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Star Trek: Andromeda
Star Trek: Andromeda Yesterday’s Yesterday Outline Part 1 Regathering Data & Geordi meet Andromeda identifies anomaly Data & Geordi go through anomaly Andromeda takes on Data & Geordi Data and Geordi are introduced to Andromeda’s systems Data and Geordi...
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Book Review
Review: William Lane Craig’s “God Over All”
If you’re a philosopher this work is a useful tool even outside of the primary theological concern. You will get a good handle on the abstract objects question along with some useful points for resolving it. Likewise if you are a heavyweight in theology this work can help you do better theology and even help you be more aware of some things which taint our understanding.
Two Books for Elder Training
During the mid and late 1970s the church were I fellowshipped was making to bold move toward multiple elder leadership and away from the senior pastor structure. It was a bold move at the time. Other local church pastors of the same association took offense to this...
Christianity & Society
Christianity vs Mobs
It is clear that President Trump did not incite the riot and invasion of the capitol building. His language was clear, that they should cheer on Congress and go home peacefully. That's a fact. People died in D.C. Many died during the Obama years when the mob...
Book Review: Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
Book Review: Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emannuel Acho Nobody who knows U.S. history doesn’t understand the problems we have faces with racial relations in this country. But for all of the sensible discussions we might have on the issue there are...
A State of War
Forty years ago we, in college, debated whether or not the “hot box” approach to Christian education was appropriate. Should we keep our children out of public school where there might be some influence? Should we keep them in Christian schools, isolated from the...
Ethics
Margaret Sanger: When Empiricists Demand Evidence
Don't let the title confuse you. I am not saying that Sanger was an apologist for the Christian faith. Far from it. But what she and so many others have done is provide an outlet for what I believe is functional evidence for the truth of Christian theology. The...
Crafts
One Reason to Have and Use a Block Plane
Some people think of woodworking as an either-or proposition. Either everything is done with power tools or everything is done with hand tools. Hand tools give your work a character that can't be replicated. There are so many things that one can do manually that power...
A WordPress CSS image sizing trick NOT
Here's a simple goal: Resize the Wordpress post feature image WITHOUT having to go to the bother of creating a child theme OR modifying functions.php. It can be done. You'll want to do this to control the size of the feature image when it shows at the top of your...
Theology
God’s Call to Service — Biblical examples & discussion (part 2 of 3)
In part one we looked at eight things that are NOT God's calling to service. But what comprises a call to service? While this discussion will be far from exhaustive I do pray that it helps you get a better picture on what God may have in mind for you. (A personal...
Seven Things That are not God’s Calling
What does it mean to be called by God? It seems like it's something we understand but can't explain. Is it an inward, individual thing where God does something in a person's heart to lead that person into service? Or might it be a community concern where the church...
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Apologetics
Discussion: Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview
This isn't a book review. It's going to take me a while to work through this tome. Quite a while, in fact. One of the problem with many tomes (like Gould/Eldredge in The Structure of Evolutionary Theory) sometimes it's difficult to find the starting point and...
Fake News creates Fake History
Some say there is no such thing. Others say it's no big deal as it happens all the time and people have always sorted things out. No matter what one's opinion, one of the most impacting themes of the past year is the presence of "fake news." Turn on the TV or radio...
What’s Wrong with Apologetics Today?
It is all the rage for the young. Apologetics teachers are the Christian "rock stars" for this generation. Oh, sure, there are singers and groups that get bigger followings. And there's a bunch of mega-church leaders who draw magnificent crowds. But those groups and...
Education
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Politics
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Science
The Battle of Faith versus Science and Reason
We seem to be fighting a two-front war. On the one hand is the question of science. It’s not just about evolution. That’s a symptom of the situation rather than the cause. The question is about what science is. Ask the question and among the responses you will likely...
On Model Falsification
The empirical movement of modern science in the 19th and 20th centuries raised questions about knowledge. Hume, Kant, and others asked how we can know and how we might verify that what we know is true? Hume began with empiricism but had an issue with the reliability...
Essay
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