BenjaminFranklin1767 Type post Author Douglas Groothuis Date March 26, 2026 CategoriesEvolutionPhilosophyPolitical Science Tagged , Albert Einstein, authoritarianism, Benjamin Franklin, Bible, biographers, Blaise Pascal, Buddhism, C. S. Lewis, caste system, Christian philosophy, Christianity, Declaration of Independence, Deists, Elon Musk, endowed by our creator, evolution, First Amendment, Founders, Founding, French Revolution, guillotine, happiness, Hinduism, humans, image of God, infidels, Islam, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Locke, John West, Judeo-Christian tradition, Leonardo da Vinci, philosophy, sanctity of life, Second Treatise on Government, social contract theory, St. Augustine, Steve Jobs, The Greatest Sentence Ever Written, The Social Contract, theism, theology, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Jefferson, Unitarians, universal human rights, utopianism, Walter Isaacson, worldview In Explicating the “Greatest Sentence,” New Book Falls Short Douglas Groothuis March 26, 2026 Evolution, Philosophy, Political Science 7 No naturalistic account of human life, rooted in Darwin’s purposeless evolution, has reason to account humans as special in nature. Read More ›
NationalArchivesoftheUnitedStates-DeclarationofInde Type post Author John G. West Date March 9, 2026 CategoriesEthicsFaith & Science Tagged , Algernon Sidney, Apostle Paul, Aristotle, Bible, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, Cicero, College of Philadelphia, conscience, Declaration of Independence, Founders, George Washington, gravity, James Wilson, John Adams, John Calvin, John Locke, Martin Luther, Mere Christianity, Moral Law, Nature, reason, Richard Hooker, Romans, Supreme Court, Ten Commandments, The Abolition of Man, theology, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Jefferson, Two Treatises of Government, U.S. Constitution The Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God John G. West March 9, 2026 Ethics, Faith & Science 4 The “Laws of Nature” are those truths about reality that all well-formed human beings have access to through observation, reason, and conscience. Read More ›
