Is Christian Belief Just Wish-Fulfillment? Alvin Plantinga’s Assessment of Freud
Do you ever wonder why people believe the things that they do? If you do not share those beliefs, then you might be inclined to assign nefarious or otherwise unsavory…
Author: Jim Boucher
How To Avoid Being A Hack As A Christian Apologist
Christian apologetics is the practice of providing a defense of the Christian faith. This will be both positive and negative; providing evidence for God and interacting with the arguments of…
How Presuppositionalism Is Theistic Fizz; It Makes God A Programmed, Arational Belief
If I were to ask somebody why they believe in God, she might tell me that God is the most plausible explanation for the existence of the universe. She might…
Assessing Graham Oppy’s Book, The Best Argument Against God
As Graham Oppy pointed out somewhere in The Best Argument Against God, there are thoughtful, reflective people on both sides of every argument. Unfortunately, most people (atheists and theists) are…
Why Are Evangelicals Casting The Doctrine of Eternal, Conscious Torment Into The Lake of Fire?
I do not have any statistics. What I am saying is a bit experiential and anecdotal, but it seems that more evangelical Christians are becoming amenable to the doctrine of…
When The Scientific Method Needs To Hand The Reins To Philosophers And Theologians
As children of the Christian thinker René Descartes, western minds are less likely to accept truths based on the qualifications of some authority figure, whether that authority figure is a…
Why We Should Re-Brand Young Earth Creationism As Neo-Ussherianism
Anybody who followed the 2016 Presidential election understands the importance of branding. Donald Trump branded himself as the every-man, the person who relates to the struggles of the American people.…
Why Theologians Are Not Qualified To Assess The Theory of Evolution
A sophomore is somebody who has a fact or two memorized and yet feels cocksure about her conclusions. She will tell you very matter-of-factly her immovable conclusions about controversial issues…
How Presuppositionalists Suppress The Truth In False Piety
Piety is a virtue. It describes devotion to Christ and to righteousness. It means that everything in our lives is under submission to Jesus. Yet there are times when somebody…
CS Lewis, Cosmic Fake News, And Atheistic Naturalism
It is difficult to hate CS Lewis. From his charming fiction to the personable presentation of his arguments, all of his writing provides a glimpse into his personality. He knew…
How To Avoid Indoctrinating Children With Mathematics And Christianity
The term indoctrination has a very negative stigma. When people hear that phrase, they will think of parents telling their children what to believe and how to think. They think…
Developing A Strong Family Bond When Granny Wants You Dead
When a parent sees that her daughter is pregnant, they might start to panic. Unwed pregnancy can often lead to poverty, as the child has to forego an education and…
Saving Christmas From Christological Contradictions
Thieves love Christmas. We sometimes hear stories about a green man who lives in the mountains and steals all of the Christmas presents just to take all of the joy…
Is Molinism Here, There, Or Anywhere In The Bible?
There is supposed to be a coherence between philosophical theology and exegetical theology. While exegetical theology is the practice of discerning truths from the text of Scripture, philosophical theology is…
In Defense of The Babylon Bee
"Wipe that smile off your stupid face. Stop laughing, right now. It is not funny. This is serious." Sometimes people take themselves far too seriously. Every issue that arises has…
Why ‘Who Created God?’ Is My Example of A Thoughtless Question
There are some sophisticated atheists out there. Intellectuals with beards who write books, engage with the nuances of the Christian faith, understand Calvinism, trinitarian theology, the gospel and the different…
Expanding The Abortion Debate To Aliens And Robots
Choose life. For the stalkers out there, that is what my license plate says. The DMV had a number of options in my state that allowed drivers who are registering…
Why Is What We Believe In The Privacy of Our Mind So Important?
Christians share the gospel. During Jesus' public ministry, he told men to repent and believe the gospel, because the Kingdom of God was near. But repentance is about changing your…
A Few of The Worst Arguments In Arminian Theology
Secularists are sometimes surprised when they learn about the long-standing intellectual tradition of the Christian church. There are thousands of books that have emerged containing our different philosophies, theological points…
If Science Works And The Universe Is Rational, Then God Probably Exists
In the secular mind, there are two opposing forces in the world. Both have exhibited extreme power, and one is waning. Those powers are science and religion. Science has the…