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Philip Pullman Is Wrong: The Fall Wasn’t About Knowledge

I recently finished watching HBO’s His Dark Materials, and it didn’t take long to see the attack on Christian theology. Philip Pullman isn’t subtle…

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A painting depicts Jesus emerging from a rocky cave opening, with two snoozing Roman soldiers and a rooster nearby. Text at the bottom reads “THE GREAT ESCAPE - A.D. 33

Jesus: Crucified, Buried, and Still Not Gone

Easter begins with a scene that should have ended a story. A […]

A painting depicts a crowd of people surrounding Jesus, raising their arms and holding banners and scarves, including a large red banner reading “GO JESUS”. One sign reads “JESUS SAVES”.

Jesus Doesn’t Want Fans

Most of us learn something important about loyalty long before we can […]

Oil painting in a Rembrandt-like style showing Jesus healing a man with a withered hand beside a shiny vintage car with its bonnet open, exposing a dirty, broken engine, as a mixed-age crowd of men and women watch with varied reactions.

Polished Cars and Broken Engines: Commentary on Matthew 12:1-15

At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His […]

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Abortion – Two Key Questions

The abortion debate demands more than political posturing, it requires us to […]

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The Making of Hitler: Christianity, Atheism, and the Nazi Ideology

What did Hitler really believe? Hitler’s mother was a devout Catholic, but […]

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Does Science Need a Radical Shift to Explain Life’s Origin?

Imagine you’ve just been handed the keys to a time machine. Heart […]

Two figures in light-colored robes stand in a stone-arched tunnel; one faces a bright light emanating from an opening on the left, while the other holds a lit candle.

The Comprehensive Guide to Atheistic Morality: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Illusions

Imagine the situation — I am caught in a relentless struggle to […]

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Winning the Universal Lottery: God, the Multiverse and Fine Tuning

“Astronomy leads us to a unique event, a universe which was created […]

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God and Stephen Hawking. Is Quantum Cosmology God’s Undertaker?

A beginning does not explain itself. If the universe truly began—if time, […]

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Making Sense of Genesis 1 – Creation and Contentions With Modern Science

For most people, Genesis sits in an awkward place. If you grew […]

Big Bang Cosmology: Unsettling Implications for Atheism

The Emergence of the Big Bang Theory Before the twentieth century, it […]

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The Atheist Superiority Complex

Atheists are champions of science and reason who have carefully and honestly […]