1. Glenn has an excellent podcast on the moral argument that’s more exhaustive in its assessment of competing moral theories than what’s typically out there. Listen to Part 1 and Part 2 and be amazed.
2. For those new to William Craig’s work, you’ll find a nice summary here.
3. Tim McGrew just launched a site that aims to be the leading resourcing on historical apologetics. Check it out.
4. For those interested in theology, Roger Olsen now has a blog.
5. Prop 8 has been overturned in California. If you’re happy about that, read this and slap your face like a sissy for being so foolish.
6. There’s a new apologetics journal that aims to bridge the gap between the academic world and the local church (or layman) in a peer reviewed journal. It’s made on a Mac, isn’t that cool?
7. Areapagus Journal is giving away three issues for free!
8. China interestingly claims that the reason America has succeeded so well is because of its Christian heritage.
9. Check out this informative defense of the Thomistic Cosmological Argument.
10. J.P Moreland’s lecture on the foundations of Moral Law is worth the listen.

1. Absence of Evidence, Evidence of Absence, and the Atheist’s Teapot: Philosopher Brian Garvey argues that Russell’s teapot analogy fails because “the analogy relies on assumptions about the prior plausibility of atheism.” (HT: Thinking Matters)
2. Dawkins’ Contradiction: Greg Koukl gives a very down to earth explanation of what God’s attributes are and why they are not contradictory.
3. It is why they are called Atheists: Greg Koukl examines the recent attempt by some atheists to define atheism as merely non-belief in God, as opposed to the idea that there is no God.
4. Brian Auten over at Apologetics 315 reviews Biola University’s distance learning certificate in apologetics.  I’ll probably be pursuing the certificate myself once I get the appropriate funds.
5. Burning Bosoms and Religious Truth: Biola University professor Clay Jones sounds off on the subjective personal experience upon which Mormons base their beliefs. (HT: Wintery Knight)
6. Does Theistic Ethics Derive an “Ought” from an “Is”?: William Lane Craig explains how a divine command theory of ethics can legitimately derive an “ought” from an “is.”
7. Why is there so much evil in the world?:  Jason Dulle observes that the problem of evil is not the amount of evil in the world (Asking “why is there so much evil in the world” is an iterative question), but its mere presence.
8. Metaphysics I: A 97-page introductory metaphysics outline by J. P. Moreland.
9. Evidence for God: 50 Arguments : New book edited by Michael Licona and William Dembski that contains 50 arguments for the existence of God from philosophy, science, and history.  Great resource for a springboard into apologetics.

That being said, here are the links.

1. On the Intersection of Faith, Economics and Social Ethics: Business and Spiritual Transformation — A transcript of Scott Rae’s plenary address, delivered at last year’s annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society.
2. Should Business be Responsible for Employee Health Care? — A peer reviewed paper by Donald P. Condit that originally appeared in the Journal of Markets & Morality.
3. Order in the Court: Rule of Law Initiative — A website affiliated with the Heritage Foundation that is critical of and that keeps track of relevant court decisions related to judicial activism.
4. God, Naturalism, and the Foundations of Morality — Paul Copan’s chapter in The Future of Atheism: Alister McGrath and Daniel Dennett in Dialogue. Copan provides a defense of objective morality and critiques naturalistic attempts to ground it.
5. Church History in 4 Minutes — 2,000 years of church history condensed into four minutes… and put into song!
6. Irrational YouTube Users on the Cosmological Argument — William Lane Craig himself responds to the popular objection floating around the internet which alleges that nothing begins to exist.  Also useful is this post by philosopher Glenn Andrew Peoples.
7. A Historian Views Zeitgeist — What happens when a real historian views Zeitgeist (If you aren’t familiar with it, Zeitgeist was a popular internet documentary which argued that Christian doctrine was borrowed from pagan thought).
8. The Wit and Wisdom of Peter Singer — Joe Carter comments on the twisted moral thought of Princeton philosopher Peter Singer.  Part I (The Mere Stupidity of Peter Singer) is also worth reading.

1. Where is Moral Knowledge? — An excellent essay by Dallas Willard on contemporary moral bewilderment and human condition.  A lecture is available here.
2. The Fine-Tuning Argument for the Existence of God — Dr. James Beebe delivers a short talk on this theistic argument.  A separate paper is also available here.
3. Interracial Marriage and Same-Sex Marriage — An essay by Francis Beckwith on why this analogy fails.
4. Jay Richards, an Intelligent Design advocate and the author of Money, Greed, and God, has a blog which contains some very informative essays about capitalism and its relationship with Christianity
5. Are Old Testament Laws Evil? — Paul Copan’s contribution to William Lane Craig and Chad Meister’s God is Great, Good is Good.
6. The Debt Limit: Made Simple – A video from the Heritage Foundation that explains the current problem with our government’s out-of-control spending.

Upcoming book reviews:

• Austin Hill and Scott Rae, The Virtues of Capitalism: A Moral Case for Free Markets (InterVarsity: 2010)
• Jay W. Richards, Money, Greed, and God: Why Capitalism Is the Solution and Not the Problem (HarperOne: 2009)
• James Thobaben, Health-Care Ethics: A Comprehensive Christian Resource (InterVarsity: 2009)
• Nigel Cameron and Charles Colson, Human Dignity in the Biotech Century: A Christian Vision for Public Policy (InterVarsity: 2004)

1. Antony Flew, the British philosopher known for being one of the most famous atheists of the 20th century and for changing his mind in 2004, has died.  He was 87.
2. Academic Earth is a great collection of university lectures on all sorts of subjects.
3. Formerly known as Apollos.ws, Last Seminary is a free collection of resources on the philosophy of religion, science, and New Testament studies.
4. Paul Copan is coming out with a new book in the fall and another book on the moral argument in 2012.
5. William Lane Craig critiques Michael Tooley’s version of the problem of evil.  Philosopher Matthew Flannagan gives a more in-depth criticism here and here.
6. Luke Muehlhauser interviews philosopher Timothy O’Connor.  An upcoming book symposium in Philosophia Christi will contain responses to his most recent book, Theism and Ultimate Explanation.
7. A friend of RT has written an essay on the practicality of studying the philosophy of religion.
8. Matt Flannagan tackles the issue of slavery and the Bible here.
9. Tim Keller on theistic evolution and Genesis.

1. 2009 Year in Review for Apologetics315 – A cornucopia of audio and book links
2. Gregory Koukl and Michael Shermer on the Hugh Hewitt Show – Christian apologist Gregory Koukl of Stand to Reason debates atheist Michael Shermer of the Skeptics Society.  The transcript is unformatted, so it may be a bit hard to read.
3. The Copleston/Russell Debate – Gil alerted me to a transcript of the famous BBC debate between Fr. Frederick Copleston and Bertrand Russell