Benjamin J. Williams
Evil Often Comes in Opposites
Do a quick survey of books and sermons in the last few decades, and you will quickly notice a fascination with the word "radical." To...
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Benjamin J. Williams
- Nov 19, 2018
- 7 min
Comparisons in an Age of Rage
There is nothing I like more than a good comparison. Whether framed as metaphors, similes, or a good ol' parable, comparisons are...
Benjamin J. Williams
- Aug 10, 2018
- 4 min
People You Should Know: Alvin Plantinga
The Greatest Living Philosopher: Alvin Plantinga I sat down this morning to compose a list of the most influential, living Christian...
Benjamin J. Williams
- Jul 23, 2018
- 3 min
The Secret to Freedom Is Restraint
Americans value nothing more than freedom. The concept stands enshrined in our founding documents and in our hearts. But as a...
Benjamin J. Williams
- Jul 17, 2018
- 4 min
10 Apologetic Arguments - The Ontological Argument
The ontological argument is a traditional Christian argument, but it is probably the least understood and least practical of all them...
Benjamin J. Williams
- Jul 10, 2018
- 2 min
10 Apologetic Arguments: The Human Intellect Argument
Why do humans have the ability to ask and analyze a question like whether or not God exists? What is the meaning of terms like cognitive...
Benjamin J. Williams
- Jul 6, 2018
- 4 min
All Science Is Deniable
My first crush was science. I fell completely in love with her at an early age, and it wasn't until I earned my degree in Astrophysics...
Benjamin J. Williams
- Jul 3, 2018
- 4 min
10 Apologetic Arguments - Regularity and Mathematics
Why are we able to do mathematically based science? If we drop an apple from a tree, we can, with accuracy, predict not only that it will...
Benjamin J. Williams
- Jun 28, 2018
- 4 min
Believe Not Every Zeitgeist
Every era has its own prevailing narrative, mood, values, and concerns. They pivot restlessly from generation to generation, rarely...
Benjamin J. Williams
- Jun 26, 2018
- 3 min
10 Apologetic Arguments - The Fine-Tuning Argument
What if the universe could be explained through purely physical processes just so long as we were allowed to choose a very precise set of...
Benjamin J. Williams
- Jun 25, 2018
- 4 min
There Is Real Evil In the World
The principal moral question of our era is not "what is evil" but rather whether or not such a thing as evil exists. Modern moral...
Benjamin J. Williams
- Jun 21, 2018
- 4 min
10 Apologetic Arguments - The Teleological Argument
This argument takes its name from the Greek term, τελος (telos), which means an end or by implication a purpose. Whereas the cosmological...
Benjamin J. Williams
- Jun 18, 2018
- 9 min
Andy, Rudolf, and Marcion
Plenty has already been written about Andy Stanley’s recent comments about “unhitching” the Hebrew Scriptures from Christianity (this one...
Benjamin J. Williams
- Jun 18, 2018
- 7 min
10 Apologetic Arguments - The Cosmological Argument
One relatively straightforward theistic argument takes a look at the whole sum of reality as we know it and asks for a cause sufficient...
Benjamin J. Williams
- Jun 18, 2018
- 3 min
10 Theistic Arguments - Properly Basic Belief
W.K. Clifford once famously asserted, “It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.”1...