Bill Pratt | December 19, 2008
Theistic Science The idea of theistic science, as proposed by Christian philosopher J. P. Moreland, is to expose scientific inquiry to the world of Christian revelation. As such, it does not actually posit a particular creation hypothesis, but instead draws out guidelines for Christians who wish to integrate theology with scientific research. Thus theistic science, [...]
Category: Intelligent Design |
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Tags: apologetics, Christianity and science, creation science, Evolution, Intelligent Design, theistic science, theology and science
Bill Pratt | December 18, 2008
There are at least three distinct systems which interact with each other and are often confused when discussion of the creation hypothesis emerges. First, creation science is often assumed to be referring to a particular set of origin beliefs promoted by Christian fundamentalists – a set of beliefs popularized in the twentieth century. This creation [...]
Category: Intelligent Design |
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Tags: apologetics, creation science, Henry Morris, Intelligent Design, John Whitcomb, The Genesis Flood, young earth creation
Bill Pratt | December 16, 2008
The book of Ecclesiastes is one of the most misunderstood books in the Hebrew Bible. The author of the book, called Qohelet, who many believe is King Solomon, appears to contradict many of the teachings of the other books of the Bible. Ecclesiastes is placed, in the Christian Old Testament, in the wisdom literature section, [...]
Category: Books of the Bible |
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Tags: apologetics, Bible, Ecclesiastes, meaning of life, purpose of life, Qohelet, Solomon
Bill Pratt | December 14, 2008
I finally saw this movie last night with a group of friends I invited over to the house. To get right to the bottom line, I thought it was very good and would highly recommend it. The movie is not about explaining intelligent design, but about pointing out the persecution of those who think intelligent design [...]
Category: Intelligent Design |
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Tags: apologetics, Ben Stein, Evolution, expelled, Intelligent Design, intelligent design movie
Bill Pratt | December 13, 2008
A couple years ago my family attended the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan. It was one of the most phenomenal shows I have ever seen, and for one surprising reason. It was full of worship. Yes, that’s right. In the middle of New York City at Radio City Music Hall, my [...]
Category: Christmas |
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Tags: Christianity, Christmas, Christmas Spectacular, Jesus, One Solitary Life, Radio City Music Hall
Bill Pratt | December 12, 2008
Dinesh D’Souza tells us in this recent speech transcript. If you haven’t read his book by the same title, I can recommend it as a good read.
Category: General Apologetics |
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Tags: apologetics, apologetics books, christian thinkers, Christianity, Dinesh D'Souza
Bill Pratt | December 11, 2008
Below is an excerpt from Norm Geisler’s Systematic Theology Volume 1 (P. 495): That the Bible is the Word of God can be discerned from several biblical affirmations: (1) that it is God-breathed; (2) that it is a prophetic writing; (3) that it has divine authority; (4) that it is what God says; (5) that it is called “the [...]
Category: Inerrancy |
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Bill Pratt | December 11, 2008
Often when I speak to people about my Christian faith, they respond by saying things like, “I’m so happy for you!” or “I’m glad you found something to believe in!” or “It’s great that Christianity works for you!” Years ago, these kinds of statements puzzled me as it seemed like these people weren’t really understanding [...]
Category: General Apologetics, Religion |
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Tags: apologetics, Christianity, history, Religion, secular, western culture
Bill Pratt | December 9, 2008
Check out this interesting post on what the first Christmas was probably like, contrary to some of the myths that have grown up around Jesus’ birth.
Category: Christmas, Historical Christ |
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Tags: apologetics, Christmas, Jesus, Jesus' birth, myths about Christmas
Bill Pratt | December 9, 2008
Many people misunderstand the doctrine of inerrancy, so I thought I would try to clear up some of the confusion. The doctrine of inerrancy teaches that whatever the Bible affirms to be true, is true. Put another way, nothing that the Bible affirms is false. Inerrancy basically means “without error.” If the Bible teaches that [...]
Category: Inerrancy |
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Tags: apologetics, Bible, Inerrancy
