Islam,” Mustafa Akyol writes in his latest book, “is not the powerful, creative, sophisticated, beautiful civilization that it once was.” Instead, Akyol argues in Reopening Muslim Minds, Islam is in a crisis, a crisis that cannot simply be blamed on Western colonialism or imperialism. . . . . Continue Reading »
H. L. Mencken famously defined Puritanism as “the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.” Puritans, and Calvinists more generally, have a reputation for harboring an ungenerous suspicion of even the most innocent delights as sinfulness in disguise. Though this reputation is not . . . . Continue Reading »
What historical claims does the Bible make about Adam and Eve? And is belief in a historical Adam and Eve compatible with the scientific evidence? In order to avoid the pitfalls of reading contemporary science into the biblical texts, it is best to treat these questions separately. Only after having . . . . Continue Reading »
Joseph Stuart joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Rethinking the Enlightenment: Faith in the Age of Reason. Continue Reading »
David Lloyd Dusenbury joins the podcast to discuss his new book, The Innocence of Pontius Pilate: How the Roman Trial of Jesus Shaped History. Continue Reading »
John's Gospel challenges modernity's one-dimensional reasoning.
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Andreas J. Köstenberger joins the podcast to discuss his recent book, Signs of the Messiah: An Introduction to John's Gospel. Continue Reading »
In some ways, we do read the Bible like any other book. But this observation comes after the recognition of God’s providential economy in Christ. Continue Reading »
Despite rejecting almost in toto the Church’s account of faith and reason, Sacks nevertheless credited it for the fundamental humaneness of Western civilization. Continue Reading »
In 1970, Michael Polanyi wrote an essay called “Why Did We Destroy Europe?” In it, he reflected on the cancerous spread of ideologies and war in the twentieth century. He argued that scientific rationalism had initially “been a major influence towards intellectual, moral and social . . . . Continue Reading »
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