Featured Video: Determined or Free?

In this week's featured video, Dr. William Lane Craig of Reasonable Faith discusses predeterminism and free will.



For more videos from Dr. Craig, check out his audio/visuals page and YouTube channel.

Books by Dr. Craig

Featured Article: Accruing More Punishment?

In this week's featured article, philosopher Dr. William Lane Craig of Reasonable Faith addresses the idea that people damned to hell will accrue more punishment as they are in hell. Here it is:

Do The Damned in Hell Accrue Further Punishment?

Dr. Craig has an entire section of his website dedicated to answering questions posed by the public. Check it out here.

Books by Dr. Craig

Featured Audio: The Cell's Design Introduction

This week's featured audio is an episode of The Cell's Design. Biochemist Dr. Fazale Rana of Reasons to Believe discusses the introduction to his book, "The Cell's Design: How Chemistry Reveals the Creator's Artistry".


Download the MP3 here.

If you would like to ask Dr. Rana a question, you can send him an email (ask@reasons.org). Questions are answered on the I Didn't Know That podcast.

Books by Dr. Rana


To download this and more episodes, here is the RSS feed and the iTunes link, or you can download the Faithful Thinkers Toolbar (The Cell's Design episodes can be played from the radio).

Pride vs. Confidence

Christianity requires the laying down of pride. Many interpret this to be a sacrifice of confidence. It is sacrificing confidence, but sacrificing confidence in something not worthy of it, and building confidence in Someone that is worthy of it. When you recognize that your confidence is in an omniscient, omnipotent, benevolent, perfectly just, and perfectly merciful God, you will have a renewed confidence in yourself. But, if your confidence in God goes below the confidence in yourself (pride) again, you will have to make the sacrifice again. The Christian must never over-estimate his capabilities, or under-estimate God's. There is a delicate balance of self-confidence versus trust in God in the Christian's life. Sacrificing our own pride has to be done constantly, because we are still sinful and always default to making God less in our lives and ourselves more. To be a Christian requires the humble desire and duty to make God more and ourselves less.

Featured Video: Jesus the Only Way?

In this week's featured video, Dr. William Lane Craig of Reasonable Faith discusses if Jesus is the only way to God.



For more videos from Dr. Craig, check out his audio/visuals page and YouTube channel.

Books by Dr. Craig

Bonus Video: The Gift of Hope

Earlier this year I posted a book review of "The Risen Jesus and A Future Hope" by Dr. Gary Habermas. Yesterday Dr. Frank Turek (CrossExamined.org) posted a video on his blog of Dr. Habermas discussing the hope that Christ's resurrection has given him in the death of his wife. Let us never forget the tremendous gift of hope that God gave to us as we celebrate Christmas:

Featured Article: Is God Simple?

In this week's featured article, philosopher Dr. William Lane Craig of Reasonable Faith discusses the simplicity of God. Here it is:

Is God Simple?

Dr. Craig has an entire section of his website dedicated to answering questions posed by the public. Check it out here.

Books by Dr. Craig

Featured Audio: What Does It Mean To Be Human? Part 4

This week's featured audio is an episode of Just Thinking. Philospher Dr. Ravi Zacharias of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries discusses what it means to be human from the Christian worldview.


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Books by Dr. Zacharias


To download this and more episodes, here is the RSS feed, or you can download the Faithful Thinkers Toolbar(Just Thinking episodes can be played from the radio).

Culture's Obsession With Self-Help

Naturalism devalues humans to the point of being of equal value to dirt or having no value at all (neither does dirt, really; see short series "Human Equality and Naturalism"). This has created a psychological crisis of self-confidence. The culture has proposed what it thinks to be the answer...beauty, muscles, money, status, titles, power, education, "causes". People strive for these things constantly to the point of being obsessed, because they want to establish their value and be worthy of confidence (from themselves or other people).

This is self-defeating. If humanity has little or no value, why is confidence in humanity (thus, one's self) so important? In order to make life even seem like it is worth living (considering all the suffering involved), naturalism tells us that we have to place value on ourselves. Yet we know that that kind of value cannot simply be stated to be true- there must exist some foundation for the value, then it can be stated to be true. People will try to establish the foundation the way that naturalism offers (given above), but they do figure out that a foundation based on those things is only as strong as the value that culture places on them. Unfortunately, culture is fickle and changes what it believes to hold value constantly. When one person builds their value based on one thing, its value changes to being useless. All that time, effort, and resources were wasted, because their confidence is based on a value level, that is based on a foundation of relative value, that is based on a culture synonymous with A.D.D.

Featured Video: Jesus' Burial

In this week's featured video, Dr. William Lane Craig of Reasonable Faith discusses burial of Jesus' body.



For more videos from Dr. Craig, check out his audio/visuals page and YouTube channel.

Books by Dr. Craig

Featured Article: New Direct Distance Measurements (Part 2 of 2)

This week's featured article is from astronomer Dr. Hugh Ross of Reasons to Believe. Last week, Dr. Ross discussed two new direct distance measurements into the cosmos and their implications for the Christian worldview. This week he discusses the significance those measurements have for the expansion of the universe. Here is part 2 of 2:

Results from Two Research Teams Improve Direct Distance Measurements and Strengthen the Creation Model- Part 2 of 2

For more articles on the age of the earth and universe from Dr. Ross, check out Reasons to Believe's Age of the Earth resource page.

If you would like to ask Dr. Ross a question, you can send him an email (ask@reasons.org). Questions are answered on the I Didn't Know That podcast.

Books by Dr. Ross

Featured Audio: What Does It Mean To Be Human? Part 3

This week's featured audio is an episode of Just Thinking. Philospher Dr. Ravi Zacharias of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries discusses what it means to be human from the Christian worldview.


Download the MP3 here.

Books by Dr. Zacharias


To download this and more episodes, here is the RSS feed, or you can download the Faithful Thinkers Toolbar(Just Thinking episodes can be played from the radio).

Does "Responsibility" Exist?

I want to take a post to discuss responsibility and its relationship to naturalism. This is going to build upon my previous posts "The Responsibility to Know and Act" and "Human Equality and Naturalism".

Responsibility assumes three things in order to have meaning:
Subject
Objects
Obliged Action

Person A has a responsibility to Person B to perform action X on Person C.

Subject (Person A) is the person who possess the responsibility (obliged to perform action).
Object (Person B and C) is the person who the subject is obliged to perform the action to and/or for.