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Are There Objective Truths about God?
Pilate entered the praetorium again and called Jesus, and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus answered, “Do you say this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?” Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your ...
The Revolution in Anglo-American Philosophy
“The contemporary Western intellectual world,” declares the noted philosopher Alvin Plantinga, “is a battleground or arena in which rages a battle for men’s souls.” [1] Three schools of thought struggle against each othe...
Should Peter Go to the Mission Field?
Dear Peter, Thank you for your recent letter. Before directing myself to your questions, let me share with you some of my reflections on my own situation. I asked myself two questions: (A) Are there persons to whom I failed to preach who are going to be los...
Visions of Jesus: A Critical Assessment of Gerd Lüdemann's Hallucination Hypothesis
Gerd Lüdemann has become one of the most prominent and sharpest critics of the historicity of the resurrection of Jesus. After igniting a firestorm of controversy in his native Germany, Lüdemann's writings have leapt the Atlantic to spark debate ...
Does the Problem of Material Constitution Illuminate the Doctrine of the Trinity?
In a provocative and carefully argued paper, [1] Michael Rea and Jeffrey Brower (hereafter R-B) have offered a creative, new way of understanding the Trinity based on the analogy of hylomorphic composition as understood by Aristotle. They present the...
The Eternal Present and Stump-Kretzmann Eternity
Introduction A great many contemporary thinkers would probably agree with Nelson Pike’s judgement that "A timeless individual could not produce, create, or bring about an object, circumstance or state of affairs," since so doing would temporally locate ...
Hasker On Divine Knowledge
Introduction The most positive feature of William Hasker's recent God, Time, and Knowledge, it seems to me, is its focusing the wide-ranging discussion of the diverse issues raised by the problem of divine foreknowledge and future contingents down to a fe...
Arguing Successfully about God: A Review Essay of Graham Oppy’s <em>Arguing about Gods</em>
Already reeling from Howard Sobel's hard left hand in Logic and Theism, natural theology is now staggered by Graham Oppy's smashing right in Arguing about Gods. Not that Oppy would dispute the truth of theism or the rationality of theistic belief&mdash...
The Triumphal Entry
Today we celebrate the day called “Palm Sunday,” the day of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem one week prior to his crucifixion and death. In case some of you are wondering why this is called “Palm Sunday”, it’s because ...
The Absurdity of Life without God
The Necessity of God and Immortality Man, writes Loren Eiseley, is the Cosmic Orphan. He is the only creature in the universe who asks, "Why?" Other animals have instincts to guide them, but man has learned to ask questions. "Who am I?" man asks. "Why am I he...