"Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain." From the hymn "God Moves in a Mysterious Way", lyrics by William Cowper, 1774. When singing this hymn at church on Sunday morning, I was struck by the phrase "blind unbelief." It is not Christians who have blind faith, but unbelievers who have …
Month: February 2012
The authenticity of the New Testament text — strong and getting stronger
From Dallas Theological Seminary: Earliest Manuscript of the New Testament Discovered? On 1 February 2012, I [Dr. Daniel Wallace] debated Bart Ehrman at UNC Chapel Hill on whether we have the wording of the original New Testament today. This was our third such debate, and it was before a crowd of more than 1000 people. …
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A historical Adam
Biblically, I have no problem with an old Earth and most of biological evolution (i.e. the science of evolution, not the flaky philosophy that athiests such as Dawkins attach to it). Biblically, I also believe in a real individual Adam who was in some very real sense the ancestor of us all. My answer to how that …
Persecution of the church
Persecution of Christians in Muslim countries is getting so bad that even Newsweek is noticing: The Global War on Christians in the Muslim World -- From one end of the muslim world to the other, Christians are being murdered for their faith. We hear so often about Muslims as victims of abuse in the West and …
GeoChristian 