Here’s a 48-minute presentation on the Canon of Scripture. The short story is that the Protestants did not just decide to throw out seven books of the Bible. use of the protocanon (the shorter version of the canon) is as old as the Christian faith itself! The post Let’s be Honest about the Canon of Scripture (video) appeared first on Right Reason ..read more

One thing I’ll be doing sometimes over at the YouTube channel is taking blog posts and turning them into video presentations. Some recent comments by Cameron Bertuzzi of Capturing Christianity prompted me to do this with my article on the Church Fathers on the Eucharist. A lot of anti-apologist apologists quote the Church Fathers when […] The post The Church Fathers on the Eucharist (Video) appeared first on Right Reason ..read more

I have ADHD, but I’m not one of those people who likes to bang on about being “neurodiverse” and use it as an explanation of (or excuse for!) things I don’t do well. I haven’t even mentioned that diagnosis here previously, and I’m unlikely to mention it much in future. I have really struggled over […] The post Stay tuned – I’m not dead yet! appeared first on Right Reason ..read more

A while ago Ricky Gervais spoke with Stephen Colbert about religion. No surprises, Ricky is an atheist and thinks religions are all wrong, along with the natural human tendency to believe in God. But he made a specific line of argument, distinguishing fact from fiction by saying that if you destroyed all holy books (or […] The post Ricky Gervais on Religion vs Fact appeared first on Right Reason ..read more

Souls are on the way out. Not just in our culture or in science, where some Christians may suspect “naturalism” as the culprit, but souls are on the way out of our Bibles. This is because of the ways in which our translations are getting better at conveying what was originally intended. In the King […] The post Where did all the souls go? appeared first on Right Reason ..read more

Don’t create a church’s stance on marriage in order to make people happy or stop them from leaving. In early 2017 (when I started writing this article, since which time it has sat gathering dust) the general Synod of the Church of England voted on same-sex marriage. Well, sort of. The General Synod voted not […] The post Keeping them in: The Church’s motive in marriage policy appeared first on Right Reason ..read more

After some of the dust has settled following the controversial item in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, I wanted to offer a few thoughts about it, and about the way Christians engage secular culture. I don’t think it was intended as a parody or mockery of Da Vinci’s painting of the Last Supper. But there […] The post That Olympics opening ceremony, and how not to engage culture appeared first on Right Reason ..read more

Do you know what Lent is, and why some Christians observe it? I sat down with our parish priest, Hennie Nothnagel, to get his perspective.     The post What is Lent All About? appeared first on Right Reason ..read more

I know, nobody has to take my advice. But I think there needs to be more of a discernment process that people (usually guys) go through before deciding that they are going to be a public face of Christian apologetics or theology. Here’s some free advice, which might be worth every cent you paid for […] The post Advice to Christian debaters and speakers appeared first on Right Reason ..read more

I recently sat down with David Riddell, a Christian counsellor caused a stir a little while ago amid accusations that he practices so-called “gay conversion therapy.” The post “Gay Conversion Therapy” and other things, with David Riddell appeared first on Right Reason ..read more