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Showing posts with label Michael Licona. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Michael Licona. Show all posts
Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Judas: the ultimate betrayal of Dembski and Licona

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So we come to the end, the final chapter, the ultimate culmination, the concluding, cogent case for the existence of God. At least, that...
Sunday, 13 May 2012

Biblical fan-fiction — not to be taken as gospel

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In the same vein as Craig L. Blomberg in the previous chapter, Charles L. Quarles asks "What Should We Think About the Gospel of Pete...
Sunday, 29 April 2012

New Testament canon — a boat that must not be rocked

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Craig L. Blomberg continues his exposition of scriptural arbitrariness with "What Should We Think About the Coptic Gospel of Thomas ?...
Sunday, 15 April 2012

An arbitrary collection of texts becomes "canonical"

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The New Testament is a collection of books written at different times by apparently different people. (As such, by modern literary definit...
Tuesday, 10 April 2012

An unreliable assessment of the reliability of the Gospels

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In Craig L. Blomberg 's "The Historical Reliability of the Gospels" — chapter 46 of Dembski & Licona 's Evidence for ...
Monday, 9 April 2012

As far as the Bible is confirmed as true, it is mundane

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"Archaeology and the Bible — How Archaeological Findings Have Enhanced the Credibility of the Bible" is chapter 45 of Dembski ...
Saturday, 31 March 2012

Textual transubstantiation

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"Why All the Translations?" is the question Denny Burk asks in the title of chapter 44 of Dembski & Licona 's Evidence f...
Saturday, 24 March 2012

Doubtful text is no standard for doctrinal accuracy

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"This chapter addresses a popular argument that is used against those who hold to an inerrant Bible. Essentially, the argument is pos...
Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Christianity's seminal documents still missing

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We come at last to the final section of Dembski & Licona 's Evidence for God , which is entitled The Question of the Bible . But I ...
Saturday, 18 February 2012

Did L. Ron Hubbard take lessons from St. Paul?

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And so we come to the end of the penultimate section in Dembski and Licona 's Evidence for God . The section entitled The Question of J...
Sunday, 5 February 2012

The Road to Hell

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"What About Those Who Have Never Heard the Gospel?" This is the title of chapter 40 of Dembski & Licona 's Evidence for...
Sunday, 8 January 2012

The entire Christian faith is a gigantic lie

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"We will be examining the history and beliefs of the major religious movements of the world; but let me say at the outset, we will be...
Saturday, 7 January 2012

Theological mendacity, or biblical spin?

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I have elsewhere been accused of characterising theology as "piffle" . But get this: The doctrine of the Trinity is one of th...
Thursday, 5 January 2012

Circular hallucinations are circular

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"Were the Resurrection Appearances of Jesus Hallucinations?" This is the question Michael R. Licona asks in the title of Chapte...
Friday, 30 December 2011

Resurrection of the gaps

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In "The Resurrection Appearances of Jesus" — Chapter 35 of Dembski & Licona 's Evidence for God — Gary R. Habermas an...
Wednesday, 28 December 2011

Absence of corpse isn't evidence of resurrection

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I'm unsure why the "empty tomb" is supposed to be a big deal. If an inanimate object is placed at a particular location, and i...
Monday, 5 December 2011

Circular logic is circular in Evidence for God

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Michael R. Licona , one of the editors of Evidence for God (the other being William A. Dembski ) contributes Chapter 33, "Can We Be Ce...
Saturday, 12 November 2011

Expecting the obvious is not "prediction"

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Craig A. Evans , in the title of chapter 32 of Dembski & Licona 's Evidence for God , asks "Did Jesus Predict His Violent De...
Saturday, 5 November 2011

Biblical authority in doubt?

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Ben Witherington III follows his previous chapter in Dembski & Licona 's Evidence for God with "Jesus as God", in wh...

Does it matter how Jesus prayed?

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Chapter 30 of Dembski & Licona's Evidence for God is "Son of God" by Ben Witherington III . It seems mostly to be an ar...