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God and the Texas School Board
Russell Shorto’s article “How Christian Were the Founders?”, a piece discussing the religious revisions being made to textbooks by the Texas school board, has hovered in the New York Times’ “Top 10 Most E-Mailed” article list for the last week or so. It is an investigative report of the Texas School Board’s curriculum decisions over… more »
A Biblical Look at Different Fields
The Ichthus has been trying to look at a variety of fields of study from a Christian perspective, but we tend to focus on philosophy, theology, and art because that’s what the editors and writers specialize in. So this post is my attempt to reach out to students from other fields. I know not all… more »
By Any Other Name?
Yesterday, free copies of a new edition of Darwin’s groundbreaking On the Origin of Species were distributed at the entrances to Harvard Yard on Massachusetts Avenue.
I was pleasantly surprised to receive the book (even though the text is available online), because it may be one of the most influential works of all time.
But I was… more »
How not to argue for Christian pacifism
Our most recent issue contains at least three arguments for pacifism from Christian premises. After reading all three, I remain unconvinced of the truth of the pacifist thesis.[1] Perhaps this fact reflects callousness on my part; I am more inclined to think it reflects some deficiency in the arguments presented. In fact, I can put… more »
On Handling The Word Rightly
My time and passion have been utterly consumed of late with beginning of the year ministry stuff here at Harvard, but I hope to start up a fresh series or two on this blog soon. In the meantime–and in lieu of any genuinely original thoughts of my own or the freedom to pursue them–I thought I’d post some classic insights from (mostly… more »
Regarding Functional Creationism – Part II of II
Last week I summarized the argument of John Walton’s The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate and promised to explain exactly what I take to be problematic about it. This week, I fulfill my promise.
I would like to begin by playing with an intuition that I think most people share… more »
Regarding Functional Creationism – Part I of II
I can’t imagine a more beautiful place to write than where I’m currently sitting, in the lounge of Grand Teton Nation Park’s Jackson Lake Lodge. The view from here steals your breath away, especially at sunset when the mountains glow from behind with a golden halo and the sky turns a profound royal purple. If… more »
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