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Science
Lately we have heard a great deal about following “the science” but different persons seem to have different ideas of what constitutes “the science”. So what is “the science”? I recently was at a church at which the pastor declared … Continue reading
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Those Not Evangelized
I’ve read two books on St. Paul recently, one that was copyrighted in 2012 and the other in 1896. I learned quite a bit about Paul from both. One of the books mentioned that Christianity’s influence in Asia Minor was … Continue reading
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Personal Tragedy
A woman was lamenting the death of her son in a car accident. She asks why God did this to her. A hospital chaplain replies that God did not have anything to do with her son’s death and the woman … Continue reading
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“Every man is stupid and without knowledge” Tell me: which widely read book contains the above statement? I was very surprised when reading the book of Jeremiah recently to come across this very blunt assessment of the human race. (Jeremiah … Continue reading
The Original Rebellion
Why did God make us finite? If he wants us to believe in him, why does he hide himself from us (Isaiah 45:15)? Why does God, in the words of Orual, the main character in C. S. Lewis’ novel Till … Continue reading
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Saving Souls
In the last blog, we discussed how our Christian upbringing can impact our walk with God. Specifically our upbringing can determine how we interpret the Bible. [1] For me, this issue has been resolved but what I still wrestle with … Continue reading
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Always a Christian
Sophia Lee raises an issue that impacts us Christians more than is realized. She asks: For those of us raised in the Christian community, is our life is so filled with knowledge of the Bible and Christ, and are we … Continue reading
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Infighting
You will not hear about it much in our church history, but Christians have resorted to violence multiple times when they disagreed on points of theology, even to the extent of killing fellow Christians. Examples include Athanasius who was “quite … Continue reading
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The Foolishness of God
I am reading Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World by Tom Holland. Holland notes that throughout history, humans who claimed to be divine were not all that unusual. Those who accomplished great tasks (e.g. Egyptian kings, the Greek … Continue reading
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High Anxiety
Our current world situation—the pandemic, the various political upheavals around the world, the loss in confidence in many of our institutions—is inducing anxiety in many people. What are we to do? In Mathew 6:25-34, Jesus instructs us not to be … Continue reading
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