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The Danger of Intentions and Love’s Answer
Early in my Christian life, my fundamentalist phase as I call it, introspection was encouraged. Part of this examination was questioning my motives and intentions to make certain they were not sinful but pure. The problem was that I’m pretty sure I’ve never had a...
Charlie Kirk and The Current Great Awakening
When I started thinking about writing my last book, Going Back to Find the Way Forward, the words awakening and Great Awakening were out there in the zeitgeist, which in German means the spirit of the age. It’s the cultural climate of the period in which we live, and...
Marx, Nihilism, Charlie Kirk, and the Modern Left
Roger Daltrey at the end of The Who’s 1971 song, We Won’t Get Fooled Again, sings, “Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.” This came to mind as I’ve been contemplating the brutal, cold blooded murder of Charlie Kirk, and the current iteration of “the left.” The...
Articles on Theology
What Does Psalm 2 Really Tell Us?
In my previous post I argued that Christians tend to over spiritualize Psalm 2 by thinking it only describes a future spiritual reality when Christ returns in judgement. Evangelical Christians, of which I am one, tend to over spiritualize everything. Because of this...
Psalm 2 Is Happening Now!
I’ve made it to Psalms in my reading, and I’m amazed how much my perspective on Psalm 2 has changed. I always assumed it was talking about the future when Christ returned, and only then would God the Father make the nations Jesus’ inheritance, and the ends of the...
Uninvented: Job and the Nature of God
Reading through the book of Job, I’ve been trying to think through it from an uninvented perspective. I’ve realized it would be difficult to see it as merely a figment of human imagination, as if some ancient screenwriter was preparing a script on suffering for a...
Articles on Explanatory Power
Philip Johnson Unmasked Darwinism: RIP
Phillip E. Johnson, a Berkeley law professor whose book Darwin On Trial launched the Intelligent Design movement, died last weekend at 79. I remember reading it back in the early 90s when it came out, and being thrilled that someone was so effectively exposing that...
The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands!
In my last post I wrote about the concept of Explanatory Power, specifically in the context of life's meaning, or not. The concept of what most powerfully, compellingly, explains the reality we experience extends to the heavens and the skies. You may be familiar with...
Shakespeare and Richard Dawkins: Is It All Pitiless Indifference Signifying Nothing?
The great English playwright William Shakespeare expressed his inner Richard Dawkins, born almost 400 years later, when he wrote these almost immortal words coming from the mouth of murderous King MacBeth: Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty...
Articles on Culture
The Sinner
Despite what you think, this post isn’t about me, although the title might imply that. It’s about a Netflix series called The Sinner which my wife and I have recently been watching. We just finished season 3, and I learned season 4 is coming to Netflix this week. The...
CRU Goes Full-On Woke
I Knew when Campus Crusade for Christ changed their name to CRU in 2011 it wasn’t a good sign. I can understand that the word crusade had some negative connotations in the Middle East, but only because Muslims and too many Christians accepted a faulty interpretation...
Libertarians are Not Conservatives: Dave Ruben and Same-Sex Surrogacy
We live in very strange times. For all recorded history the peoples of the world, no matter what their view of the universe and religious outlook, from the most rank deranged heathens to the most pristine moralistic religious people, believed in the fundamental...
Articles on Apologetics
The Stupefying, Amazing, Incomparable Jesus Christ: God is the Only Explanation!
God has revealed himself in creation, Scripture, and ultimately in the person of Jesus Christ. In previous posts about creation and the Bible, I argued the only plausible explanation for each is God. Jesus is the ultimate manifestation of God's revelation of himself...
The Stupefying Coherence, Content, and Power of the Bible: God is the Only Explanation!
In a previous post I argued that God is the only explanation for the stupefying complexity, functionality, and beauty of creation, the first and most obvious of God's revelations of himself to mankind. In this post I will argue that the Bible is way too mind blowing...
Take 2! The New and Improved Version of The Persuasive Christian Parent is Here!
As you may know, because of improved technology anyone can publish a book today. Writers are no longer dependent on all powerful book publishers to to get their books in print, or face limited shelf space to get it purchased. Publishing is a tough business, so...
Articles on Parenting and Family
Religious Parenting Best Practices: What About Truth?
I recently came across an article at The Public Discourse called "The Best Practices—and Benefits—of Religious Parenting." Given I have some interest in the topic, I was curious to see what these best practices might be. We learn that religion in general has positive...
A New Guitar, and Why My Son Knows God is Real
One of the easiest ways to persuade our children that God is real is the evidence of his incredible, amazing, mind-blowing design in nature. Paul tells us in Romans 1 that "God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being...
No Christian Young People, Sex Before Marriage it NOT Okay
I had an experience recently with a Christian young man who shall remain nameless, and it inspired a blog post. He looked me in the eye (which I respected) and told me that it's okay for Christians to have sex before marriage. I was taken aback, and asked him why he...