As it relates to apologetic arguments, Blaise Pascal is certainly most known for Pascal’s Wager. However, Pascal’s thought is much more diverse and, in my opinion, even more compelling in other areas. Of course, due to his untimely death, Pascal did not flesh out many of his thoughts into any kind of systematic work. Nevertheless,... Continue Reading →
Book Review – Paul Gould: A Good and True Story
Character I recall once listening to a podcast conversation discussing reasons why cross-denominational Christian unity seems so much stronger in the UK rather than in the US. One of the primary reasons discussed was the fact that in the UK it is more difficult to avoid those Christians whom they disagree with. In the US,... Continue Reading →
Suicide and the Death of Beauty
*As a major disclaimer: This post will be negatively critiquing the act of suicide. However, it in no way is meant to diminish or attack the individual character of those who struggle with it, have attempted it, have lost a loved one to it, or have actually committed it. I will be painting with a... Continue Reading →
An Arcane Christian Connection: Jinx, Silco, Love, & God
Warning: Massive Spoilers for the Netflix Series Arcane (Photo Credit: Riot Games, Netflix) In our current media saturated, entertainment driven culture, it is not always easy to find something that not only goes against the trope saturated grain of mediocrity, but that does so with dynamic visual story telling, diverse and unique characters types, rich... Continue Reading →
Pantheism’s Big Problem with the Big Bang
Christians ought to be careful with how we refer to the Big Bang, or more specifically we need to be very aware of what exactly we mean when we affirm it as an event that happened in the history of our universe. Christian theology is very friendly to the general idea of the Big Bang,... Continue Reading →
The Irreducible Glory of a Human Life
** SPOILER ALERT for A Tale of Two Cities, The Awakening, The Sorrows of Young Werther, and Death of a Salesman. Lately, the topic of suicide, or more accurately, the story of suicide, has unintentionally permeated my reading. It has been cast in many forms from the not so suicidal yet still self-inflicted death of... Continue Reading →