Part 3: Based on Genesis 1:7 Let’s suppose that the Genesis account of creation was first shared with human beings around 1500 BC. During that era in history, most people envisioned the earth as a disk resting on the back of a giant tortoise. Some imagined the earth resting on the backs of four giant … More A Day in the Life of God
Part 2: Based on Genesis 1:3 Astrobiology uses a measure called the Goldilocks Zone (I’m serious) to define the distance a planet must be from its star in order to maintain large amounts of water and a narrow range of surface temperatures necessary for life. In our solar system, for example, Venus is too close … More Light Wait
Part 1: Based upon Genesis 1:1. “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” Visit the National Gallery in Washington, DC, and behold the only work by Leonardo DaVinci on display in the United States. It’s a small painting of a young Italian woman, solemn and noticeably pale. The museum boasts of other … More The Moment Before Time
“It’s the first effect of not believing in God that you lose your common sense.” Emile Laeggert paraphrasing G. K. Chesterton The current hysteria about our founding fathers, slavery, and statues underscores how much of our Christian heritage has been lost. Even if a majority of Americans still profess to be believers, the truths of … More The Cost of Losing Faith
Goshen High School was the center of our small, rural community in South Alabama for a generation. It was an aging building housing all twelve grades, so it seemed that nearly everyone had a child or grandchild or neighbor enrolled. For this reason, it was major news when the future arrived quite suddenly at GHS. … More Rita Ann Faces the Racists
“For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.” -The Apostle Paul (Romans 7:15 ESV) The riots in Minneapolis and other US cities have drawn sweeping outrage, and rightfully so. But in addition to being offended by senseless violence against … More Behind the Shattered Glass
An EMT in NYC describes his despair. It’s devastating carting sick people away from their families, knowing they will most likely die alone in the hospital and won’t even be mourned at a funeral perhaps for months! Sympathy seems hollow when you have nothing else to offer. Everywhere Americans seem overwhelmed here in April … More The Wonder of the Overwhelming
Does this ever happen to you? A song or a conversation brings back a painfully vivid memory. I relive a moment from the past when I did something incredibly selfish or cruel or self-destructive. It’s so real that I literally wince. I wonder how I could have been so foolish or stupid or evil! Of … More The Dark Web & the Red Pill
Here’s what I’ve noticed. The hardest thing to believe about the Bible is not the miracles or even the existence of Hell. Sure, some people stumble on those ideas. But there’s one core idea that even most church people can’t accept: how dreadfully evil all of us really are. This explains, among other things, the … More The Church @ Margaritaville
The biggest roadblock to Jesus is some of the people who say they love him. That’s not a slam or an opinion: just a fact. Investigating the Christian faith is always mysterious (John 3:8,) but it can become unbearably difficult when I encounter church people who seem just as conflicted and unkind as my irreligious … More Why Church People Flounder
