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Adam Coleman, Timothy Fox, and Tim Stratton discuss George Floyd, "bad cops," racism, riots, justice, and Jesus! Ultimately, we discuss what grounds equal rights for ALL humans and provide some ideas on how to make things right. Relevant Links: https://freethinkingministries.com/if-you-think-racism-is-wrong-you-should-be-a-christian/ Check out this episode!

Here we are in 2020, protesting like it is 1960. We will always have "a long ways to go" when we are constantly re-imaging the past to "explain" what is happening today. We say we are moving forward as we eradicate our past. But how can we move forward if we deconstruct the past -- the good, the bad, and the ugly? We can only fully appreciate the good when it is seen against the backdrop of the bad. But now, younger generations will no longer understand the present or where w

Adam Coleman, Timothy Fox, and Tim Stratton discuss George Floyd, "bad cops," racism, riots, justice, and Jesus! Ultimately, we discuss what grounds equal rights for ALL humans and provide some ideas on how to make things right. Relevant Links: https://freethinkingministries.com/if-you-think-racism-is-wrong-you-should-be-a-christian/ Check out this episode!

Adam Coleman, Timothy Fox, and Tim Stratton discuss George Floyd, "bad cops," racism, riots, justice, and Jesus! Ultimately, we discuss what grounds equal rights for ALL humans and provide some ideas on how to make things right. Relevant Links: https://freethinkingministries.com/if-you-think-racism-is-wrong-you-should-be-a-christian/ Check out this episode!

As we watch the events of turmoil in our nation, we have seen the destruction of various statues and monuments across the country. Mobs of people are seen on TV vandalizing and tearing down statues of everyone from Confederate soldiers to Union generals to Christopher Columbus. There is even talk of removing monuments to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. In Louisville, KY, the John Breckinridge Castleman monument near Cherokee Park has been the source of conflict for sev

White Fragility , Robin DiAngelo's 2018 volume subtitled, "Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism," has become the anti-racist Bible for a large reader bloc, and for good reason. DiAngelo is both witty and articulate. Her basic ideological arc is that all white people are racist, whether they want to be or not, and whether they know it or not. One of her primary corollaries is that it is impossible for non-white minorities to be racist, period. This is based

Critical Theory ideology is quite prevalent in the modern culture today. From this theory we get the term, “social justice.” Social justice touches upon many of the most volatile issues in our society. Unfortunately, this term is not clearly defined, and many people do not know how to clearly understand Critical Theory and its resultant term, ‘social justice.’  Critical Theory functions as a worldview and metanarrative that runs from oppression to liberation. This essay expl

Social justice. That sounds great! After all, who would not want justice in the society in which they live? In fact, the Bible has so much to say about justice. Consider a few examples in Scripture beginning with the Old Testament. Proverbs 18:5 -- It is not right to acquit the guilty or deny justice to the innocent. Proverbs 21:15 -- When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers. Amos 5:24 -- But let justice roll down like waters, and righteo

Church, we’ve got a problem: Critical Theory (sometimes referred to as Critical Race Theory). This worldview is a growing problem finding its way into the Church. Too many professing Christians today are, willingly or unwillingly, buying into this idea known to have Marxist origins. It’s an attempt to explain and confront power structures in the world that it claims are oppressing others. As Christians we certainly are against oppression but we ought to seek a Biblical unders

Today’s anti-racism crusaders have a lot more in common with Malcolm X than Martin Luther King, Jr. They have become so zealous in opposing racism that they see racism in everything—even breakfast cereal . Instead of condemning actual racism, the charge of racism is now used to compel allegiance and silence dissent. No one wants to be perceived as a “racist,” so spineless individuals and businesses bend over backward and issue self-flagellating apologies at the mere utterance

PSYCHONIX: Mind Over Matter, by Mike Burnette, is a blend of interesting, well-developed characters, and exciting, intriguing action. It is a many layered novel, with unexpected twists and turns. If you like science fiction, espionage, psychology, war stories, philosophy, and many other topics, you will find plenty to attract and keep your attention. Readers with philosophical leanings will be drawn into the musings of the characters who wonder about the nature of reality. An

Recently, a good ol’ theological “dust up” between two brothers in Christ has occurred. The French Calvinistic Philosopher Guillaume Bignon joined Eli Ayala on his Revealed Apologetics show to attack the work of three libertarian freedom fighters. Not only did Bignon have Tim Stratton's FreeThinking Argument Against Naturalism (FAAN) in his sights, he also had attempted to take down Leighton Flowers and Braxton Hunter. In this episode, Stratton (with the help of Timothy Fox)

Question: Dear Dr. Stratton,  In your interview with Jorge Gil on Cross Examined's Hope One , you attempted to answer "all the problems of evil" by appealing to love. In fact, you said that "the best kind of love requires libertarian free will."  Surely this is false, for I can think of a counter-example that clearly shows this to be false.  After all, the members of the Trinity are the epitome of perfect love and they do not have libertarian free will. They cannot do otherw

Christians have been called by God to change the world. Indeed, Christianity has radically transformed this world for the better. If anyone doubts this to be the case I highly recommend the book How Christianity Changed the World by Alvin J. Schmidt. It is also significant how many atheists are beginning to realize the importance of a biblical worldview for the sake of a civilized culture.  For example, atheist Phil Zuckerman says that when he thinks about Christianity, thr

Is it morally permissible for faithful Christians to carry firearms? Yes. But don’t take my word for it: Jesus himself instructed his disciples to arm themselves with swords for self-defense. Sell Your Cloak and Buy a Sword In Luke 22, Jesus addresses his disciples shortly before his arrest, trial, and eventual crucifixion. He reminds them of how their earthly needs were providentially met when he sent them out to do ministry work ( Luke 9:1-6 ). However, Jesus warns that he

Recently, a good ol’ theological “dust up” between two brothers in Christ has occurred. The French Calvinistic Philosopher Guillaume Bignon joined Eli Ayala on his Revealed Apologetics show to attack the work of three libertarian freedom fighters. Not only did Bignon have Tim Stratton's FreeThinking Argument Against Naturalism (FAAN) in his sights, he also had attempted to take down Leighton Flowers and Braxton Hunter. In this episode, Stratton (with the help of Timothy Fox)

Race and injustice are difficult topics to discuss. And while the church talk about it , I’ve seen a lot of harmful missteps along the way. Here are three unhelpful things that people are doing in the race conversation that need to stop. Now. 1) Speaking to or for an entire group of people It is true that each group of people across all shape, color, and size have unique experiences and perspectives. There may be certain types of injustices that face specific people. But att

Last year I adopted a personal motto regarding apologetics: “Let’s talk about it.” Too many young people are abandoning Christianity because they think the church isn’t listening to them. No one answers the questions they have and the church doesn’t discuss things relevant to them. My answer was for the church to become a safe space where people can doubt out loud. Whatever our young people are struggling with, we need to talk about it. But it’s more than just apologetics. O

Recently, a good ol’ theological “dust up” between two brothers in Christ has occurred. The French Calvinistic Philosopher Guillaume Bignon joined Eli Ayala on his Revealed Apologetics show to attack the work of three libertarian freedom fighters. Not only did Bignon have Tim Stratton's FreeThinking Argument Against Naturalism (FAAN) in his sights, he also had attempted to take down Leighton Flowers and Braxton Hunter. In this episode, Stratton (with the help of Timothy Fox)

In Plato’s Meno , Socrates and Meno discuss the nature of knowledge. Meno asks the master of dialectic about the difference between knowledge and true belief. Meno wonders if there is a real difference, and assuming there is, why knowledge is better. Socrates responds by comparing true belief to one of Daedalus’ statues.  The statues are beautiful, Socrates says, but more valuable if tethered. Similarly, a true belief is good; but it falls short of knowledge. Knowledge has gr