READING DAWKINS LEADS THINKERS TO CHRIST -- Jay Wile tells of two people who came to faith in Christ through reading the The God Delusion and other works by the New Atheists: Richard Dawkins Produces Another Theist. The woman Wile highlights in his article is a great-great-great-granddaughter of Charles Darwin. FIRE BREATHING DRAGONS PROVE THE BIBLE IS …
Month: August 2013
It is more reasonable to believe that God exists than to believe that he does not
Skeptics and atheists like to present their side as that of reason, and the religious side as that of faith. But it just isn't so. It is, in fact, quite reasonable to believe that there is a God who is is spaceless, timeless, immaterial, uncaused, and incredibly powerful. One of the most convincing arguments for …
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Around the web 8/27/2013 — A crazy, mixed-up world
This week, my "Around the Web" wrap-up doesn't have anything about creationism, the environment, or geology. I've put in a few 100-hour work weeks lately, and it is nice to finally have a little bit of time for The GeoChristian blog. THE EXTINCTION OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST? -- In the second century, the …
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Around the web — 8/18/2013 — A threat to the faith of youth, threats to the lives of Christians, atheist variations, and more
WHO'S SHAKING THE FOUNDATIONS? -- What will shake the foundations of a young person's faith more: 1. Believing that biological evolution is largely true and not contradictory to the Bible 2. or being told that biological evolution is unbiblical and a lie of the devil and then discovering that much of biological evolution is indeed true? …
Dead Reckoning TV on the renewal of creation
One cannot have a complete biblical doctrine of creation without incorporating what one believes about the future of creation. Some Christians believe in the utter annihilation of the present world when Christ returns; that God will completely destroy Earth before establishing the eternal order. This doctrine can, unfortunately, lead to what some have called "disposable …
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Around the web 8/11/2013 — YEC problems with poop, having the flying spaghetti monster for lunch, and more
YEC ARGUMENTS BURIED IN DEEP DOO-DOO -- The Natural Historian has written a post I wish I had written: Dino Doo-Doo (Coprolites) and the Genesis Flood. Coprolites are pieces of fossilized excrement (and back when I was in graduate school, also the name of my geology department's intramural softball team). The fossil record has an abundance …
Around the web 8/5/2013
ANOTHER REASON WHY GOING TO COLLEGE INCREASES YOUR CHANCES OF RETAINING YOUR CHRISTIAN FAITH -- A couple weeks ago I reported on a study that showed that going to college, even a secular state university, actually increases one's chances of keeping one's Christian faith (see Staying Christian at the university). The Gospel Coalition suggested three …
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