Batman V. Superman: A Sign of the Culture’s Theological Condition
By Dr. Brian Huffling, Not even on the most distorted and contracted theory of good which ever was framed by religious or philosophical fanaticism, can the government of Nature be made to resemble the work of a being at once good and omnipotent [1]. Is this the worldview of a philosopher or a modern-day comic […]
A Summary of Act & Potency
By Daniel Roberts, Earlier this week, Southern Evangelical Seminary hosted its first Open House of the year! On-campus students received a t-shirt citing one of Thomas Aquinas’ famous distinctions, the distinction between act and potency. As promised to the students in attendance, this article aims to provide a summary of the meanings of these terms and […]
Romans 1 and Man’s Knowledge of God: A Response to Fred Butler
By Adam Tucker, A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of participating in a cordial dialog with Fred Butler, of Grace to You Ministries, on the merits of classical vs. presuppositional apologetics. The original discussion can be found here. I appreciated the respectful nature of the discussion, and I think a lot of important […]
Would Dr. King Have Marched for Marriage “Equality”?
By Adam Tucker, Director of Missions & Evangelism at Southern Evangelical Seminary “Today marks a victory for equality, perseverance and love.” These were the words tweeted by Apple CEO Tim Cook following the historic SCOTUS decision to legalize same-sex marriage.[1] In similar fashion, after the SCOTUS decision went public, Google replaced their logo with a rainbow-colored heart […]
How Is Believing Neo-Darwinism Like Staring Into Space?
By J. Thomas Bridges, My goal for this article was to summarize a helpful analogy that I utilized in my doctoral research regarding the Neo-Darwinism/Intelligent Design debate. Before unpacking that analogy, however, I would like to prepare the reader with another. There occasionally arises an academic tension between those who are professionally trained in philosophy […]
Young Earth Presuppositionalism: God’s Word or Man’s Word?
By Richard Howe Ph.D, First Things The title of this work1 is occasioned by my increasing concerns about the nature and degree of the apologetic methodology known as Presuppositionalism which has seemingly become dominate among certain key Young Earth Creationists such as Ken Ham.2 The broader context within which my concerns arise has to do […]