The final pages of The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name: One day, John knew, Heaven would come down and mend God’s broken world and make it our true, perfect home once again. And he knew, in some…
A Term from Sunday’s Sermon: Self-Referential Absurdity
In Sunday’s sermon, I defined the term “self-referential absurdity.” This is an important concept when dealing with the mind of the late modern age. Have you ever encountered self-referential absurdity? Self-Referential Absurdity – When the application of a claim to…
Why Jesus’s Warning “Judge Not That You Be Not Judged” Is So Popular
Our culture is infatuated with Jesus’s admonition, “Judge not, that you be not judged (Matthew 7:1-2).” But, as I explained in Sunday’s sermon, the reason this is a favorite saying may not be good news. There are, arguably, two reasons, our…
R.C. Sproul Punches Holes in One of Freud’s Theories
And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him? Mark 4:41 C.S. Lewis said that one of the reasons he believes Christianity is that…
Why I Am Thankful for Nurses
Stories like the one below illustrate the love people demonstrate even to strangers. So many nurses excel in showing love to those they barely know. As a pastor, I spend more time in hospitals than most people with the obvious…
Do you ever hum, “What’s Forever For?”
We hum some songs across decades. It is worth asking why they strike a chord. When I was a freshman high school (think late 70’s), England Dan and John Ford Coley recorded a song written by Rafe Van Hoy, “What’s…
C.S. Lewis: How Materialism / Atheism Commits Intellectual Suicide
In Finding Truth: 5 Principles for Unmasking Atheism, Secularism, and Other God Substitutes (191) Nancy Pearcey shows how C.S. Lewis argued against the Atheists’ ability to defend the possibility of thinking. If minds are wholly dependent on brains, and brains…
There’s Reason for Hope so Reason for Hope
I’m looking forward to preaching at Oxford Bible Fellowship this morning (3/15/15). Those who would like an electronic copy of my Powerpoint slides can find them at the below link. Oxford Bible Fellowship Sermon Notes for 3/15/15
Ryan Anderson Endures What Those Who Stand for Truth Can Expect
Tomorrow (D.V.) I’m preaching on Matthew 5:10-12 in which Jesus says, “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake.” Jesus later amplifies this teaching in Matthew 10:16-42. Below, Ryan T. Anderson’s treatment by Piers Morgan shows what those willing…
On What Secular Basis is Bestiality Wrong? Polyamory? Adult Incest?
Help me fairly understand the worldview which says that moral values are a function of cultures rather than a transcendent standard. I am not trying to be insulting. I assume that most people who believe that morals are rooted in…