In the field of epistemology, the Gettier problem shows that one can have justified true belief (JTB) about a claim yet not possess knowledge. For example, imagine someone is looking in a field at something that looks like a sheep but it’s actually a dog in sheep’s clothing. The person believes there’s a sheep in…

Contrary to the imaginations of people who are fond of science-fiction, A.I. will never become self-aware. But how can I be so sure when making a definitive claim about technology, which never stops evolving? My reason is simple: There is no example of anything in science that has grown a conscience. But does that necessarily…

The landscape of Christian apologetics is vast, spanning from the practice of defending the faith via starting with the belief that Christianity is true (presuppositional) to focusing on creatively expressing the imagination that’s grounded in the character of God (imaginative).[1] There are three modes of persuasion accounted for when discussing the different representations of apologetics:…

Kirk was a realist when it came to ethics. As a moral realist, he believed that objective moral truths exist independently of our beliefs about them, rejecting moral relativism. And it was this hard stance about right and wrong behavior, grounded in the character of God, that his intellectual opponents hated about him.

Here are two political, polar-opposite examples of bulverism, which shows that anyone can fall prey to bad logic:

E1: You’re a right-wing conservative only because you come from a privileged white, Christian home.

E2: You’re a liberal extremist only because your parents are poor, illegal immigrants.

Frank Schaeffer interview on the Sean McDowell Show Admittedly, as a rational apologist I had trouble listening to Mr. Schaeffer’s (propositional) statements and beliefs. But when I forced myself to re-engage and put on my aesthetic apologetics lens, I was able to see some existential overtones, which evoked imagination so I was better able to…

When I was younger, I lived life to the extreme and for the extremes. I had no overarching purpose, so I assumed one from the abundant possibilities of my anxious lifestyle. I quickly moved from one place to another, one girl to another, one job to another. I was on the fast track to the…

But the dark side of therapy I’m referring to goes beyond sexual impropriety to include the more elusive ethos of breaking the boundary of personal values.

IMAGINATIVE apologetics promotes and pursues what classical apologetics lacks: meaning through metaphor. This lack is not the focus of the book but rather the catalyst, which is to complement the rational and evidential with the imaginative.  

Together, ethos, pathos, logos speak holistically and harmoniously to the human condition of transformation inspired by the nature of an ethical, passionate, rational God. Christ spoke with authority and credibility,[1] placing his ethos under a pedagogical umbrella. It astonished and moved his disciples. His enemies, on the other hand, exhibited an allergic reaction to his…