece out of the segments of the argument that present themselves and then move on to further reasoning. But you must understand that ... » Go

Finding real truth is the point of reference we share with all human beings. No one can live without truth. Though we may disagree about ... » Go

We should keep in mind that we have a vast amount of experience of things, with relative degrees of order, coming into existence, and no ... » Go

Evolution, whether cosmic or biological, cannot — logically cannot! — be a theory of ultimate origins of existence or order, precisely because its operations always ... » Go

The “Midas touch” picture of consciousness, as I call it — is the view that to take something as our ‘object’ automatically transforms it in ... » Go

One could retreat to a mere methodological naturalism and say that scientific method is our only hope as human beings. Whether or not we can ... » Go

The absence of any reference to belief in my statements on knowledge and knowing will be immediately noticed. The absence is intended, and though rare ... » Go

I take knowledge in the dispositional sense to be identical with the capacity to represent a respective subject matter as it is, on an appropriate ... » Go

We should, to begin with, think that God leads a very interesting life, and that he is full of joy. ¶ We pay a lot ... » Go

My hope is to gain a fresh hearing for Jesus, especially among those who believe they already understand him. In his case, quite frankly, presumed familiarity has ... » Go

On the human side, I assume that [the Bible] was produced and preserved by competent human beings who were at least as intelligent and devout ... » Go

Our hunger for Jesus is a signal of who we are and why we are here, and it also is the basis of our humanity’s enduring ... » Go

Here is a profoundly significant fact: In our culture, among Christian and non-Christians alike, Jesus Christ is automatically disassociated from brilliance or intellectual capacity. Not ... » Go

Recently cultural observers have noted the overwhelming rise in the use of filthy language, especially among young people. Curiously, few have been able to find any grounds ... » Go

Intimacy is the mutual mingling of souls who are taking each other into themselves to ever increasing depths. The truly erotic is the mingling of ... » Go

Jesus’ good news about the kingdom can be an effective guide for our lives only if we share his view of the world in which ... » Go

Historically, conservative Christians became suspicious of any talk of Jesus as "teacher" because liberals, or "Modernists," used it as a way of saying that he ... » Go

The interaction of the waves and pebbles in this case is a perfectly orderly process, even if our comprehension of that order can only be ... » Go