Recently I stumbled over the very winsome and articulate Neil Degrasse Tyson. He is a fantastic communicator; disarmingly casual, witty and entertaining. He seems intelligent, yet without an air of condescension; clever and still humble enough to recognize that he doesn’t have all the answers. And yet, for some reason he made the assertion inContinue reading “Faith, Reason & Progress: A Response to Neil Degrasse Tyson”
Tag Archives: Science and Faith
What The Gungor Controversy Tells Us About The American Church
In case you are one of the few people who are even less aware of what is happening inside the glass walls of the American Church than I am, there is a major controversy currently over comments made by the worship band and Dove award winner Gungor (Here is an excellent article from the ChristianContinue reading “What The Gungor Controversy Tells Us About The American Church”
Mechanics & Meaning: The Nye-Ham Debate
Recently there was a highly publicized and mostly disappointing debate between the Bill Nye “The Science Guy” and Ken Ham, Founder of the Christian organization Answers In Genesis. Now in the interest of full disclosure, I need to tell you that I love Bill Nye and appreciate all that he did for Science Education backContinue reading “Mechanics & Meaning: The Nye-Ham Debate”
Atheism, Christianity & The Elephant
Let us attend to the Elephant that is not actually in the room… As someone who is naturally skeptical; who is distrustful of institutions which lay claim to authority by virtue of their own existence; who believes that the pursuit of truth must trump all other biases and preconceptions – I have often found myselfContinue reading “Atheism, Christianity & The Elephant”
Confronting Contradictions in the Bible: Miracles
How one approaches the Judeo-Christian text matters. One can not be a follower of the Way of the Cross without being a student of the Scripture for we are called first and foremost to be and to make Disciples (Matthew 28:19-20). In today’s American society however there are many who claim to believe in theContinue reading “Confronting Contradictions in the Bible: Miracles”
Skepticism
Critical Thinking & Limits Of Certainty Thinking is an activity of the mind which is common to all people, although it seems to be done by some almost thoughtlessly. Critical thinking however is both a disposition to judge the information one is thinking about, as well as a skill set that allows one to makeContinue reading “Skepticism”
Spirituality
What is Spirituality? While the word is used by many different people in many different ways, broadly defined spirituality is a focus on and pursuit of the transcendent. For some it is the eternal verses the present, the majestic verses the mundane, the immaterial verses the material. For Plato it was the ideal which supersededContinue reading “Spirituality”
Dr. Joshua C. Strunk 