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Learning to Disagree with Dr. John Inazu (Podcast)
Read more: Learning to Disagree with Dr. John Inazu (Podcast)In this episode we’re joined by Dr. John Inazu, who is the Sally D. Danforth Distinguished Professor of Law and Religion at Washington University in St. Louis, and the author of the book that we discuss in this episode, Learning to Disagree: The Surprising Path to Navigating Differences with Empathy and Respect (published by Zondervan). Over…
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Evidence & Disagreement with Dr. Greta Turnbull (Podcast)
Read more: Evidence & Disagreement with Dr. Greta Turnbull (Podcast)On this episode in our apologetics series we address matters of evidence. What counts as “evidence,” and how do we interpret it? Moreover, what do we do when people interpret the evidence differently or don’t find it to be relevant to the claim being made? Specifically, how should we understand religious disagreement? How should we…
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The Art of Listening
Read more: The Art of ListeningMy Favorite Proverb There is one particular biblical verse with which I have been infatuated for some time and which I have made a constant conscious commitment to follow. That verse goes a little something like this: “Ten cubits shall be the length of each board and one and a half cubits the width of…
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How to Solve the Gender Debate
Read more: How to Solve the Gender DebateAs a general rule of thumb I try not to engage in Facebook or Twitter debates, but occasionally and by occasionally I mean often, I can’t help myself. Not all Facebook debates are doomed, I recently engaged in a meaningful back and forth with a friend on gun control that ended on a good note…
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A Matter of Fear
Read more: A Matter of FearThe trailer for a new film put out by Answers in Genesis has recently appeared. The film is called A Matter of Faith. As one can tell from the trailer, it looks and feels a lot like the recent Christian film, God’s Not Dead. When the latter film originally came out I had my reservations…
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Why Ken Ham Lost the Debate
Read more: Why Ken Ham Lost the DebateAs you may well know, earlier this week Bill Nye (The Science Guy) and Ken Ham, president of Answers in Genesis and the Creation Museum, debated one another as to whether or not Ken Ham’s understanding of the world’s origin is viable (Ham is a literal 6 day, young earth creationist). If you haven’t watched…