Archive for July 2019
THINK ABOUT THIS: You Are A ‘Poiema’ (That’s A Great Thing To Be, By The Way!)
There is a passage in the New Testament that is among my favorite in the entire Bible and that’s saying something, considering that the most widely read literature in all history is more than 1,000 pages in length and includes 66 discrete books written by about 40 people over a period of thousands of years.…
Read MoreHow To Be Confident Christianity Nails It On All The God Questions
Christian apologists like J. Warner Wallace, the famous NBC “Dateline” cold-case detective, speak to lots of college and high school groups and they often get the most penetrating questions from the students. Such was the case at the recent Grounded Youth Apologetics Conference hosted by the Donelson Fellowship in Nashville. A student noted that Wallace…
Read MoreBlessed By New Friends From Real America
It’s not often that you get an email from somebody you don’t know telling you they read (and actually like!) your stuff, will be in D.C. the next day and wonder if they could stop by to say hello and introduce themselves. Of course I said yes and so I had the pleasure Tuesday of…
Read MoreHave You Bowed Down To Your Smartphone Yet Today?
If the question posed in the headline above strikes you as curious or confusing, you aren’t alone. I was initially puzzled by the headline on the essay that prompted this post, too. Fr. Dwight Longnecker was in Italy recently where he paused to look around at the throng of people and noticed how “the universal…
Read MoreHARD FACTS: Americans, And Most Everybody Else, Too, Are Becoming More Religious Today, Not Less
It is a commonplace in many of the most influential public policy precincts in the nation’s capitol these days — including among congressional aides working for senators, representatives and committees — that Christianity is in steep decline in America, that the country is fast becoming more secularized with every passing day. That certainly appears to…
Read MoreHillFaith Poll: How Important To You Is Going To Church?
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Read MoreTHINK ABOUT THIS: A Letter From King David To Us In 2019
Imagine what we might be told if the most famous among the ancients like Socrates, King David of Israel or Alexander the Great had been able to sit down and write us letters of advice, based on their experiences. Louis Markos, Professor of English and Scholar in Residence at Houston Baptist University, has an idea…
Read MoreFIRST AMENDMENT: What’s With The Masked Guy In The ‘Science Uprising’ Videos?
Slowly but surely — very slowly, most of the time — the evidence for the reasonableness of Intelligent Design (ID) and illustrating major flaws in the case for evolution is beginning to get something approaching a serious look by serious people. Central to that development is the Seattle-based Discovery Institute, which among much else publishes…
Read MoreArtificial Intelligence Church Founder Removes God From His Driver-less Cars Vision
This Silicon Valley inspired congregation believes “machines” will soon take over.
Read MoreAND FOR SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT: From Sachi’s Socratic Dialogue With Kurosawa On Evil
By Willow Viney Sachi was having lunch in the hospital cafeteria with her mentor, Nurse Kurosawa. “Ma’am, please tell me, why does God allow evil? I don’t understand it.” Kurosawa put down her sandwich. “Hmm, you know that’s a fair question,” Kurosawa tapped her chin in thought, “Let me think for a moment how to…
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