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David Hume, John Locke, and a Pool Table

REFORMATION BIBLE COLLEGE DIALOGUE PAPER IN A BAR WITH JOHN LOCKE AND DAVID HUME CHURCH HISTORY BY THOMAS BOOHER SANFORD, FLORIDA MARCH, 2012             I strode into the bar. It was past eleven now, and my nerves were on edge. My church history oral presentation and final paper would be due in a few short hours, and I had yet to postulate what to talk about and what to write. After pacing about in my room and realizing I was fresh out of ideas, I figured the rational thing to do was hit up the bar and have a beer or two to calm my nerves. After all, drinking seemed to always have that effect on me.             “What can I get for you?” the girl at the bar asked. As she spoke, two other men scooted in, each looking a bit disheveled and flustered with one another. They were garbed i...

Night of the Living Dead Christian: A Review

Thanks to Saltriver (Tyndale House Publishers) for kindly providing a copy of  Night of the Living Dead Christian  for review on the March 2012 Christian Science Fiction and Fantasy Blog Tour. Night of the Living Dead Christian.                                               My Score: 3.5/5 stars.  It is a shame that I am a busy Bible college student, and that I will only be able to post once for this blog tour. I just finished this book, at 2:30 in the morning, and read it all in one sitting. I have a class at 8 AM and have much to say regarding Matt Mikalatos ' wonderfully well written, zany, comical spoof and biblical allegory,  Night of the Living Dead Christian .  Firstly, when I read Mikalatos, I do not think of C.S. Lewis. Not because Mikalatos is a poor writer, he is a very good writer, but because this style of writing is nothing...