This is the first in a series of ten brief posts by Jeff Cook, listing the top ten arguments against/for God. Top 10 – Arguments Against God’s Existence #10-8 (Jeff Cook) Socrates said, “Philosophy begins with wonder” and nearly all human beings at all times have looked at the world around them and, given its beauties, powers, and complexities, asked if what they saw was designed by a mind for a purpose. I think it is vitally important to think... Read more
Well, not what you think: Drilling to the earth’s mantle is hard. This may be about to change with a $1 billion mission to drill 6 km (3.7 miles) beneath the seafloor to reach the Earth’s mantle — a 3000 km-thick layer of slowly deforming rock between the crust and the core which makes up the majority of our planet — and bring back the first ever fresh samples…. The hole they will drill will be just 30 cm in width all... Read more
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From Lane Kenworthy: Daron Acemoglu, James Robinson, and Thierry Verdier have a new paper that asks “Can’t We All Be More Like Scandinavians?” Their answer is no. The answer follows from a model they develop in which Countries choose between two types of capitalism. “Cutthroat” capitalism provides large financial rewards to successful entrepreneurship. This yields high income inequality, but it stimulates lots of entrepreneurial effort and hence is conducive to innovation. “Cuddly” capitalism features less financial payoff to entrepreneurs and more generous... Read more
The fourth chapter of Peter Bouteneff’s book Beginnings: Ancient Christian Readings of the Biblical Creation Narratives looks at the role the creation narrative plays in the existing works of two somewhat controversial early Christian thinkers and writers – Tertullian (around 200; ca. 160 – ca. 225) and Origen (ca.185-254). Tertullian is sketched briefly, and Origen considered in significantly more detail. The purpose of scripture, the Christ-centeredness of the narrative, and the importance of story are significant running themes. The role... Read more
This post is by our friend and blogger and routine commenter here, Jim Martin. He is responding to yesterday’s post about homeschooling. Jim is the preacher at Crestview Christian Church, and his contact info is at the bottom of his response: It is difficult to see a family self-destruct. It is especially difficult to watch the fallout as the spouses avoid dealing with critical issues at the expense of their children. I read this letter several times. I think there... Read more
This response to our homeschooling letter is from someone well known to the Jesus Creed blog, a homeschooler, Helen Lee. Helen has impressed us all with her intelligence, Christian maturity, and thoughtfulness when it comes to missional home living. To a Concerned Friend… As I read the letter posted here yesterday from the concerned friend of the homeschooling family, my heart went out to all involved: the parents in question, their children, and the conflicted friend who just wants to... Read more
Esther Inglis-Arkell has an article about what could be resolved by time travel. Leading to this: what would you want to resolve through time travel? Time travel has long been used, in fiction, as a method of correcting past wrongs or stealing past riches. This usually leads to trouble. But what if all time travelers recovered from the past was scientific knowledge? Here are some science mysteries from the past that could be solved in the present. Although there are... Read more
Last week I was honored to give the Dotson-Nelson lectures at Samford University in Birmingham, and I can’t thank Matt Kerlin enough for the time I had at Samford’s beautiful Colonial Georgian architecture. But it got started with breakfast — with our good friend’s son, Owen Wagoner and his buddy Jay, and they took me out for some good oatmeal pancakes. Owen’s the son of Scott and Sarah, and Scott was one of my first students at TEDS (way back... Read more
What is perhaps most remarkable about the Christian faith is how adaptable and resilient it is. Think about this set of factors: the Story of God’s presence in an ancient people (Israelites) took on a different life with the Man from Galilee (Jesus) whose life and death and resurrection became the core of a Roman-Jew (Paul) which in twenty centuries had struck root in the soils of every continent and in the depths of most cultures. Now the noteworthy feature... Read more
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