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Responding to Steve Hays' Argument for Divorce Grounded in "Domestic Violence"
Steve Hays recently published a post (link to post) in which he argued in favor of the notion that domestic violence is a legitimate ground of divorce. I provided some comments in the comment box of that post, which led to Steve posting two new posts addressing some of my comments (link to Steve’s second…
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Responding to Steve Hays’ Argument for Divorce Grounded in "Domestic Violence"
Steve Hays recently published a post (link to post) in which he argued in favor of the notion that domestic violence is a legitimate ground of divorce. I provided some comments in the comment box of that post, which led to Steve posting two new posts addressing some of my comments (link to Steve’s second…
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Understanding Divorce from a Biblical Perspective
The Lord hates divorce. That was one of the messages of the prophet of Malachi. Malachi 2:16For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously. So, naturally, I…
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William Lane Craig – If God's Just a Player, Who is the House?
William Lane Craig wrote: God doesn’t create such a choice for Himself. The counterfactuals of creaturely freedom which confront Him are outside His control. He has to play with the hand He has been dealt. (source) One of the objections to Molinism is precisely that it reduces God to playing the cards he has been…
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William Lane Craig – If God’s Just a Player, Who is the House?
William Lane Craig wrote: God doesn’t create such a choice for Himself. The counterfactuals of creaturely freedom which confront Him are outside His control. He has to play with the hand He has been dealt. (source) One of the objections to Molinism is precisely that it reduces God to playing the cards he has been…
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The Memorization of the Koran Argument
One of the more interesting arguments I’ve heard recently in favor of the idea that the Qur’an has been perfectly preserved is the argument that people have memorized the whole Qur’an, and that this has been done for many generations. Thus, even if all the physical Qur’ans were destroyed, the Qur’an would still be perfectly…
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If you are looking for a speaker at a reasonable cost …
I think it is safe to say that Carl Trueman charges significantly less than $10,000 per speaking engagement (see his discussion here). Incidentally, it is sad to see the scandal surrounding Dinesh D’Souza. I have no idea what the whole story is, but it is sad to hear about his family situation. To God be…
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For Those in the Roman Communion Who Want to Own Ryan but not Biden…
Consider that the corpulent Cardinal Dolan is willing to publicly call both Paul Ryan and Joe Biden “Catholics” in his speech (about one minute, twenty seconds into his remarks) at the Al Smith dinner. The easily offended might want to stop just after that bit, though, and before his joke involving Benedict XVI. It was…
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Why Don't These Arguments Persuade All the Atheists?
William Lane Craig gave an amusing but persuasive lecture in which he “Eastwooded” Richard Dawkins (embedded below). The argument rehashed arguments for the existence of God, such as the cosmological argument and the ontological argument. Some of these, like the cosmological argument, are so airtight that one really wonders how some atheists continue to reject…
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Why Don’t These Arguments Persuade All the Atheists?
William Lane Craig gave an amusing but persuasive lecture in which he “Eastwooded” Richard Dawkins (embedded below). The argument rehashed arguments for the existence of God, such as the cosmological argument and the ontological argument. Some of these, like the cosmological argument, are so airtight that one really wonders how some atheists continue to reject…