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• Book Review: Non-Computable You

  

  by Stuart H. Gray Robert J Marks is Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering at Baylor University. He’s a Fellow of the... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2024 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Book Review – Lucid Dying

  

  by Stuart H. Gray Overview Dr Sam Parnia is an honorary research fellow at the University of Southampton, UK, and a fellow of pulmonary and critical care... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2024 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Rethinking the Dates of the New Testament

  

  by Stuart Gray In this fascinating study, Jonathan Bernier has setup a scholarly framework for assessing the composition date of ancient texts. Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2024 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Is Satire Appropriate in Apologetics Part 2

  

  by Drew Godwin This is part two of a blog series. Part 1 is here. In part 1 of this series, we explored examples where satire was used to good effect by people... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2024 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Is Satire Appropriate in Apologetics Part 1

  

  By Drew Godwin I remember being drawn to comedy at a young age. I loved to laugh and I loved to make people laugh. Whether it was making silly faces, learning t... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2024 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Cool Milestone Achieved

  

  By Stuart Gray I’ve been running this blog for 11 years. It presents my carefully researched arguments for the truth of the historic Christian faith. This week ... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2024 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Did the Author of Mark’s Gospel Know About Jesus’ Resurrection?

  

  If Jesus of Nazareth really rose from the dead, why doesn’t the earliest written Gospel (Mark) have an account of the resurrection in it? Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2024 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Book Review: Why We Cannot Trust the Gospels

  

  Summary Keith Goode / Ken Thackery (KG) sets out to prove Christianity is based on a resurrection that never happened, and the Gospels record well-meaning but... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2024 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Christian Apologists Are Like Gardeners

  

  by Stuart Gray I read a brilliant description of Christian Apologetics, and the role of the Christian apologist this week. In her book Apologetics and the... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2023 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Review: The Exorcist: Believer

  

  by Stuart Gray (Some spoilers) I am wondering whether David Gordon Green and Peter Sattler understood the subject matter before sitting down to write “The... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2023 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Responding to Jehovah’s Witness Anti-Trinitarian Theology

  

  by Stuart Gray Introducing the Jehovah’s Witnesses (JW) Former evangelical Charles Taze Russell founded the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society in 1880, and his... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2023 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Responding to NDE Skeptics

  

  Introduction The term Near Death Experience (NDE) was first proposed by Dr. Raymond Moody in Life After Life. It relates to an event occurring in three... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2023 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Book Review: Is Christianity Compatible With Deathbed and Near-Death Experiences?

  

  Are you interested in what happens to us after our bodies die? If so, then this book is a great resource. We’re going to bring many assumptions to this subject. Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2023 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Three Arguments for the Non-Locality of Consciousness

  

  Consciousness is hard to understand. I’m conscious as I write this, and you are conscious as you read. But it is very hard for scientists to understand just wha... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2023 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Buddhist Philosophical Difficulties

  

  I’ve been reading about Vipassana Meditation this week.[1] This is a practical approach to finding peace and freedom from suffering in life. Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2023 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Nine Arguments for the Early Authorship of Luke-Acts

  

  The Acts of the Apostles (Acts) is a New Testament book that helps us to understand early Christian beliefs and practices. But when was it written? Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2022 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• How Did the First Christians Communicate Jesus’ Resurrection?

  

  The New Testament reports the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth occurred and some scholars date this event to AD30, others to AD33. Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2022 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Dear Believer, It is Arrogant to Think Humanity Occupies a Privileged Place in...

  

  In their video, Plumbline Pictures claim it is arrogant to think that we occupy a privileged place in the universe – Dear Believer: Why Do You Believe?... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2022 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Dear Believer, It is Arrogant to Think You Have the Only True Religion

  

  Christianity claims to be the only, ultimately true religion. Jesus is recorded as having said: “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2022 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Dear Believer, Your Christian Beliefs Are Simply a Crutch

  

  Why do religious believers believe? This question is asked by Plumbline Pictures in their video – Dear Believer: Why Do You Believe? (ORIGINAL) – YouTube. Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2022 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY