Apologetics

Enlace Original: http:// freethinkingministries.com/ true-love-free-will-the-logic- of-hell/ El muy conocido pastor evangélico, Rob Bell, ha recientemente impulsado su perspectiva acerca del infierno al centro de atención en su bestseller, “Love Wins”, (El Amor Gana), <1> Esta perspectiva es llamada “Universalismo”, porque es la perspectiva de que hay salvación universal. Es decir, el defensor del universalismo rechaza la premisa de un infierno eterno.<2> Esto  típicamente

Enlace original: http://freethinkingministries.com/middle-knowledge-molinism/ En el libro Divine Foreknowledge: Four Views (Presciencia de Dios: Cuatro Perspectivas) cuatro teólogos debaten la soberanía de Dios y la responsabilidad humana. Este artículo estudia el ensayo provisto por William Lane Craig defendiendo su posición llamada "La Perspectiva del Conocimiento Medio", también conocida como "Molinismo". Esta perspectiva no depende solo de la clase de conocimiento que Di

Atención: Este blog contiene spoilers de Capitán América: Civil War (Guerra Civil) . Del Soldado del Invierno también. ¿Tenemos responsabilidad moral por nuestras acciones si estas han sido predeterminadas para nosotros? Esta cuestión tiene implicaciones masivas sobre nuestra perspectiva de la realidad y es brevemente tocada en Capitán América: Civil War . En Capitán América: El Soldado del Invierno , descubrimos que al compañero perdido del Capitán América, James “Bucky” B

MAKE GOD MAXIMALLY GREAT AGAIN Do not be fooled, God is a maximally great being by definition. He always has been and always will be maximally great (Psalm 145:3). With that said, however, for nearly 500 years many Christians have believed that God is not maximally great! One of the most viewed and controversial articles I have ever written is called, The Petals Drop: Why Calvinism is Impossible . By “impossible” I demonstrated that the famous five points of Calvinism -- T.U

A Note from Tim Stratton I just completed my rookie year of apologetics. I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I started, but one year ago  FreeThinking Ministries  was officially launched. FreeThinking Ministries  is devoted to helping  all people  see God for who He truly is so that they can fall in love with Him – and  all people  – as we were created to do. Our team seeks to rationally engage  all people  with truth and reason (Philippians 4:5; Colossians 4:5

This article contains spoilers for  Rogue One: A Star Wars Story . You’ve been warned. The obvious theme of Rogue On e is hope. Many characters repeated the phrase “Rebellions are built on hope.” Hope is the last word uttered in the film. The events in this movie directly lead into the original Star Wars film (1977), which now is entitled A New Hope . It's the perfect subject for a movie released in the Christmas season. The theme of the first Sunday of Advent is hope. Hope i

SPOILER ALERT!!! I absolutely love the Star Wars saga! I have been a Star Wars fanatic since I was a little boy  when the first movie (Episode IV) was released in 1977. Not much has changed as far as this is concerned over the past forty years -- I even still purchase Star Wars action figures to this day! In my opinion, the recent movie  Rogue One: A Star Wars Story  is one of the best movies in the entire saga. I saw the movie three times in the first four nights after its

John 1:1-14 states “In the beginning was the Word (Logos), and the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made…. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” This is the message of Christmas -- God "dwelt among us" (Immanuel)! The Bible refers to Jesus as “The Logo

Does Harley Quinn really love the Joker? As many of you know, I love comic books and although I do not purchase them any longer (at least on a regular basis), I still try to keep up with many of the story lines and hit most of the movies in which my favorite childhood heroes are portrayed. I have always loved Batman. One thing is for certain: Batman would not be nearly as cool if it were not for the crazy criminals that he fights to keep Gotham City safe. Of all the villains

One of the best professors I have ever had is Dr. Michael R. Licona. The two of us have become good friends since my time in his classroom and he continues to sharpen my thinking today. Recently I shared his written debate with skeptical scholar Bart Ehrman on social media. The debate was regarding the reliability of the Gospels ( I recommend reading it ). This discussion led to another debate regarding Biblical inerrancy with a Christian. The Body of Christ can learn much f

"Pain," or "evil" is a tough part of life, but the reason no prominent philosopher defends the logical "problem of pain" any more (ie: that pain proves God doesn't exist) is that we can't prove that God couldn't have purposes for it . Chaos Theory shows how incredibly subtle things can have dramatic and far-reaching ripple effects, and pain in one place could be part of an immense good elsewhere. This article presumes belief in the God of the Bible . Without a doubt, one of

As a theologian with a bent for philosophy and apologetics, I do not merely possess theological views, but rather, I strive for systematic theology. That means that my Christian worldview is not only logically coherent on its own, but I also endeavor to make logical sense of all the relevant data in all fields -- from what the Bible says, to what science says, to what the historical evidence says, and so forth. In fact, Christianity is the only worldview that makes sense of a

It has been said that there is no such thing as a stupid question. Consider the following: How much does the color purple weigh? Can God create something that is not contingent upon Him? Is the fourth corner of the triangle an obtuse, acute, or right angle? Where do the vast majority of married bachelors live? These are examples of incoherent questions . . . stupid questions do exist! If one asks questions like these, those who are empowered by reason know that the questione

As a philosophically inclined theologian, I strive to deal with "big questions" in life, and many of the "smaller" questions as well. Occasionally, one of these questions keeps me up at night until I find a good answer. One of these sleep steelers is: "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?" People have been asking this question for over a century and no clear answers have been offered. The question is raised: is there a correct answer with a

Many times I am asked the question: "Tim, what is your favorite Bible verse?" This is a hard question for me to answer because there are many verses contending for this top spot. Off the top of my head, some of my favorites include (in no particular order): Romans 12:2; Matthew 22:37-39; Romans 1:20; 1 Corinthians 10:13; 2 Corinthians 4:17; Colossians 1:16; Deuteronomy 30:11-19; Psalms 1:19; Psalms 97:1-6; Judges 6:12; 1 Timothy 2:4; 1 Peter 3:15; 2 Peter 3:9; James 4:7; Gene

Maybe I'm the only one, but I find myself swinging back and forth between panic and complacency whenever I hear this: upwards of 70% of young people leave the faith in their 20s. Maybe even more.  At this point, this isn't news. "70%" has become the harsh reality hanging over pastor's heads. We convince ourselves that other denominations are the problem. But ask yourself, how many kids from your church have left the faith after leaving for college? Now you could shrug this of

El Omni -Argumento Contra el Calvinismo ha tenido varias objeciones presentadas en contra durante las últimas semanas, pero hasta el momento, ninguna de estas objeciones han tenido "dientes en su mordedura" (por así decirlo). Una queja que me pareció particularmente interesante, estaba en contra de la segunda premisa de mi argumento. Aquí está el argumento en su totalidad: 1- Si el calvinismo de 5-puntos es verdad, entonces para cualquier persona x, si Dios desea, tiene el

Link original: http://freethinkingministries.com/the-petals-drop-calvinism-implies-atheism/ Con algo de optimismo, el subtema llamó tu atención. Ahora, si eres de la convicción reformada, por favor dame la oportunidad de explicar lo que quiero decir antes de que incremente exponencialmente tu ira. Inicialmente comencé a estudiar teología y apologética porque me di cuenta que muchos jóvenes estaban siendo atraídos hacia el ateísmo. Esto incluía estudiantes que habían sido cri

En mi artículo pasado ofrecí un argumento llamado, "El Omni-Argumento Contra el Calvinismo". <1> Mencioné que estuve comprometido al calvinismo por muchos años y eventualmente, después de escudriñar las Escrituras junto con las leyes de la lógica, concluí que "El Calvinismo de 5-Puntos" era falso por varias razones. Fue difícil para mí dejar algo que abracé con mucha fuerza; sin embargo, ¡finalmente me di cuenta que estaba más comprometido a Cristo que lo que estaba con Calvi

Link original: http://freakengministries.com/the-petals-drop-why-calvinism-is-impossible/#_ftn1 Uno de los grandes debates detrás de las puertas de la iglesia de hoy es respecto a la soberanía de Dios y la responsabilidad humana. Típicamente, este debate está dividido en dos campos: Calvinismo vs. Arminianismo. Los Calvinistas inmediatamente saltan a defender la providencia de Dios; sin embargo, en el proceso, su caso erradica la libertad humana y la responsabilidad genuina.