The Veritas Forum have launched a new website, offering an excellent archive of lectures delivered by prominent Christian thinkers and speakers at universities in North America and Europe.

John Frame discusses how to apply the Bible and the false distinction that is often made between the meaning of the text and the application of the text. He argues that to “apply” the specific statements of Scripture is to merely learn more of what is already in the text.

The Evangelical Philosophical Society talks to J. P. Moreland about a new series of books he has edited with the goal of helping Christians take Scripture more seriously as a source of knowledge relevant to their academic disciplines.

Stuart explains how an episode of the sci-fi show, Stargate Universe, reveals some important points about the inference to design.

The audio from a C.S. Lewis Society-hosted discussion of Stephen Meyer’s new book Signature in the Cell and the evidence for intelligent design is now available.

A list of the most read articles from the journal Think: Philosophy for Everyone on issues as varying as the existence of Hobbits to whether atheism is a position of faith.

A dialogue written by philosopher Douglas Groothius, challenging the claim that a cosmic designer only postpones the problem of complexity in the universe.

Modern Reformation have made available a good article by Don Carson, research professor of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, on Biblical exegesis and how to approach difficult interpretive questions.

Holman Bible Publishers have released a new study Bible to equip younger Christians in better understanding and defending their faith as they begin to approach adulthood.

Senior fellow of the Trinity Forum, Os Guinness argues that the idea of objective truth is vital for Christianity and our witness to the world.

Timothy, from Rational Theism, presents several arguments in support of a beginning of the universe.

Timothy, from the blog Rational Theism, offers a compilation of popular self-refuting positions in this guest post.

A round-up of news, articles and other items of interest from this week on the internet.

Tim Keller, pastor of Redeemer PCA in Manhattan, offers his impressions of the incredibly popular novel by William Young.

Joe Carter and John Coleman have written a recent post at Relevant Magazine, explaining some of basic principles of persuasion that they have observed in the life and ministry of one of history’s greatest communicators.

Seventeenth century Christian philosopher and mathematician, Blaise Pascal suggests that we never come to terms with the human condition unless we look beyond ourselves.

Can naturalism account for the most basic features of human life, such as consciousness? Philosopher J.P. Moreland argues it cannot.