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God’s Sovereignty

Fred Luter, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention, has stated the doctrine of the sovereignty of God and the free will of mankind is threatening to divide the denomination. [1]  Why cannot Christianity resolve an issue that dates back … Continue reading

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Chasing after the Wind

C. S. Lewis’s book, Till We Have Faces, is very similar to another one of my favorite books, Ecclesiastes.  The reason I like both is they so eloquently describe the human condition.  To understand the world and our place in … Continue reading

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Till We Have Faces

In the last blog, we discussed Orual’s complaint against her gods in C. S. Lewis’ novel, Till We Have Faces.  We noted that her complaint very accurately described the problem all of us face.  That problem is God only provides … Continue reading

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My Complaint against God

One of my favorite books is Till We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis.  I have read it at least four times and it is very rare that I read a book twice.  One reason I like this book is … Continue reading

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Solving Problems

Lucian of Samosata, a Greco-Roman philosopher, in his satire “Hermotimus or the Rival Philosophies” discusses the problems of determining which philosophy of his time (120 to 200 AD) he should follow in his quest to discover what is true.  He … Continue reading

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Can We Love God?

Jesus tells us the entire Old Testament Law and Prophets are fulfilled in just two commandments (Matthew 22:37-40):  Love God with all our heart, soul, and mind and love our neighbor as our self Now, I can understand the second … Continue reading

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The Reason for Faith

Why did God construct our existence so that we must believe in things we cannot know or see?  Why is faith so important to God?  I do not think that faith is that important to God.  Faith is just a … Continue reading

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Two Aspects of Faith

To be a Christian, one must believe in certain historical events—that Jesus existed, died, and was resurrected.  As we have seen previously, this requires an element of faith because we do not have absolute proof these events actually occurred.  They … Continue reading

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A Question

As we have previously discussed in this blog, Christianity has a wealth of evidence for its beliefs; it is a very reasonable belief.  However, this fact does not mean it is irrational not to believe in Christianity.  There are two … Continue reading

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The Limits of Apologetics

Given all the evidence we have cited in the last blog, why does not everyone accept Christianity as true? First, there are many people who have not heard of Jesus.  John Sanders, in his book What About Those Who Have … Continue reading

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