Enjoy a wealth of articles written by Dr. Horner below. Click the image or text to read each on an external website.
Metaethics: A Short Companion: An Interview with David A. Horner and J. P. Moreland about their New Book
Talbot School of Theology Professors David A. Horner and J.P. Moreland recently published a new book — Metaethics: A Short Companion. Here, they share more about the book with the Good Book Blog. Good Book Blog (GBB): Congratulations on the publication of your new book! Thanks for answering a…
The Advent Project
The Advent Project is a daily devotional series celebrating the Advent season through art and Scripture.
We Need to Go Back to Church
Years ago, a friend gave a provocative talk in a seminary chapel on “Why I Stopped Going to Church.” His point was that church is something we are, as believers in Jesus, not a place we go once or twice a week. It was an important corrective at a…
The Advent Project
The Advent Project is a daily devotional series celebrating the Advent season through art and Scripture.
Faith and Reason—a Parable
Faith and Reason were brothers. More than that, they were friends—indeed, best friends. Faith and Reason loved each other deeply and did everything together. They wandered through fields and forests, embarked on great adventures, explored, learned, discovered, created—together. Always together.
Faith and Reason were inseparable…
Faith and Reason were inseparable…
Lessons from the Foundry
"Nor do I doubt that whoever considers this art well will fail to recognize a certain brutishness in it, for the founder is always like a chimney sweep, covered with charcoal and distasteful sooty smoke, his clothing dusty and half burned by the fire, his hands and face all…
The Authority of the Bible, Part One
The Department of Water Resources representative told an old rancher, "I need to inspect your ranch for your water allocation." "Okay,” replied the old boy, “but don't go in that field over there." "See this card?” The water representative shot back. “It means I have the…
The Authority of the Bible, Part Two
The Bible claims to be our supremely authoritative guide to life. But isn’t it irrational, oppressive, or even dangerous to base our lives on an ancient book—any book—rather than to “think for ourselves”? My claim in this short series is that basing our lives on the Bible is exactly…
The Authority of the Bible, Part Three
A wise person builds his or her house on a solid and lasting foundation. According to Jesus, such a foundation is rooted in him and his teaching about life. The wise person, said Jesus, “hears these words of mine and puts them into practice” (Matthew 7:24). It’s a call…
What Good Are “Thoughts and Prayers” After a Mass Shooting?
"GOD ISN’T FIXING THIS," New York’s Daily News announced in the aftermath of the latest US mass shooting, in San Bernardino. Their target? Presidential candidates who immediately responded to the tragedy by offering sufferers their “thoughts and prayers,” not calling for more gun control.…
Old books and strong faith – The Chimes
For Biola professor David Horner, who has an extreme allergy to even trace amounts of mold, reading the very books he loves can be deadly.
Remembering to Remember: The Stories of God’s People
To forget our story is to forget who we are and why we’re here.
Virtue Ethics Turns 60: The Revolution Gets a Senior Discount
In the January 1958 issue of Philosophy, British philosopher G. E. M. (Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret—“Elizabeth”) Anscombe (1919-2001) published one of the most important philosophical articles of the twentieth century, “Modern Moral Philosophy.”…