From the song "My One Thing" by Rich Mullins: Everybody I know says they need just one thing And what they really mean is that they need just one thing more And everybody seems to think they've got it coming Well I know that I don't deserve You Still I want to love and serve …
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The moral argument for God’s existence
There are four basic categories of philosophical arguments for God's existence. The one I find most compelling is the cosmological argument, which I have written about here and here. Gene Edward Veith (Cranach, another blog I read almost daily) points to a statement of the moral argument for God's existence by William Lane Craig: The …
Post-Evangelicalism
There are about a dozen blogs that I read on an almost daily basis. One of them is Internet Monk, by Michael Spenser. Michael was interviewed for the November/December 2008 issue of Modern Reformation magazine on the topic of "post-Evangelicalism." The idea of post-Evangelicalism is actually a return to the essentials of the Protestant Reformation. …
Wendell Berry
Rod Dreher is author of the Crunchy Con (granola conservatism) blog and an editorial writer for the Dallas Morning News, and he wrote in the name of Wendell Berry on his ballot for president of the United States. A week before, he wrote a column about Wendell Berry in his newspaper: Wendell Berry's Time is …
The Green Bible
The Green Bible from HarperOne. NRSV. Green letter edition. Soy-based inks on recycled paper. $19.77 on Amazon.com. Amazon's description: "The Green Bible will equip and encourage you to see God's vision for creation and help you engage in the work of healing and sustaining it. This first Bible of its kind includes inspirational essays from …
Reformation Day — Oct 31
Happy Reformation Day! On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on the Castle Church doors in Wittenberg, Germany, unknowingly launching the Protestant Reformation and recovering precious truths about the Gospel. The 95 Theses were arguments against the medieval church's practice of selling indulgences, documents which freed one or one's family members from …
More ridiculousness of Religulous
Stand to Reason Blog has another review of "Religulous." Here are a few excerpts from Religulous is Ridiculous: Watching Bill Maher's supposed expose of the irrationality of religion "Religulous" is like being hit over the head with a club for 90 minutes. Not even a baseball bat. A club. Because it's so atrociously dull, heavy-handed, …
More atheist drivel: Religulous
The title of the movie "Religulous," starring comedian Bill Maher, is a combination of "Religious" and "Ridiculous." Like most of the bitter propaganda coming out of the atheist camp in the past few years, this movie will reinforce the anti-Christian attitudes among the atheists and their allies, but the content of the film is intellectually indefensible. Here …
Science and faith in the UK
From USA Today: Science and faith, the British way, an opinion piece by Mark I. Pinsky. Some of the most prominent researchers in England enjoy a vibrant religious life that coexists with their immersion in the scientific world. Indeed, these evangelicals might give American believers, and scientists, something to think about. Pinsky, a Jewish journalist …
Visualizing Bible cross-references
Chris Harrison, of Carnegie Mellon University, and Christopher Romhild, of Nordelbische Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Germany, have created a graphic that shows 63,779 cross-references between different portions of the Bible. The colored lines are the cross-references. The white bars at the bottom represent the number of verses in each individual chapter of the Bible; the long white …
Christianity — protection against superstition and the paranormal
Atheists, and other opponents of the truthfulness of Christianity, often equate Christianity with superstition. A quote from "Look Who's Irrational Now" by Mollie Ziegler Hemingway in the Wall Street Journal: The reality is that the New Atheist campaign, by discouraging religion, won't create a new group of intelligent, skeptical, enlightened beings. Far from it: It …
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A model for youth ministry
I was once a guest missionary at a missions conference at a midwest church. A friend of mine was also a guest missionary at this conference, and he had the privilege of speaking before the youth Sunday school. For the first five or so minutes of class, the youth pastor/leader talked about all the fun …
Atheism on Issues Etc.
Issues Etc. is one of the best programs on Christian radio. Host Todd Wilken has done three segments on atheism in the past couple weeks that are excellent: 9/3/08 - Dinesh D'Souza on Responding to Atheists 9/11/08 - Dr. Albert Mohler on the New Atheists 9/15/08 - Dr. Doug Groothuis on Christopher Hitchens' Book, "God …
Quotes on atheism 2
I posted "Quotes on atheism" a few days ago, and it has generated a good discussion in the comments section. If you are all interested in atheism in light of the Christian arguments for the existence of God, take a look at the string on comments, and feel free to jump in. Here are some …
Quotes on atheism
Some quotes on atheism, from the March/April 2008 issue of Modern Reformation magazine: A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. -- Francis Bacon If there were no God, there would be no atheists. -- G.K. Chesterton A god who let us prove his existence …
More thoughts on the cosmological argument
In my previous post, I wrote about William Lane Craig's presentation of the cosmological argument for the existence of God. I like the cosmological argument and think it is the strongest of the traditional arguments for the existence of God. I usually state it as follows: 1. The universe exists, and there must be an …
God is alive and well
From Christianity Today: God is Not Dead Yet, by William Lane Craig. This article explores the resurgence of belief in a personal God among professional philosophers. The classic arguments for the existence of God--the cosmological, teleological, moral, and ontological arguments--have come back into favor in philosophy departments in American and British universities. The opening paragraph …
Christ-less Christianity
If I could pass on just one thing about Christianity and the gospel to my children, students at BCA, and church, it would be this: The gospel is all about Jesus Christ and what he has done for us in his incarnation, life, death and resurrection; not about what we do for him. You wouldn't …
Nine months until Christmas — A solid reason to oppose abortion
From Abortion and Christmas by Scott Stiegemeyer: Even though we are still basking in the glory of the Festival of the Resurrection, today my mind turns toward Christmas. That’s because today is the commemoration of the Annunciation, the scene in Luke’s Gospel where the angel tells Mary that she will bear a son who will …
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Anne Rice on faith
Gene Edward Veith (Cranach) quotes Anne Rice, former atheist and vampire novel author, on her conversion to Christianity: Anne Rice, who became famous for writing highly literate vampire novels, gives more details about her conversion to Christianity in a forum on the Washington Post online: On Faith: Guest Voices: My Trust in My Lord. Sample: …
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