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Stuart McEwing

Jan 16, 20232 min read

What is a good cumulative case for God?

To Dr. Steven Law, I’ve never seen a cumulative case for God’s existence presented like the one you’ve characterised here. The ones I am...

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Stuart McEwing

Dec 20, 20223 min read

Does God Require an Explanation?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suq0ayB0b8I Atheist: Zeus, Ra, Ganesh? Theist: Not those other gods, the real God in the Bible. The...

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Stuart McEwing

Dec 15, 20226 min read

How not to react to arguments that run counter to treasured beliefs? A Case Study with 7 Strategies.

Stuart McEwing KT, there is plenty of evidence of God’s existence. KT Sure hasn’t been for me. Stuart McEwing KT, These arguments seek to...

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Stuart McEwing

Aug 13, 20226 min read

Is the Bible the word of God? Inspiration, Reliability, Infallibility and Inerrancy.

For most critics of Christianity it is the Bible that is the intellectual stumbling stone which prevents them from accepting the Gospel....

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Stuart McEwing

Aug 10, 20222 min read

How to handle alleged contradictions in the Bible?

How do we know the Bible is God's word? Confronting Disconfirmations Part 3. Key to the inductive argument for the inspiration of the...

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Stuart McEwing

Aug 3, 20224 min read

Is the Bible we have today, the Bible that was written back then?

How do we know the Bible is God's Word? Confronting Disconfirmations, Part 1. Focusing on the the Gospels, the first challenge is regarding the selection of what made it into the New Testament. The second challenge is posed by textual variants.

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Stuart McEwing

Aug 2, 20222 min read

How to we know the Bible is God's Word? An Argument from Below

This argument proceeds inductively from the many confirmations we receive when we try to see if what the Bible says is true. This is why...

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Stuart McEwing

Aug 2, 20224 min read

How do we know the Bible is God's word? An Argument from Above

We could cite scriptures which tell the Bible is the inspired word of God, but this would be begging the question. The statement “I...

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Stuart McEwing

Jul 26, 20223 min read

Where do you look for Biblical interpretation?

This Facebook post with the accompanying commentary caught my attention. Accompanying Commentary "...In this passage Jesus loved that...

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Can Adopting the Enneagram be justified?

Stuart McEwing

Oct 8, 20213 min read

Can Adopting the Enneagram be justified?

Richard Rohr’s twofold personal justification for adopting the practice of the Enneagram is exposed and evaluated.

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Stuart McEwing

Oct 8, 20218 min read

Can the Enneagram be Redeemed?

Can Christians use the Enneagram in a Christianised manner? Can we separate the practice of it from its theological and philosophical roots? Can the Enneagram be redeemed?

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Concerns with Christian Enneagram Teachers?

Stuart McEwing

Oct 8, 20216 min read

Concerns with Christian Enneagram Teachers?

The previous post Is the Enneagram Christian? exposed and compared the theology of the Enneagram as expounded by the following teachers....

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Stuart McEwing

Oct 8, 202111 min read

Is the Enneagram Christian?

A theological Evaluation of the Enneagram. The core theological convictions of the so-called Christian versions of the Enneagram are exposed and compared with the Bible's teaching.

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Do Jewish beliefs about burial help establish the burial of Jesus?

Stuart McEwing

Oct 17, 20204 min read

Do Jewish beliefs about burial help establish the burial of Jesus?

There are a number of reasons to conclude the burial of Jesus is historical. Some of the more compelling are (1) it is it abundantly...

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Stuart McEwing

Oct 5, 20203 min read

Is unbelief a symptom of rebellion?

Stuart, Your claim that "unbelief is a symptom of rebellion" is absurd! Do you rebel against Allah, and Thor, and Shiva? Of course not!...

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Stuart McEwing

Oct 3, 20204 min read

Who designed the designer?

According to some God does not explain the beginning of the universe nor the appearance of design in the universe because this raises the further question, “Who designed the Designer?” Does positing a God as the creator and designer of the universe solve the problem of an infinite regress of causes?

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Stuart McEwing

Jul 26, 20203 min read

Are miracles possible? Part 3

With the case against miracles and their identification thoroughly undermined, it is pertinent to ask whether the methodological...

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Stuart McEwing

Jul 25, 20202 min read

Are miracles possible? Part 1

The biggest challenge to the historical case for Jesus’ resurrection is not historical in nature, but philosophical. This is the...

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Stuart McEwing

Jan 23, 20205 min read

A hell of a problem? Part 3

In this post questions are raised that lead on from the discussion on the soteriological problem of evil and its solution in the previous...

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Stuart McEwing

Jan 23, 20206 min read

A hell of a problem? Part 2

Is the problem that God did not bring the gospel to those whom he knew would freely accept it if they heard it, but were lost in their...

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