How Jesus Transforms Our Approach to Fear (This was originally something I wrote for a facebook discussion with a friend, slightly tweaked and updated here) Knowing Jesus transforms how a person understands fear in MANY ways. First, as Jesus upholds the Old Testament, he leads us to embrace the biblical perspective that the “Fear […]
Author: Tom Schmidt
Christian, husband of Rach, Church Planter,musician,
The Purpose of Our Existence “There is no purpose to our existence, but that doesn’t matter, we can make up our own purpose, and in so doing, we will be freer and have more purpose than anyone religious person who believes a bunch of superstitious myths.” Such is the attitude of some, when we ask, […]
A Word to My Atheist Friends on Knowledge A Word to the ATHEIST about Knowledge You rightly see the error of those who promote religious myths which enslave people and hinder education. You rightly value the importance of scientific investigation. You rightly champion logic and reason. But you overlook several important things: first, you have […]
False and Unlivable Approaches to Knowledge INCOHERENT and UNLIVABLE Attitudes and Philosophies about Knowledge 1. There is no such thing as truth. (Is that true?) 2. It is impossible to know anything with certainty. (Do you know that with certainty?) 3. All I know is that I don’t know anything. (Now you are claiming a […]
False Views about Christian Epistemology FALSE VIEWS about CHRISTIAN EPISTEMOLOGY: 1. Christians have BLIND faith. Christians have faith in Christ because we believe it to be reasonable, where the evidence leads, and as a result of God’s supernatural work in our hearts which has led us to trust in Him. 2. Christian faith is an […]
Here’s the second part of Dan Tsouloufis’ essay: So how does an atheist define morality without an absolute standard that the human race can adhere to? As a Christian, I believe that notions of right and wrong are woven into the fabric of the universe because of God, the same way that we can know […]
Worldview, Secular Ethics, and Cognitive Dissonance: An Essay by Dan Tsouloufis (part 1) “My Thoughts on Worldview, Secular Ethics, and Cognitive Dissonance” by Dan Tsouloufis There are many people who grow up believing in God, then at some point in their life they no longer believe that God is real, and they come to the […]
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G.K. Chesterton’s “Manalive” Quotes Here’s some quotes from G.K. Chesterton’s book “Manalive” “People talk of the pathos and failure of plain women; but it is a more terrible thing that a beautiful woman may succeed in everything but womanhood.” “The truth is that when people are in exceptionally high spirits, really wild with freedom and […]
Good Without God Follow Up Here’s a follow up post on ‘Good without God’. The following is what I wrote in response to the time of our discussion together at Meetup and why all the proposed sources for moral knowledge from natualistic conception are unlivable: Hey Everybody, Thanks again to all who came out […]
Good WITHOUT God Discussion I recently facilitated a discussion at our Meetup Discussion group ministry here in Naperville on the topic ‘Good without God.’ It was our third time going through this, which I think shows how much misunderstanding there is on the topic and the importance of the discussion. Here are my notes: INTRO: […]
