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The Case for a Creator (Lee Strobel)

Posted on October 14, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

Strobel, Lee.  The Case for a Creator. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004. We should not critique Lee Strobel for doing what he set out to do.  Yes, this is a popular account and while it sometimes reads like Evangelical spy-fiction, it … Continue reading →

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Review: Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview

Posted on October 13, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

Moreland, J. P. and Craig, William Lane.   Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview.  Downers Grove, IL: Inter Varsity Press, 2003. This is one of those books in which I have spent more time over the past ten years than any … Continue reading →

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Review: For Faith and Clarity

Posted on May 5, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

Beilby, James. ed. For Faith and Clarity: Philosophical Contributions to Christian Theology. This book is not an intro to apologetics. It’s not even an intermediate text. It’s more like a supplement to some theological issues in apologetics. On the whole it … Continue reading →

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al-Kindi’s argument against eternal universe

Posted on November 12, 2017 by J. B. Aitken

Strictly speaking, this isn’t the cosmological argument, because as it stands there is no inference to a creating Agent.  But it does establish the groundwork for it.  This is from William Lane Craig’s Kalam Cosmological Argument, pp. 23-27. There are six self-evident … Continue reading →

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Does Foreknowledge Change Anything?

Posted on October 14, 2015 by J. B. Aitken

One of the common rebuttals to Calvinism is the claim that predestination = God’s foreknowing our future decision(s) to choose or not choose him.  It’s an attractive position.  It allows human dignity and responsibility yet also posits a timeless God. … Continue reading →

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