I find that our culture has a difficult time discussing controversial issues like homosexuality. We are quick to jump to conclusions and start calling people names. It is possible that we quickly jump to name calling because we don't really... Continue Reading →
Who gets to draw the line?
Just because I can do something doesn't mean I should do it.
At one of my recent speaking events I had a great discussion with a student on the Biblical texts dealing with homosexuality. He had read that the verses condemning homosexuality were actually only condemning it in certain situations. His readings... Continue Reading →
The problem is that we want to hold others to a standard outside ourselves while claiming that a standard outside ourselves doesn't exist.
Objective morality exists and the most reasonable explanation is an objective moral law giver.
If free will exists, and there is good reason to think that it does, then there is something outside this natural world that gave it to us.
This is a question that was the topic of three of my lectures today and two more lectures tomorrow. Who is the ultimate authority in your life? I asked my students to think of different areas of their lives where they... Continue Reading →
