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(Pictured: Travis Dickinson, Keith Loftin, Paul Gould, Ross Inman, me, and Rich Davis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c3ad30e4b008c5d5a8a515/1448638452804-T8TYQ5AOLWSERT18HBGL/IMG_1638.jpg EPS 2015 Greta Turnball (Boston College) reading her fantastic paper, "Should Faith Desire Evidence? A Response from the Relationship Model." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c3ad30e4b008c5d5a8a515/1448638454549-OUTPDN47J6WID9QJY14A/3DDE9098-9838-42FF-9B8E-A77663CDB3B2.jpg EPS 2015 Myron Penner and Ben Arbour on "Arguments form Evil as Evidence Against the Axiology of Atheism." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c3ad30e4b008c5d5a8a515/1448638456180-LRY9FYWG7BQA3AV24QO6/IMG_1627.jpg EPS 2015 The annual EPS reception really is one of the highlights of the trip. 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This annual meeting always serves to be a true source of encouragement for me as I get to hear papers from so many other like-minded philosophers. This year I also have the privilege begin serving on the EPS Executive Committee (still not sure how that happened!). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c3ad30e4b008c5d5a8a515/1447792069834-8P2PW4XQF67UIFPGVIIU/IMG_1611.jpg News & Events - EPS 2015 in Atlanta, GA This week I'm off to Atlanta, GA to present a paper, "On Plantingean Pro-theism: Transworld Depravity, Incarnation, and Atonement" that I co-authored with Richard Davis. This annual meeting always serves to be a true source of encouragement for me as I get to hear papers from so many other like-minded philosophers. 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