Secular Humanism is the view that says values and meaning are rooted in human ability and potential rather than anything religious or divine. But can values and meaning actually be grounded on a purely human platform? After all, the Bible states that all human beings have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3). And that no …

In my prior post I told how well-known Humanist Bart Campolo pressed me on the question of how a nonChristian spouse could live with the indignity of being thought “worthy of hell” by a Christian spouse. I have to admit, I’d never thought of the situation that way before. I said to Bart that I personally wouldn’t be insulted if …

In my prior post I offered an affirmation and two brief explanations (from a Christian perspective) of Humanism. In this post I offer some observations that are more critical. Again, the claim of Humanists is that we can be good without God . . . And in fact we’re doing just that. Just watch us . . .  So if I …

This is the fourth installment in my series on Secular Humanism (or simply Humanism), inside the larger series of “Notepad Apologetics.” My prior post offered four critiques of Humanism. Theorizing about these matters is one thing but live interaction with a true Humanist is another. I met well-known Humanist Bart Campolo recently at the University of Cincinnati, where he serves as …

In my prior post, I asked how Christians should respond to the claim of Secular Humanism, embedded in the title of the popular book, Good Without God, by Harvard/MIT Humanist Chaplain Greg Epstein. In the book Epstein names some famous figures who he claims were fellow Humanists, including Thomas Jefferson, Winston Churchill, Jean-Paul Sartre, and John Lennon. What they all …