Apologetics

A few years ago, noted author James Sire visited Macalester College in St. Paul where I was working (and have, this past year, returned) and made this statement to a group of students gathered in a dorm lounge: "Faith...

Secular Student Alliance leader and myself panel-discussing atheism and Christianity at Winona State University. Atheists and Christians often disagree about the nature of religious faith. One group says faith is blind, a leap in the dark, definitely not based...

Christians often accuse atheists of having more faith than Christians. This is off-putting to atheists because they think of faith as believing without any evidence. Or believing contrary to evidence. In other words, faith is blind. Here is a...

Recently I had the privilege of engaging in an informal discussion with an atheist student ("Matt") in front of a class at a prominent local high school. After the class period, Matt said to me that he wished he...

In my travels I interact with many atheists. Generally, there are two levels: 1. The Big Boys: professional philosophers who bring a sophisticated product to the table. A sampling of names: William Rowe, J.L. Mackie, Quentin Smith, Kai Neilsen,...

Me trying to say something helpful to college students at Cedar Campus, MIEvery year for about two weeks in May I spend more time with college students than my usual high dosage.And it always comes just when I'm being...

I've talked the past few weeks about reaching Postmodern students: with trust Modern students: with logic Modern students with a postmodern veneer: with trust and logic Now this week, the postmodern student with a modern veneer. This is the...

To summarize and catch you up on this series so far (skip this section if you wish):A postmodern student thinks nobody has a monopoly on the truth. A modern student believes that through critical reason one can arrive at the...

In this multi-part series, we're talking about how to reach out with the message of Christ to four student profiles:The truly postmodern student (March 6 post).The truly modern student (March 13 post).The modern student with a postmodern veneer (next...

I'll be hanging with these Bemidji State crazies all of next weekThis is week four on the topic of reaching today's young people with the message of Jesus. See prior posts dated Feb 20, 28, Mar 6.Last week: reaching...