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A Twist on Genesis

I’m going through Genesis with my Bible study partner, and it occurred to me that the feminist complaint about the temptation in the Garden can be flipped on its head. To refresh your memory: 3 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to […]

Dr. Charles Stanley on Victory Over Anger

I really think [EDIT: that many] people who are very hostile to Christianity don’t understand what a typical sermon is like. They are like this: Of course the primary purpose of “going to church” isn’t to make people better members of society and family, but my goodness people going and hearing stuff like this week […]

The Danger of Relying on a Single Translation

My Bible study partner and I typically read from at least two different (English) translations when covering a portion of scripture. Often it doesn’t make much difference, but once in a while it does. For example, tonight we noticed that the famous “be fruitful and multiply” command from Genesis 1 is followed by “fill the […]

Intelligently Designed Society

There are Christians who are scientists (I don’t want to use the term “Christian scientists” since it might confuse readers). They think that the wonder, detail, and beauty of nature in their narrow area of study provides yet even more evidence–as if more were needed!–that there is a loving God who created it all. You’re […]

Science Shows the Majesty (and Easter Eggs) of God

(I’m using that term in its colloquial sense.) My Bible study partner sent me this video. There are some surprises near the end, but I don’t want to spoil them. If you are a believer I think you will really enjoy this. If you’re really an avid Free Advice fan, you might notice how this […]

“Where I Come From…”

People say this to mean, “The code of moral rules and social etiquette that I picked up from my peer group in puberty is superior to the code that you acquired during your period of puberty.” First, I encourage you to acknowledge that on a subjective relative scale, we’re all probably hitting our own moral […]

Ladies and Gentlemen, Introducing…

…the Creator of the universe! I’ve often remarked that critics of Christianity often deploy the following two distinct objections: (1)”The Christian God is a monster because he doesn’t stop the evil people.” and (2) “The Christian God is a monster because he goes ballistic on people for the most trivial ‘infractions’ of his inscrutable and/or […]

R.C. Sproul on Monarchy

At Sunday school (where they study the Bible before the actual worship service) we watched a 23 or so minute video from R.C. Sproul on monarchy in the Bible. (I think this is the link to it, but it’s $2.) Libertarian Christians like to show not only atheists but also neoconservative Christians just how much […]