The Quest for the Historical Israel – a review
Finkelstein and Mazar represent two of the most influential Israeli archaeologists of the present generation. Finkelstein is a professor at…
Don’t all religions basically teach the same thing?
A man once gave this illustration. He said, “Suppose you take ten men and blindfold them and lead them over to an elephant. You now…
Does Astronomy Reveal Joshua’s Long Day?
A popular story gives a salutary warning of the need to check our sources carefully and be careful in the arguments we use.
Conflict Myths: Bishop Ussher and the Date of Creation
There is probably no name more indelibly linked with rigid church fundamentalism than that of Bishop James Ussher (1581-1656), who today is…
Conflict Myths: Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was a brilliant mathematician, astronomer and physicist. He was appointed to the chair of Mathematics at the…
Does Science Contradict Religion?
The common assumption that science contradicts religion can be illustrated either from your own personal experience, if this is relevant,…
Aren't Christians Responsible for Most Wars?
I am often asked how I can believe in God when there have been so many wars caused by religion. The implication is that if only people…
What is Truth? (on the Nature and Importance of Truth Today)
An examination of various responses to the question "What is Truth?"
Bart Ehrman's Forged: Writing in the Name of God – a review
A review of Bart Ehrman's book claiming that many of the New Testament documents were falsely written under someone else's name.