God created human reason; one should reject Christian faith if it makes reason less reasonable. But what if it makes reason more reasonable? Could that be so? It is the claim of Christian faith that it is so – that faith does not contract reason, but expands it. It leads reason to probe more deeply and ask more penetrating questions, and it provides reason with additional data.
“Love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will kiss,” says the psalmist. But mercy might involve remission of punishment. Doesn’t that violate justice, which means giving each person what is due to him, honor for good, penalty for evil?
I wasn’t planning to post today, but my eye was caught by the news headline, “There’s a New No. 1 In Presidential Rankings.” Based on a new Pew Research Center study, the article breathlessly reports that Mr. Obama is now more popular than any other recent president.
Yes, yes, I know I posted a lot of talk and audio links yesterday, but I’ve got a new one.
Humanae Vitae 50th Anniversary Academic Symposium, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., April 2018
This is just to let all you video and podcast lovers out there that several new items have been added to my Listen to Talks page.
Veritas Forum, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, October, 2003
Interview with Ratio Christi, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, February, 2018 -- Audio Only
Veritas Forum Lecture, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, February, 2018 -- Audio Only