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UnChristian

UnChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity According to a recent Barna Research study, the perception of Christians by outsiders (non-Christians) is shockingly low. Disdain for evangelicals by young outsiders is overwhelming and negative (49 percent). According to …

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Theistic Evolution Book Review

Review Roundup Thank God for Evolution: How the Marriage of Science and Religion Will Change Your Life and Our World Michael Dowd (Viking, 2007) Saving Darwin: How to Be a Christian and Believe in Evolution Karl Giberson (HarperCollins, 2008) Dowd …

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The God Delusion

So many people have been reading and talking about The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, so I finally decided to pick up a copy and read it (twice). While Dawkins is an engaging and entertaining writer, his arguments are surprisingly …

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The Devil’s Delusion

For the past couple years “militant atheism,” as the Wall Street Journal put it, has been on the rise. Figures such as Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett and others have brought atheism to the forefront of cultural …

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Putting Jesus in His Place

I’ve always believed that Jesus was both God and man. The man part is easy to believe—he was born, he slept, got tired, learned, and ultimately died. But what about the idea that Jesus is God, the Creator of the …

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Defending Life

For those of you concerned about the life of the unborn, I could not recommend a book more strongly than Defending Life, by Francis Beckwith (Oxford Press, 2007). Rather than beginning with the Bible, Beckwith makes the case for against …

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Why Evolution is True

“Evolution is a fact. And far from casting doubt on Darwinism, the evidence gathered by scientists over the past century and a half support it completely.” “Today scientists have as much confidence in Darwinism as they do in the existence …

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What’s So Great about Christianity

I recently picked up a copy of What’s So Great about Christianity (2007), by Dinesh D’Souza, and was pleasantly surprised at what I found. Although D’Souza’s background is primarily in domestic policy, he has established himself as a significant apologist …

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What Darwin Got Wrong

I started reading What Darwin Got Wrong (2010) assuming it was written by two creationists or proponents of intelligent design. To my pleasant surprise, I could not have been more wrong myself! The authors, Jerry Fodor and Massimo Piatelli-Palmarini, explicitly …

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The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth (Richard Dawkins) A Book Review Sean McDowell I love a good challenge. I would much rather read a difficult book that makes me think deeply about my convictions than one that provokes little thought. This …

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