Which theory better explains the thrill of victory: materialism or Christianity? Can any of you do a better job with a materialist explanation of the thrill of victory than I did? Why do you think winning is so much fun?…
Kissing Our Communities
I sent the below email to our church family – – I pray many are reminded to reach out to their communities during the upcoming holiday season. Dear Church Family, You know we do a pretty good job kissing on…
Help for Doubters
If you ever struggle with doubts, then you will want to read Mike Wittmer’s book, Despite Doubt: Embracing a Confident Faith. This book comes from Dr. Wittmer’s area of expertise and it is reliable theologically and sensitive to real life…
Hans says I am Short-Sighted, Arrogant, and Selfish
I’ve never met Hans. But he stopped by my web site today and commented on a post about C.S. Lewis: It is so short sighted, arrogant and selfish to think that only your own religion is the truth! It means…
Don’t Let the Light of Technology Make You Miss the Stars in the Sky
Philip Yancey: Soren Kierkegaard told a parable a rich man riding in a lighted carriage driven by a peasant man who sat behind the horse in the cold and dark outside. Precisely because he sat near the artificial light inside,…
Why some Scientists embrace the “Multiverse”
Why would some scientists argue for the existence of other universes? Is it possible to prove that there are other universes? Sam Storms posts on a Dennis Prager article: Dennis Prager has written a fascinating article entitled, “Why Some Scientists…
On the Modest Ambitions of Science
“Science has purchased its very great success by the modesty of its ambition.” Sir John Polkinghorne Both scientist and theologian, Sir Joh Polkinghorne began a 2003 talk for Socrates in the City, by comparing the questions of science to those…
Listening to Young Atheists
An article in The Atlantic which summarizes interviews of college age atheists is must reading for parents and church leaders. Larry Alex Taunton has written an article for The Atlantic in which he summarizes why a number of young adults say…
Incandescent Horse Manure (and the Beginnings of the Universe)
Whose faith is more warranted? The faith of Christians who believe the Genesis account? Or the faith of philosophical materialism which insists that all that exists is matter, space, and time? In his book, The God Who is There, D.A.…
David Berlinski: “The idea that the ‘world of matter’ is the ‘world that matters’ is simply not true.”
A fascinating dialogue between Peter Robinson (of the Hoover Institution, a Stanford based think tank) and David Berlinski, a philosopher and mathematician who is agnostic about God and does not speculate on the origins of life, regarding his book The…