The Blind Faith of Naturalism (Colson)

Growing up, I remember overhearing Chuck Colson's "Breakpoint" from my mom's kitchen radio.  Sometimes I would stop and listen.  I grew to appreciate his commentary, even though I didn't always agree with all of it.  Here's part of a previously unpublished memo of Colson's from around 10 or 15 years ago: It never ceases to …

Faith Seeking Understanding (Anselm)

Over the years, I’ve enjoyed Bengt Hagglund’s History of Theology.  Here’s a section from chapter 17, specifically on Anselm. “Anselm, like Augustine before him, represented that position with respect to faith and reason which was customarily characterized by the expression, ‘I believe in order that I may understand’ (credo ut intelligam).  Basing their opinion on …

A Christian View of Knowledge (K. Samples)

One of my favorite books on apologetics and worldview is A World of Difference by Kenneth Samples.  I’ve mentioned it here on the blog from time to time; while I was recently flipping through it again, I re-read a helpful discussion of the Christian, biblical view of knowledge (Christian epistemology).  I’ll summarize it here: 1) …

Portions from Pascal

I’ve always appreciated Pascal’s Pensees; I also enjoy Peter Kreeft’s commentary on some of them.  Below are some of my favorites – random portions of Pascal’s Pensees found in Kreeft’s commentary (followed by his comments). Pascal: “There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think …

Christianity: Intellectual Suicide? (Groothuis)

          “Some [people] refuse to give Christianity the time of day because they deem it anti-intellectual - a religion that values ignorance and credulity far above critical intelligence.  In his satirical book, “The Devil’s Dictionary” (1911), Ambrose Bierce defined faith as, ‘Belief without evidence in what is told by one who …