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Hysterical Fiction

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A review of The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman (Canongate Books, 2010)   This review first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 34, number 01 (2011). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org Anyone familiar with the award-winning British author Philip Pullman’s children’s book [...]

Deciding Who Jesus Was

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A review of JESUS WARS: How Four Patriarchs, Three Queens, and Two Emperors Decided What Christians Would Believe for the Next 1,500 Years by John Philip Jenkins (HarperOne, 2010) This review first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 34, number 01 (2011). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org [...]

Creator’s Remorse in Silicon Valley

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A review of You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto by Jaron Lanier (Alfred A. Knopf, 2010)   This review first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 34, number 01 (2011). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org Jaron Lanier is a pioneer in virtual reality technology and a [...]

Goldstein on the Cosmological Argument

A review of 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein (Pantheon, 2010)   This review first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 34, number 01 (2011). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org I must confess that I don’t have the [...]

Stephen Hawking on Science and God

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This article first appeared in Christian Research Journal, volume 34, number 01 (2011). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org SYNOPSIS In their latest book, The Grand Design, Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow claim that modern science is now capable of explaining all aspects of the universe, including its origin. [...]

Breaking The Silence: Chapter Summaries

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  CHAPTER SUMMARIES  Introduction:  Why This Book?  Over the past thirteen years the integrity of the Christian Research Institute (CRI) and its president, Hank Hanegraaff, have been subjected to sustained Internet, media, and word-of-mouth attacks that have largely become the mission of one man: William M. “Bill” Alnor. While Alnor has not been successful at [...]

Breaking The Silence: Why This Book?

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INTRODUCTION: WHY THIS BOOK?  As I’ve done different searches on the Internet, one thing that never ceases to amaze me is how many people seem to think it is their God-given duty to set themselves up as judge, jury and executioner of those doing public work throughout the body of Christ and presuming they have [...]

Breaking The Silence: The Vision of CRI

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Chapter One: The Vision of CRI  Before I discuss Bill Alnor and his allegations I think it’s important to appreciate fully just what it is he has been persistently opposing, hindering, and attempting to destroy. The Christian Research Institute was founded by Dr. Walter Martin in New Jersey in 1960. Walter was a pioneer in [...]

Awakening From The Nightmare

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This article first appeared in Christian Research Journal, volume 34, number 01 (2011). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org SYNOPSIS The anti-God, anti-truth, and anti-democratic philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) is currently very influential and in need of critical examination. In this article, I set out some salient features [...]

Breaking The Silence: The Fruit of CRI

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Chapter Two: The Fruit of CRI  Prior to CRI, apologetics was almost the Christian church’s best-kept secret. It was largely cloistered in our seminaries and hidden from the view of lay Christians and the unbelieving population at large, where it was needed the most. For almost half a century, CRI has been at the forefront [...]