March 27, 2024

After a Mara Lago meeting with Tik Tok investor Jeff Yass, Mr. Trump endorsed Tik Tok. How much did this cost Mr. Yass? How much will "Get Your Trump Bible!" cost God? A miracle? Read more

March 23, 2024

Even though Holy Week is just beginning, it's time to think about Easter resurrection and what it means. Read more

March 19, 2024

Here’s my question: when does the dignity of the unborn child become morally protectable, thereby proscribing abortion? Paul Lange, who has studied this matter both scientifically and theologically, says 20 to 24 weeks after conception. This stage marks the point where the fetus' cerebrum develops with a nervious system that feels. Perhaps this is a good point to draw the line. Elective abortion with a doctor's consultation should be permitted prior to the 24th week, but prohibited thereafter except to protect the mother's health. Such a public policy shows respect to both the woman and the unborn child. Read more

March 17, 2024

Nonreductive physicalism denies that a soul exists in a disembodied form. When it comes to the afterlife, the nonreductive physicalist looks forward to resurrection of the body as an act of God. Our champion for this view is Nancey Murphy at Fuller Seminary. Read more

March 10, 2024

Emergent dualism relies on the history of evolution to create a new whole -- a whole is greater than the sum of its parts -- and one new whole is the human soul. The nonphysical soul emerges from its physical past. Read more

March 6, 2024

What do materialists say about the soul? There is no such thing. This is the case for both Eastern Buddhists and Western atheists. Even for some Christian materialists. Read more

March 1, 2024

To bolster the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that IVF embryos are children warranting legal protection against abortion, we bring in the logic of Vatican bioethics. But even the refined Vatican logic fails to conform to scientific knowledgte about the early embryo. Because of twinning and chimerism, the embryo at conception cannot be declared an individual person with moral protectability. The public theologian must press on toward a scientifically consonant argument to establish personhood for the unborn. Read more

February 29, 2024

Are frozen embryos really children? The Supreme Court of Alabama forces us to ask this question. Let's turn to the Protestant justification of a "yes" answer by Chief Justice Tom Parker and then examine the "yes" answer posed by Roman Catholic bioethicists. My own answer is negative. Read more

February 27, 2024

Will the Trump presidential campaign put Christian nationalism on our doorstep? Would a Trump reelection turn Washington into a theocracy? Read more

February 24, 2024

How do you like trichotomy? Body, soul, and spirit are three dimensions of one whole person. Read more


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