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God exists: 62% certain!

Richard Dawkins will not appreciate the math, but probablitity theorists now claim that it is 62% certain that God exists, according to yesterday’s The Times. Is this where we cite…

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Christian Unions in the UK go to court

As a sign of where political correctness has taken things in Britain, today’s The Times as this article on why three University Christian Unions in Britain are preparing to take legal action against…

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OOOps

Thanks Phil! I’m at home and in bed with “the dreaded lurgy” — some kind of cold/flu thing. I got the flu shot but I guess it didn’t work! Stephen…

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Der Freischütz?

For one minute Carl, i thought you were blogging on Carl Maria von Weber (composer of the opera, Der Freischütz), but then reality struck me! But I’m intrigued to know whether…

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Dawkins v. Robertson

Our good friend, David Robertson (Free Church, Dundee) has written a  review of Stephen Dawkins’ latest book, The God Delusion. His review was posted on the Dawkins web page (initially…

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SC3

OK Ligon, we’re getting impatient now. How long will we have to wait for your apologetical insights into Santa Claus 3? Did you see any Christological motifs? Was it up there…

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Good viewing

Carl, since we’re commending good reading, I thought you should all know that Ligon is off to see “Santa Claus 3” this evening! Was there a 1 and 2? Hopefully,…

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Able to or able not to?

I’ve been pondering again what is always a somewhat thorny issue: was Jesus able to sin or was he not able to sin? It arose again yesterday in a Patristics…

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When Good Men Fall

Over the past few years, I have witnessed the fall of several colleagues, some of which have had catastrophic consequences, two of whom are still serving prison sentences. In most…