One argument against determinism, it seems, has been around as long as humans; you can find many different statements of it. Here is one by the old Welsh theologian H. P. Owen: Determinism is self-stultifying. If my mental processes are totally determined, I am totally determined either to accept or
In his magisterial two volume work, The Matter with Things, psychiatrist, philosopher, and Oxford literary critic Iain McGilchrist draws on his expertise in brain science to explore the relationship between reason and emotion. These two cognitive faculties are often seen as strongly opposed to one another. McGilchrist, however, questions this.
What can we learn by comparing Greek and Hebrew?
Hello dear readers! I hope that you still read these newsletters in any case. I was just mentioning the other day that between welcoming another baby into the world and sitting through Hebrew exams, it has been far too long since I have written anything. Behind the scenes, I migrated
A major idea from a major figure in the West.
How can the Trinity be one God?
Where did evil come from?
What is hell, and do some people stay there forever?
A meditation on the Incarnation.
Let's take a look at John Calvin's understanding of justification as imputed righteousness
A difficulty for classical apologetics
What could Christians possibly learn from postmodernism? As it turns out, some powerful biblical themes.
Should Christians care about the environment?
Why does Jesus act that way?
Have we been taking the verse "where two or three gather in my name" (Matt 18:20) out of context?
Is baptism necessary for salvation?
Some ponderings about figurative interpretations in Scripture
Let's consider further biblical evidence for praying to Jesus
Is there biblical support for praying directly to Jesus?
Is it biblical to hope for God's rescue?
