Podcast: What is Heresy?

Is Faith Inherently Irrational? August 18, 2012

Is Faith Inherently Irrational? Many people seem to assume that faith is giving credence to things that don’t make much sense and for which there is little or no evidence. Take the doctrine of the Incarnation, for example. This is the traditional Christian teaching that Jesus is “fully God and fully human.” Now, to many…

Lighten Up: Believing in Believing October 10, 2014

OK, we don’t really think this is the difference between theology and philosophy, but how does this guy not get that not believing in believing is, itself, a belief? 

Podcast: What Should I Do If My Friends Call Me a Heretic? February 5, 2018

Greg talks about the burden of novelty. http://traffic.libsyn.com/askgregboyd/Episode_0283.mp3 Photo by Lily Lvnatikk on Unsplash

Thou Shalt Not Fear Science August 31, 2012

Bev Mitchel is a person I’ve just recently been introduced to. He’s among an increasing chorus of scholars who believe it’s time for Evangelicals to stop being afraid of science and to instead seriously integrate it into our reading of Scripture and theological reflection. Here is a little piece he wrote for Jeff Clarke’s (very informative) website integrating…

Sometimes The Strangest Things Keep Us From God August 27, 2012

When the Bible Isn’t Clear January 23, 2014

Mark Grapengater via Compfight Roger Olson wrote a post today entitled How to Solve a Theological Dilemma when Scripture Doesn’t Clearly Solve It: An Exercise in Theological Method. The title itself is provocative and problematic if you’re a fundamentalist, so Roger spends some time dealing with the mindset of fundamentalism. This is a really valuable read if…