All Posts

Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due Over the past several years, I have had countless conversations with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Some have been excellent. Others have consisted primarily of people repeating talking points they had heard elsewhere and simply referring to their own subjective feelings. But something has changed. I recently returned from another trip to Utah, and I was genuinely encouraged by what I encountered. I met numerous B

I have long been a defender of the modal ontological argument. While many Christians are uncomfortable with it, I have found it to be sound and compelling (see a short video I recorded for Frank Turek on the Ontological Argument here). The argument goes like this: If the concept of a maximally great being is logically possible, then a maximally great being exists necessarily. And if a maximally great being exists necessarily, then a maximally great being exists in every poss

At first glance, that title sounds absurd. Of course we have freedom of religion in the United States—it's one of our most cherished rights. But if by “freedom of religion” we mean the unlimited right to believe and do anything whatsoever in the name of religion, then the truth is simple: you do not have that freedom in America—and you never have. The question is not whether religious freedom exists, but what it actually means—and where its limits must be drawn. The United St

In one of the very few articles I’ve published, I argued for the merits and beauty of God of War 2018.[1] I played the HD remasters of the first two almost 20 years ago, the PS3 ports of the PSP versions, God of War 3, Ascension, and Ragnarök in addition to the 2018 game. So you get the idea, I’m a fan of this series. Last week Sony announced that for the first time, the next game in the series will not feature Kratos as the main playable character but will shift focus to his

Recently, I had the opportunity to discuss Molinism with Ryan Mullins, Tyson James, and Josh Klein on the FreeThinking Ministries YouTube channel. The conversation was enjoyable, thought-provoking, and quite helpful. In my opinion, it really advanced the ball further to the goal of truth. It also clarified something I have been arguing for years: many objections aimed at Molinism are actually aimed at particular models used by some Molinists rather than at the essence of Moli

Over the last few years, I have actually become somewhat of a fan of Alex O’Connor. Many readers will remember the teenage "Cosmic Skeptic" who exploded onto YouTube years ago. While I appreciated his intelligence and willingness to engage difficult ideas, I often found him unnecessarily abrasive and overly confident. But Alex has matured considerably over time. He has become more thoughtful, more nuanced, and more willing to admit complexity where complexity exists. In a wor

Abstract: Family estrangement—defined as the deliberate and often prolonged cessation of contact between adult children and their parents or other relatives—has become a significant social, psychological, and spiritual challenge in contemporary American life. This article integrates empirical research from national surveys (1995–2025) with careful, contextual interpretation of Scripture. Drawing on data from Pillemer (2020), Reczek et al. (2023), YouGov (2025), and clinical o

Lately I’ve noticed that Scripture is full of unexpected reversals — moments where God works in ways that overturn human expectations. Then, after reflecting more deeply on the biblical narrative and listened to my son, Dr. Tim Stratton, teach on Molinism (see his new book, the second edition of Human Freedom, Divine Knowledge, and Mere Molinism), something came into focus for me in a new way. It began with a simple realization: God is far more surprising than we often admit.

By Dr.Dan Eichenberger Secular cosmologists and theists alike agree: space, time, and matter came into existence from nothing. Whatever caused this had to be spaceless, timeless, and immaterial—plus unimaginably powerful and intelligent. Yet that single event only gets us to the first of four discrete explosions required to explain the world we actually observe. The Cosmological Big Bang produces the universe itself—something from nothing. Physics describes what happened afte

Over the past several years—especially since 2018—I’ve made multiple trips to Utah every year. I’ve honestly lost count of how many times I’ve been out there, but it’s starting to feel like a second home. I can understand why Brigham Young reportedly said, “This is the place.” It’s beautiful. One of the things I appreciate most about Utah is the culture of open conversation. In many places, people are told to avoid discussing politics or religion. But that’s not the case in U

This last weekend I participated in a three-on-three debate with Latter-day Saints (formerly known as “Mormons”) in Las Vegas. Micah Kunkle, Marcus Bratton, and I had a friendly—but intense—conversation with Travis, Matt, and Haley. Honestly, my favorite part wasn’t the debate itself—it was forming genuine friendships with them. (The full debate will be released this Saturday on The Way with Brian Davila). One of their contentions was that their view of the Godhead “makes mor

A Note to the Reader What follows are my original speaking notes from a panel discussion at the Evangelical Philosophical Society (EPS) regional meeting in Georgia (March, 2026). I had the privilege of joining Joshua Ryan Farris and Chad McIntosh to engage Farris’s work in Deconditioning Naturalism , especially his arguments regarding consciousness, the soul, and the limits of a purely naturalistic framework. In my portion of the panel, I zeroed in on a specific pressure poin

While leading a recent MAVEN immersive experience in Utah, I had the pleasure of meeting a few philosophically inclined young men from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. To be candid, that was a breath of fresh air. This is because far too often, conversations between Christians and Latter-day Saints remain at a surface level—talking past one another rather than reasoning together (Isaiah 1:18). But these young men were different. They were thoughtful, sharp, an

I was inspired to write this one after watching this video “The Andromeda Paradox Even Confuses Physicists.” ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7Rx6ePSFdk ). You can watch the video for a longer explanation, but the gist is that relativity and the speed of light cause something odd. If you are standing still while I am running past you, and we both observe the Andromeda Galaxy while I pass you, we will observe it in different states. Andromeda is about 1.5 million light years

Today, March 26, a young woman by the name of Noelia Castillo Ramos is being euthanized in Spain. [1] Unfortunately, this is nothing new in our Western society. Medically assisted suicide has been legal in Canada for almost 10 years. [2] Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and the United States—yes, even the USA in some states—have legalized medically assisted suicide to some

In past articles, we looked at what the Gospel is and what it accomplishes at the cosmic level. We cannot stop there; however, we need to understand how we ought to respond to the Gospel. For if we do not respond to the Gospel correctly, we are lost and have no hope. To recap, the Gospel is: That Jesus the King came in the flesh, lived a perfect life, was crucified, died, was buried, resurrected, ascended, is now on the throne, and will judge the world in the next age. The ul

It can be useful to consider the full force of objections and problems. I.e. suppose that an objection you are considering is right and unanswerable, then what follows from that? So one of the most common technical objections to Molinism is the grounding problem. Loosely speaking the idea is that all truths require a “ground” or foundation that makes them true, counterfactuals have no such ground, therefore counterfactuals cannot be true and so Molinism is not true. Molinists

I’ve written three articles on dealing with seemingly pointless suffering and made videos on all of them. So this ultra brief article exists to allow you to access all of them in a convenient way. In the event that I add more articles and/or videos to this list I will update it. Seemingly Pointless Suffering: We Can Know How, not Why: But we really want to know Why Part 1. https://www.freethinkingministries.com/post/dealing-with-seemingly-pointless-suffering-part-1 Video:...

There is a lot of talk about Israel right now. Some Christians believe supporting Israel is a biblical obligation. Others think modern Israel has no theological significance whatsoever. Some defend every Israeli policy reflexively. Others treat Israel as uniquely illegitimate among the nations. Both extremes miss something important. Christians should support Israel — but not blindly. Before explaining why biblically, morally, and geopolitically, let me say this: I have spent

There is a very common type of fallacious reasoning that I have termed arguing from the extremes. Once you see this, you’ll notice that it’s everywhere in our society and especially political discourse. Roughly speaking it’s the idea that one or an extremely small number of counter examples disproves a whole theory. This is simply not how to do good reasoning. If you see x follow y 1,000 times you will rightly conclude that there is some type of causal link between x and