Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. Ephesians 4:15 (NIV) Gossip needn't be false to be evil - there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around. - Attributed to Frank A. Clark Reflection As Christians and as scholars, we value truth, but when we encounter what we believe to be untruth, how should we respond? It is wise to remember that very few positions, whether in our field or in religion, are totally bereft of … [Read more...] about Speaking the Truth in Love (Scholar’s Compass)
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Takeaways from “Is Reality Secular?”
Welcome to the third post in a series in which we explore with Mary Poplin her 2014 publication Is Reality Secular? Testing the Assumptions of Four Global Worldviews? (InterVarsity Press). In earlier posts Mary provided: perspective on why she wrote Is Reality Secular? a brief snapshot of the four global worldviews she writes about in Is Reality Secular? In this piece Mary Poplin responds to my question, "What do you desire to be the top takeaways for readers of Is Reality Secular?" In future posts Mary … [Read more...] about Takeaways from “Is Reality Secular?”
Interview: David Naugle on Worldview
I've engaged in periodic conversation with David Naugle, Distinguished University Professor, chair and professor of philosophy at Dallas Baptist University, for quite some time. Why? To wrestle with "the heart" and the history of worldview, not only only in an "academic" sense, but also in the life and ministry to which I have been called as a part of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. As you may remember Mike Hickerson interviewed David on Reordered Love, Reordered Lives: Learning the Deep Meaning of Happiness … [Read more...] about Interview: David Naugle on Worldview
Is Reality Secular? Part 2
What is real? . . . If you're talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then real is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain (43) Material Naturalism With the above quote from The Matrix (1999), Mary Poplin introduces Part 2 of Is Reality Secular? What is the nature of reality? (Post on part 1). Morpheus' words and the exploration of Material Naturalism bring back memories not only of a decade of conversation at Carnegie Mellon University as an InterVarsity Campus … [Read more...] about Is Reality Secular? Part 2
Is Reality Secular? Part 1
Is reality secular? Is adequate knowledge secular? And is that something that has been established as a fact by thorough and unbiased inquiry? Is this something that today's secular universities thoroughly and freely discuss in a disciplined way? (11) Mary Poplin wastes no time in establishing the centrality of Dallas Willard's questions to Is Reality Secular? What is the nature of reality? (InterVarsity Press, 2014). Early in Chapter 1: Truth and Consequences, she relates the story of a seminar in which she asks, … [Read more...] about Is Reality Secular? Part 1