Seeing as though I have almost completed my review of the New Atheism, aptly titled A Review of the New Atheism and coming in at almost 40 pages(!), I thought that pointing you to a new book would be appropriate: R.R. Reno has a post about David Hart’s new book, Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies. A couple of quotes from Hart’s book: “By comparison to these men [Hume, Gibbon, Neitzsche] today’s gadflies seem far lazier, less insightful, less subtle, less refined, more emotional, more ethically complacent, and far more interested in facile s...

I don’t think that there is a more valuable phrase that I have learned than this. “The palatability of a doctrine does not determine its veracity.” I believe this is true. There are two key words here: “palatability” and “determine.” Palatability refers to appeal, tastefulness, and emotional response to something. “Determine” according to the dictionary means, “to settle or decide (a dispute, question, etc.) by an authoritative or conclusive decision.” This does not mean that palatability has no say whatsoever, but it is not determinative by any means. I will explain more...

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This moving story caught me unawares this morning. It is about how the gospel of grace and the kingdom of love moved a couple to walk by faith, carrying their cross, as they adopted a baby boy whom they knew would live for only a few months. ...

“Kathy Was So Bad Her Mom Stopped Loving Her” “Curious George and the High-Voltage Fence” “All Cats Go to Hell” “The Little Sissy Who Snitched” “That’s it, I’m Putting You Up for Adoption” ...