Category Archives: Theological Musings

More good stuff from Ben Witherington

Posted on August 31, 2008 by me

Ben Witherington’s blog has become essential reading for me- he has a lot to say on such diverse topics as Biblical archeology and movie reviews. The following quote from his blog is from a draft of an upcoming book on … Continue reading →

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What do you mean, “Christianity isn’t about making me happy”

Posted on August 30, 2008 by me

“I was quite shocked…that most people thought the reason for Christianity is to make you happy. I shared that with the youth worker at my congregation…as I told him about that I invited him to bring the high school students … Continue reading →

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Modern Christian epistemology

Posted on July 14, 2008 by me

In my last post I briefly discussed the origins of modern epistemology (that area of philosophy concerned with what we know and how we know that we know what we know), for the purpose of providing some background to discuss … Continue reading →

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Roots of modern epistemology

Posted on July 9, 2008 by me

A few days ago I asked the very philosophical question, “how do we know what we know?,” just touching on a topic that I happen to find extremely interesting.  I’m not an expert, by any means – if I were, … Continue reading →

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