Dominic Bnonn Tennant

A critical look at a New York Times article that discusses the tension between the idea that all the events in the universe are caused deterministically by physical laws, and our deep-seated intuitive belief that this cannot be so because we have free will.

Some comments and observations following ‘The Great William Lane Craig Original Sin Flamewar of 2010–2011′.

No one expects the Five Things Meme.

The sad story of a Catholic layman named Juan; a dedicated believer and amateur theologian, who gradually comes to realize that, as one of the laity, he is no more able to understand his religion than the peasants of the middle ages.

The question of whether intelligent design is a scientific or philosophical inference is a contentious and oft-debated one. Using a recent discussion on Ken Perrott’s blog as a kick-off point, I offer a brief commentary on this issue, giving reasons for why it is arbitrary to dismiss ID as unscientific.

A critical response to the accusation that teaching children beliefs which contradict secular science is a form of child abuse. This post is a reply to Ken Perrott’s article ‘”Biblically correct” child abuse?’

As part of my efforts toward establishing a set of comprehensive apologetics resources for lay Christians in New Zealand, centered around the Thinking Matters ministry, I’m working on a second edition to my hastily-released book The Wisdom of God. My particular focus is on making it more accessible by (i) improving the writing style and (ii) weeding out redundancy and wordiness while introducing more down-to-earth illustrations, examples, and definitions. One of the changes I’m considering, on which I’d like some feedback, is renaming the subtitle of the book from “a systematic introduction to biblical apologetics” (which frankly, while terse and accurate is rather unappetizing) to “an introduction to proving the Christian worldview”. My question is: is this a better subtitle? If not, what would you, the lay reader, suggest? Is the word “worldview” generally understood nowadays, or does it need explaining? And, more generally, what other suggestions can you offer regarding making the book a more readable, useful resource for lay Christians?