After hearing today's readings at Mass, I wanted to share a favorite non-fiction book with you all. For those who don't attend Mass, today's gospel reading was from Matthew 5:13-16: Jesus said to his disciples: “You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and … [Read more...]
An Attraction to Orthodoxy (Series)
February 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
As part of my Sunday's Good Book series, I posted about G.K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy and explained that there was a lot that I found compelling and challenging about his philosophy. Since that's a sorta weird thing for an atheist to say, discussion ensued and is ongoing. Here's all the posts on this topic to date: I Assign You Reading! - As a prelude to my discussion of Chesterton, I highlighted an essay by Eve Tushnet about when, if ever, people should let their ethics refute … [Read more...]
Strobel’s One-Sided Cases
January 23, 2011 By 9 Comments
I’m reviewing Lee Strobel’s The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus and The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity together since my objections to both of them are pretty much the same. I was more interested in The Case for Christ, which focuses on evidence for the historical Christ and his divinity than The Case for Faith which focused on theodicy. I don’t view theodicy as that much of a problem … [Read more...]
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