I have many questions, but these are the biggest ones. 1. Why is there something, rather than nothing? This pertains to the status of...

Someone asked what I thought of an essay by N. Gregory Mankiw: “Spreading the Wealth Around: Reflections Inspired by Joe the Plumber”...

A friend asked me to define, explain, or defend libertarianism—I don’t recall which—and the following is what I wrote in response. My...

Handout for a talk on ID: Despite a widespread impression to the contrary, many persons of faith find the case for evolutionary theory...

A talk for the NWC Minding Place Symposium “Placing Mind in the Physical World” 9 April 2008 No Loopholes Legend has it that the...

Responses for a Panel Discussion at Northwestern College 1. What are the dos and don’ts of conversing with people of other faiths?...

1. Explain the process of evolution A story: There’s a group of creatures, about half are green, half white. They migrate to a place...

Divine sovereignty, foreknowledge, and providence are longstanding elements of Christian theology, even if it is not always obvious just...

Periodically, undergraduate psychology students enrolled in a course dealing with the relation of the Christian faith to their science...

Should we worry that an evolutionary account of morality debunks it, i.e., that it undermines its objectivity or authority? First, it’s...

An idea which approximates axiomatic status in contemporary political theory springs from the fact that individuals’ “natural...

To believe in creation is to believe that this world, with its natural laws and boundary conditions, was created by God, that these...

In The God Delusion (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) Oxford evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins seeks to demonstrate that theistic belief in...

Among the items in the toolkit of the engaging and provocative writer Nassim Nicholas Taleb, probably best known for The Black Swan, is...

Response to a solicitation for questions in my discipline where we integrate faith and learning. 0. I don’t have anything immediately...

Some autobiography: I grew up in a community of theologically conservative, evangelical Christians. There, in accord with the...

Many of us who believe there is a God vacillate between an implicit dogmatism, the view that the evidence is overwhelming, so that it is...

A colleague expressed incredulity at my assertion that Christian practice does not amount to a “higher morality.” So I shall expiate....

A dialogue on Pacifism with my friend and colleague, Mike Yoder, instigated by my earlier post, Pacifism: Good,Bad, and Bogus. Yoder: I...

A few provocations for my pacifist friends: 1. Call pure pacifism the view that no one ought ever to engage in violence. (This includes...