Posted in Jesus, apologetics on 29 March 2008 | 2 Comments »
We live in a world in which the name ‘Jesus’ is not entirely unfamiliar. The Western world was born out of the ruins of the Roman empire and this world, from the time of Constantine onward, was a fusion of imperial power and the Christian religion. With this as the historical backdrop of [...]
Posted in Jesus, apologetics on 29 March 2008 | 1 Comment »
It would not be much of an overstatement to say that the historical claims about Jesus of Nazareth get very close to the heart of the Christian faith. While Christianity may be many other things, it is above all, a commitment to a personal God that we believe was revealed in an actual flesh [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on 28 March 2008 | 4 Comments »
In the midst of a sea of papers and general busyness, I recently received some very welcome news. I’ve been accepted into a MPhil/PhD program at the International Baptist Theological Seminary in Prague, Czech Republic (see below). I first heard about this school through a friend here at Bethany (who is nearly [...]
Posted in apologetics, theodicy on 6 March 2008 | 1 Comment »
We’ve spent the better part of the last three weeks talking through what is surely the most significant challenge to Christian belief and undoubtedly one of the questions that casts a shadow over all of human existence. The problem of evil has occupied the brightest philosophical and theological minds for most of recorded history [...]
