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Recent Articles
- Tim’s Passing
- Nietzsche was Wrong About the Basis of Dignity
- All Epistemologies Are Not Created Equal – Part 4: Which Is Best?
- All Epistemologies Are Not Created Equal – Part 3: Keller’s 4 Tests
- All Epistemologies Are Not Created Equal – Part 2: Dignity
Article Library
Did Jesus originate self-giving love?
This follows a common claim pattern from Keller, Lewis, and other Christian apologists. The general idea is that all virtue emerges from the teachings of Jesus. I also believed this for a long time. Unfortunately, it’s not defensible once we take our heads outside of the Bible and look at other religions or even the…
Beware of Cultural Appropriation
Keller is absolutely right here. What is noteworthy is that there is nothing distinctly Christian about this comment. What’s happening here is that Keller is appropriating common, secular wisdom and virtue and mixing it in with all his Christian narrative, thereby attempting to reinforce his message. But a careful observer will note that this actually…
Bedazzled by Profundities
To most of us, this would go under the “no sh__, Sherlock” category. I’m not sure how to state it any less critically. It’s like saying “the death of a family member, being a big deal, changes you”. Of course this is true. But that just begs the question: why state this at all? This…
The Need for Salvation is Not a Given
Keller gets points for realizing that secularists are not declining the offer of salvation; they are denying that they need it at all. But he says “we can’t get away from needing salvation”. Can’t we? Consider this meme: This, in fact, is the real “irony”. It turns out the shepherd and the wolf are the…
Creating God in our Own Image
I remember exhortations like this as a youth. They were profound and “convicting”. We were warned about essentially manipulating the message of God into a form that justifies our selfish behaviors. But the irony is that the god of the Bible is precisely an invention of humans in order to serve their human goals. How…