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Surprised by Chesterton

“Ignorance is the first penalty of pride.” So wrote H.G. Wells in his 1920 work The Outline of Human History, in which he argued that Christianity had collapsed “like a house of cards” in light of evolutionary theory.  “The whole moral edifice,” Wells said referring to Christianity “was built upon false history.” If ignorance is the first penalty of pride,…...

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A Personal Heresy

C.S. Lewis gave the most annoying character in the Chronicles of Narnia the same name as a man he debated early in his career. In a book published in 1937 under the title, "The Personal Heresy: A Controversy," Lewis debated Eustace Mandeville Wetenhall Tillyard about the proper manner in which to interpret literature. Eustace is the name used, as you…...

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Socrates, The Rock Star

"There is no such thing as philosophy-free science." In his 1995 book Darwin's Dangerous Idea, Dennett continues the previous quote with these words, "There is only science whose philosophical baggage is taken on board without examination." University of Notre Dame Professor of Philosophy, Alvin Plantinga, gives a similar appraisal, "It would be excessively naive to think that contemporary science is…...

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O Little Man

Where would you be O Little Man, If not for the love of God? Alone? Without hope? Imprisoned to death? Where would you be O Son of Adam, If not for the calling of God? Empty? Separated? Destined for despair? Where would you be O Image Bearer, If not for the purposes of God? Searching? Grasping? Clinging to nothing? But…...

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Is God Green?

Audio from our campus church event "Is God Green?" with special guest speaker Dr. Russell D. Moore. Is God Green?...

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