A pastor friend sent me this question: Should Christians read Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics? My answer is: yes, read everything. Let me explain why. Aristotle points out something we can all …
How Aquinas Limits Natural Theology
I have found myself in debates with Thomists who are looking to retrieve aspects of his theology in the combat against open theists and those who make God changeable. When I have suggested that …
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Common Notions and Reason as the Laws of Thought
Replying to a video by Richard Muller about John Owen and Reason Mins 1-10 and then 53 to end are directly relevant here. There’s lots of good stuff here, especially about the history of …
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A Friendly Reply to Carl Mosser About the Beatific Vision
John 1:18: No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. I appreciate Carl referring to my view of the beatific vision in his …
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Natural Theology: Clear and Full or Bare and Minimal?
This is an excellent contribution that will delight students of natural theology. It raises all the right questions that will be highlighted here. Natural theology is the systemized study of general …
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Graham Oppy and Owen Anderson Debate Sin and the Inexcusability of Unbelief
Anderson’s stated aim in this work is to defend what he calls ‘The Principle of Clarity’. In his own words, ‘this principle states that if the failure to know God (unbelief) is inexcusable (culpable …
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