The Deep Dark Pit of Lost Words
My sharp, smooth, knowledgeable brain has failed me.
According to my brain doctor I have the beginning of dementia. I didn’t want to hear that, but, I wasn’t surprised. Those words were heart stopping. Dementia….that can be a prelude to Alzheimer’s. Right away my future looked dark and gloomy! My sister-in-law died from Alzheimer’s. She didn’t know her daughter’s name. I couldn’t see... Continue Reading
Evangelical Leaders Find Climate Change Message A Tough Sell
Many evangelical Christians believe that stewardship of the Earth and taking care of the poor and sick are core to their faith.
For years, Hescox said he has been trying to rally support among evangelicals “to see pro-life is not just about abortion. It’s about all of life.” Like how working to improve air quality in a poor neighborhood would improve the health of children and the unborn there, he said. But often, he said, faith community... Continue Reading
A Baptism, Then a Murder Confession
Texas woman gave her life to Christ, owned up to a slaying — and got a life sentence.
“I don’t deserve to have a second chance really,” said Lucinda Wilson, an ordinary-looking woman — except for her white prison jumpsuit — with long, brown hair pulled behind her head. “I just want to try and do as much as I can to bring the Lord the glory he deserves because it’s not about me,”... Continue Reading
Millennials Want Jobs and Education, Not Marriage and Kids
A large majority of young Americans now believe more than half, 55%, believe marrying and having children is not very important.
A large majority of young Americans now believe education and economic accomplishments are extremely important parts of adulthood, and more than half — 55% — believe marrying and having children is not very important. That mentality differs from the values of 40 years ago. In 1975, 8 in 10 people were married by the time they turned 30. Now,... Continue Reading
Blasphemy Blocks Re-Election of Indonesia’s Only Christian Governor
But after losing Jakarta race, Ahok finds some favor in court
“Ahok is very positive. He says that everything is in God’s hands and that everything has a purpose,” said Lucille Talusan, CBN’s Indonesia correspondent. “Even if he is under trial for what is happening in his life, he believes that one day God is going to bring him back to his calling. The first thing... Continue Reading
Update from Western Isles Presbytery on Iain D Campbell
The Western Isles Presbytery has completed an investigation into allegations about the conduct of the late Rev. Dr Iain D Campbell and issued a public statement.
The Presbytery has now sadly concluded that elements of Dr Campbell’s moral conduct were contrary to, and censurable by, the Word of God (Bible), and seriously inconsistent with that expected of a Christian minister….The Presbytery will continue to consider how to bring this sad episode to a conclusion and what we may learn from it. ... Continue Reading
What Your Biology Teacher Didn’t Tell You About Charles Darwin
Whatever your views on origins and evolution, we can hopefully all agree that, at present, we give far too much honor to the British thinker who justified genocide
I’ve used British examples because I’m British, and it seems more polite to point out the errors in my own national worldview than in that of other nations. I could’ve pointed out how Darwin’s thinking was used by late 19th-century Americans to justify acts of genocide against Native Americans. I could’ve pointed out how Hitler... Continue Reading
Jonathan Edwards and Isaac Newton
This is the world in which Jonathan Edwards lived. Science was not the opponent of theology, but rather its handmaiden.
As George Marsden asserts, Edwards was “profoundly influenced by Isaac Newton, probably the most important thinker of the era. Like many men of his time Edwards was determined to know everything and how it all fit together in God’s universe.” (62) At the bottom of such questions of gravity and solidity was God Himself, recreating... Continue Reading
Suffering Is Not Magic and Mountaintops
Scripture is clear, that God uses times of trouble and pain in our lives to sanctify us- making us more like Jesus.
Suffering people need to know they can be safe to struggle alongside other believers, and not have to pretend they are on a mountaintop perpetually. They can say: “This is hard, and right now I am barely getting by.” We need to get comfortable with that. David recalled “I had said in my alarm, ‘I am cut... Continue Reading
Augustine: Teacher of Preachers
In his book Augustine on the Christian Life, Gerald Bray examines the life and times of the man most historians regard as the “father” of the Western church.
Like Plato, Augustine had little patience or sympathy for the sophists of his day. For the Christian preacher, words are tools and not trophies. “It is the nature of good minds to love truth in the form of words, not the words themselves. What use is a golden key, if it cannot unlock what we... Continue Reading
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