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Can Reason Prove the Existence of God?

Posted on 7 September 2016 by

Back in 1974, after five or six years of atheism, I began to believe in the existence of God. I couldn’t have been more surprised. I thought my atheism was rock-solid. So what effected the change? A philosophical argument. Yes, … Continue reading →

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Amir Aczel, Science, and the Existence of God

Posted on 10 July 2014 by

Not only do the atheists not seem to get it, but a lot of theists apparently don’t either. I’m referring here to Amir Aczel, the author of Why Science Does Not Disprove God. I have not read Aczel’s book, but he … Continue reading →

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Double Agency: Conceiving Divine and Creaturely Causality

Posted on 28 January 2014 by

We begin, I suggest, by getting clear in our minds the kind of relationship that exists between Creator and creatures: God’s creative activity is not external to the universe, as is our relation to such things as stoves and books. … Continue reading →

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Exorcizing the God of the Gaps

Posted on 11 December 2013 by

The rise of modern science created a problem for Christian theology. If God is not scientifically needed to explain why water freezes at 32°F or why the stars come out at night, if the universe is just a self-powered machine … Continue reading →

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God in Science–No Need for that Hypothesis

Posted on 10 December 2013 by

It’s funny how one can remember something read decades earlier but cannot remember the contents of a book read only last week. Back in seminary I read a little book by Arthur A. Vogel titled The Power of His Resurrection. … Continue reading →

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