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A Recent Debate on God
2007-05-20 23:12:00 ABC recently aired a debate between two Christians and two atheists. While I don’t think such debates are incredibly helpful because they don’t capture the essense of Christianity and are highly dependent on the knowledge and oratory skills of each speaker, there were several arguments worth noting. Take a look at the videos below. ... More About: Religion , Faith , Debate , Recent
What is Beautiful?
2007-05-15 05:17:00 Ok I admit, I read it… I read a book that some may think I shouldn’t have because, after all, I’m a man and men don’t read girlie books. But give me the benefit of doubt on this one. This one is different. It is called “Captivating” by John and Stasi Eldredge. ... More About: Christianity , Beauty , Faith , Beautiful , Beau
Of Law and Grace
2007-05-04 04:28:00 A young man is brought before a judge for drunk driving. When his name is announced by the bailiff, there’s a gasp in the courtroom - the defendant is the judge’s son! […] What is the judge to do? He’s caught in a dilemma between justice and love. Since his son ... More About: Religion , Christianity , Faith , Grace
The American Dream
2007-04-27 01:02:00 Through a friend of mine I have stumbled upon a very well written, eloquent and challenging article by David Kupelian. It is a bit long but the author does an amazing job describing the American dream, the foundations upon which it was built and the social changes that have taken place since America first ... More About: Life , Story , The American Dream , Current
The great myth of Jesus
2007-04-20 02:04:00 As many of you know, I grew up in a non-religious society. When I was young, we studied Greek mythology in school and I read a lot of it. In fact, I probably read the entire collection because I was fascinated with the cool stories. Somebody had quite an imagination to come ... More About: Religion , Christianity , Jesus , Faith , Great
A Moment of Silence and Prayer
2007-04-17 03:05:00 I bow my head in shame and deep sorrow for the tragic events that took place this morning. No doubt you have already heard - a gunman at Virginia Tech rampaged through the campus today, leaving 33 dead and many more wounded. This atrocity cannot be comprehended. It cannot be described. ... More About: Prayer , Moment , Silence , Raye , Pray
Quick plug for Enfomi
2007-04-14 06:38:00 In other news, I wanted to mention briefly that I have released a very simple yet hopefully useful encryption program today, called Enfomi. Basically, it lets you encrypt data with a password using very strong encryption algorithms (there are 27 total). It is completely open-source (free), completely standalone and completely portable (means it ... More About: Quick , Plug
Where do you place yourself?
2007-04-14 04:40:00 One of the last few meetings of Fusion (the young adults church group I attend at FAC) has given me an idea for a question I would like to pose to everyone. Take a look at the picture below. Each of the black dots represents a person just like you and me. ... More About: Yourself , Self , Your , Here , Place
Einstein in the News
2007-04-07 17:26:00 Time magazine just ran an article on Einstein and his views on faith. What really boggles my mind is that our “post-modern”, “progressive” and “educated” culture takes such a negative stance on religion. Seriously, when some of the top scientists of the last two centuries tell us that there is a God, why ... More About: News , In the News , The N , The News
In the News
2007-04-06 01:24:00 Religion has been a hot topic of discussion in the media lately, this being the most celebrated week in the Christian calendar. Generally speaking, the news I read tend to portray religion negatively but lo and behold there are glimpses of hope now and again. I was really glad to see this article ... More About: News , In the News , The N , The News
Call Me Unreasonable
2007-04-04 02:57:00 You know, I really get discouraged when people (sometimes atheists, sometimes agnostics) state that religion is unreasonable and men of faith go along with that presupposition without challenging it. Of all the debates about God’s existence, only a few get down to the very core of whether it is reasonable to begin with, to ... More About: Reason , Call , Sona
Can you hear me now? -God
2007-03-29 02:23:00 I hear people say now and again that we (Christians) must be delirious to think that we talk to some invisible immaterial God and that He actually talks back to us. Has anyone ever taped a single conversation? How can we prove that what we hear isn’t just a figment of our imagination? ... More About: Hear
Hi, I?m a schitzo
2007-03-24 17:27:00 I‘m reading an interesting book called “I don’t have enough faith to be an atheist” by Norman Geisler and Frank Turek. What I really like about it is that the authors do a good job pointing out some of the absurdities of our “post-modern” thinking. One of these absurdities has to deal with how we ... More About: Hitz
Dumbing-Down of America?
2007-03-20 01:38:00 More and more frequently I hear that America ’s education is falling behind other nations. Now, generally I am not an alarmist. I won’t beat the drum and say this country is going downhill fast (people have been saying this for decades). But when people who are actually in charge of improving the ... More About: Dumb , Down , Bing
So you?ve become a Christian??
2007-03-18 20:56:00 Congratulations, you’ve made it! You have finally seen the light and you are on fire. The first thing you want to do is tell everyone about your faith and how much you love Jesus Chris t . Of course, there is nothing wrong with that. I think everyone who has truly experienced ... More About: Christian , Come
Christian vs. Christ Follower
2007-03-18 20:38:00 Here are a couple of funny parody videos of those Mac vs. PC commercials. Except in this case we’re dealing with Chris t vs. Christ Follower. Now personally, I’m not convinced that this distinction is really true or even necessary. At the same time, I think the videos make a good point. ... More About: Christian , Lower , Lowe
Welcome!
2007-03-17 03:07:00 Welcome to my corner of the internet. I am glad you found me and I hope you take some time to browse through the various topics and pages that this blog contains. I have decided to make something special out of my first post. Here’s what I have in mind… Just like you, ... More About: Welcome , Come |
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