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Wm. Travis Coblentz

Travis Coblentz is the Executive Director and philosopher for Tactical Faith. Dr. Coblentz sits on the board and is a great asset in the Birmingham, AL area. He is also a visiting Assistant Professor of Classics and Philosophy at Samford University.
Vertigo Poster crop to illustrate the moral argument

Talking to the World about Christian Morality III: Becoming What We Are

When Bob was probing the possibility of homicide, we found that he could ask (at least) three kinds of why questions. One “why?” can be answered with an explanation about … Read more

September 16, 2019
Apologetics ‡ Ethics ‡ Philosophy ‡ Worldview
Ethics † identity in Christ † morality † purpose
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Talking to the World about Christian Morality II: Getting Past the Gospel of Legalism

In trying to convince Bob not to kill Sam in the previous post, we ran into a series of “why” questions and corresponding kinds of answers. There is a strictly … Read more

August 20, 2019
Ethics ‡ Philosophy ‡ Theology
Christian ethics † gospel † law † virtue ethics
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Anatomy of a Murder

Talking to the World about Christian Morality: Why Shouldn’t Bob Kill Sam?

The Moral and Amoral “Why?” When an ethical law of the form, ‘Thou shalt…’, is laid down, one’s first thought is, ‘And what if I do not do it?’ It … Read more

July 15, 2019
Philosophy ‡ Theology ‡ Uncategorized ‡ Worldview
Moral Argument † murder † natural theology
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A slight tongue and cheek image of God Judging Adam by William Blake to juxtapose against the wrong idea of God being a narcissist.

Is God Rightfully a Narcissistic Tyrant? Power, Love, and How We Think about God (and Ourselves)

God, Love, and Power, Part 1: Knowing God and Knowing About God This piece, which covers an issue that I think has become a prevalent problem in thinking about God, … Read more

June 18, 2019
Apologetics ‡ Blog Post ‡ Philosophy ‡ Theology ‡ Trinity
God is love † love † omnipotence † power † Trinity
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infantile Morality

Morality as Natural: Why the “I don’t need a god to be moral” critique fails

Rather than continue the series on the moral argument with further takeaways—they are too numerable to include in a single post, and it would begin to look silly having a … Read more

May 26, 2019
Apologetics ‡ Defending the Faith ‡ Worldview
Euthyphro Dilemma † Moral Argument † moral maturity † morality † Patrick Nowell-Smith † Steven Weinberg
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Sophists | Tactical Faith

Moral Arguments IV: The Sophist-icated “Euthyphro Dilemma”

Summary Perhaps a quick summary of the argument so far is in order. The primary focus of this series is the Euthyphro Dilemma, which has been adapted by contemporary thinkers … Read more

March 21, 2019
Apologetics ‡ Defending the Faith ‡ Philosophy
Augustine † Euthyphro † Euthyphro Dilemma † Plato † Sophists
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Might Makes Right

Moral Arguments III: Might Might Make Right, Right?

In the previous two posts, we’ve talked about one of the central criticisms of any claim that morality is derived in some way from a divine being: The Euthyphro Dilemma. … Read more

March 10, 2019
Apologetics
Euthyphro † Euthyphro Dilemma † Might makes right † Moral Argument † Plato
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Apollos | Tactical Faith

Moral Arguments II: Disagreeing over God(s)

When we make arguments in support of a Christian view, those arguments can avoid accusations of question-begging by appeal to sources other than Scripture. Given that the Euthyphro Dilemma, which … Read more

February 23, 2019
Apologetics ‡ Defending the Faith ‡ From the Board ‡ Philosophy
Euthyphro † Euthyphro Dilemma † Moral Argument † Plato
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Euthyphro Dilemma | Tactical Faith

Moral Arguments I: The Euthyphro Dilemma

Morality, God, and the Euthyphro Dilemma Christians often appeal to the moral argument when speaking of the secular movement of our culture, and its (probably related) moral decay: “Without God,” … Read more

February 13, 2019
Apologetics ‡ Defending the Faith ‡ Philosophy
apologetics † Euthyphro † Euthyphro Dilemma † Moral Argument † philosophy
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A Primer on Justice II: Getting Confused with Plato

Getting Properly Confused I’ve stated in another blog that being unsure, even confused, can be a result even of the experience of the grace of Jesus. I may be wrong, … Read more

March 8, 2018
Christianity and Politics ‡ Church and Law ‡ Philosophy ‡ Worldview
God's justice † justice † mercy † Plato † recompense
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