The History of Science is the History of Bad Ideas
“The history of Science is the history of bad ideas.” This is a quote that I heard recently. I think that it is a rather tongue-in-cheek way of expressing our (post)modern culture’s current attitude...
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Googling for Truth: The Importance of Irenic Theology in our Postmodern World
In some sense, this is a charter post for Parchment and Pen as it expresses so much of what we are about. Have a great Fourth of July weekend. Googling for truth can be a dangerous task. Who knows...
View ArticleLeading the Postmodern Horse to Water – Four Views on Engaging Postmoderns
The following horse and water illustration that follows is taken from Millard Erickson’s book Postmodernizing the Faith. I use this and expand on it. How should Christians engage a post-Christian,...
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Chart on Church History
As many of you know, I have been working on this concept for about a decade now. This is the first time that I have taken the opportunity to make a descriptive graphic. Please look it over here and...
View ArticleEmbracing Doubt or Why ‘Roman Catholic Scholarship’ is an Oxymoron
Oxymoron means “sharp dullness.” It describes a figure of speech in which two words that are contradictory are put together. For example, “accurate rumors” is an oxymoron. Why? Because by definition, a...
View ArticleAre We Theological Bots?
For my Introduction to Theology Students: Please read The other day I was listening to a radio program. The speaker is someone who is very popular in Evangelical apologetics. He is someone that I have...
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Googling for Truth: The Great Commission and Information Overload
It is no secret that our culture today has been/is undergoing a massive paradigm shift with regards to the way people come to know truth. The atmosphere of the intellectual landscape has changed. For...
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Why Doesn’t Everyone Agree with Me?
I am a Calvinist; others are Arminian. I believe in a premillenial eschatology; others are amillenial. I am a traducianist with regards to the creation of the soul; others are creationists. I believe...
View ArticleWhy I Don’t Trust My Own “Scholarship”
Those who know me, know that I am an easy target for a good laugh. There is a certain part of my brain that I am convinced has never functioned. It is that part which has to do with remembering, among...
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An Open Letter to Homo sapiens
Dear Homo sapiens, This has been a rather unfortunate week for you. Since the world’s attention will turn to London next week with the Summer Olympics, I decided a voice must speak up to make next week...
View Article“I Feel; Therefore, I Am”: Reflections on Cultural Emotivism
We’re familiar with relativism’s slogan, “That’s true for you but not for me.” Well, in the worldview neighborhood, emotivism is just around the corner. This philosophy of life is centered on feelings...
View ArticleOn My Journey to Become Charismatic
Theological opinions are hard to change. Once they have set in, they are usually there to stay. The theological glue that makes ideas stick early in your studies is, for better or worse, rock solid. It...
View ArticleIs everyone really “entitled to their own opinion”?
People today are fond of certain pet phrases and repeat them often. In the context of disagreement and debate about things considered divisive, controversial and/or personal, one of the more popular...
View ArticleWhy I am Not Completely Certain Christianity is True
Indubitable: adj - Beyond the possibility of a doubt; unquestionable I don’t believe the Christian faith is indubitable, but I do believe that it is true. I tell this story when talking about the...
View ArticleWhy I Am Not Completely Certain Christianity is True
Indubitable: adj – Beyond the possibility of a doubt; unquestionable I don’t believe the Christian faith is indubitable, but I do believe that it is true. I tell this story when talking about the...
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