Doubt
‘What do you do when you're not sure?’ Father Brendan Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman) opens his sermon with a question which…
Historical Jesus vs Historical Muhammad
How does the historical Jesus compare with the Jesus we find in the Qur'an and with the historical Muhammad?
New Atheism, New Apologetics
How Christian apologetics has used science in its response to the claims of the New Atheists. Boyle Lecture 2014.
The Historicity of the Empty Tomb of Jesus
An examination of both Pauline and gospel material leads to eight lines of evidence in support of the conclusion that Jesus's tomb was…
Some Problems with Pragmatism
What do we mean when we say something is true? That it corresponds with reality or that it 'works'? And does it matter which of these we…
An Honest Look at the Good and Evil of Christian History
John Dickson's book 'Bullies and Saints' examines the dark and light of church history.
Dominion - a critical review
An in-depth engagement with historian Tom Holland's account of Christianity's lasting impact on thinking and morality of the West.
No God But One - a review
Nabeel Qureshi, a former muslim, weighs up the evidence for both Islam and Christianity.
God and Liberty
When Benjamin Franklin introduced his grandson to Voltaire shortly before the latter's death in 1778, that great opponent of the Catholic…