Movie Notes: First Reformed
A (fairly) recent movie asks if God can forgive us for what we’ve done to His creation.
Tagged: Theology
Jonathan Rowe: “Did the Ancient Jews in fact have a Republic?”
Did the Ancient Jews have a “republic”? I don’t think they did. But what about contemporary leading theologians?
Ben Franklin on the Quakers & Lack of Need For Govt. Support of Religion, Etc.
A brief gloss of the complex intellectual and spiritual harmony between the Founders and the Quakers.
The Failure of Just War Theory
Instead of calling just war theory a fraud, as Damon Linker does, I would call it a failure.
Richard Dawkins on the Emptiness of Theology
Does it matter if Richard Dawkins is ignorant of theology? If he’s going to write about it, then yes.
Living By Faith, Dwelling In Doubt: A Conversation
Kyle Cupp and Tod Kelly discuss Kyle’s new book. Along the way, Kyle waxes on his approach to faith and doubt, along with his daughter, the Pope, abortion, Paul Ricoeur, Job, and Firefly.
Proof of God, continued
If God cannot prove His omnipotence (or infinity) to human beings because they are neither omnipotent or omniscient or infinite, couldn’t God simply make all human beings into omniscient, omnipotent, and infinite beings? If...
Beck and Obama’s radically different theologies
[updated] It is perhaps a little ironic that Beck is invoking theology so often and especially in order to demonize Obama further. Ironic because conservative and evangelical Christians probably have more in common theologically...
The Religion-Science Debate Is Theological
On the flight over to Calgary (for Br. Scott’s nuptials) I read Bob Wright’s new book The Evolution of God. I’m wanting to do a post or two on that book, but I was...
