diversity, environment, humor, nature, origins, worldview
While working in her garden today, my lovely bride spotted the craziest looking creature with the face of a puppydog, the body of a caterpillar. In an odd sort of way, it reminded me of Revelation 4:7-8 (Four crazy looking creatures proclaiming the holiness of God)....
apologetics, philosophy, theology, worldview
While each of these perspectives offers somewhat convincing explanations prima facie, it is perhaps most likely that the justification for the rise in philosophy is not an either/or proposition exclusively, but that instead each of the elements discussed worked...
excerpts, philosophy, theology, worldview
Despite assertions that “any conflict between philosophy and theology must be apparent rather than real, the result of a misunderstanding,”[1] conflict endures nonetheless. Paul Tillich asks if there is a necessary conflict between the two and if there is a possible...
ecclesiology, ethics, grace, gratitude, philosophy, politics, theology, worldview
“Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed that people started out inherently good, but through conventions of society they became ensnared (and thus, were in chains). In his view, people are free at first, but enslaved in the...
eschatology, ethics, Jesus, teachings of, politics, social justice, worldview
A long time ago, in a galaxy not far away, Jesus tells a man, “Follow me.” The man responds with hesitation – but for good reason. “Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.” Noble request right? Before the man could be totally committed to following Jesus, he...
ecclesiology, ethics, philosophy, politics, worldview
Beginning on March 1, 1692, Sarah Good, of Salem, Massachusetts, was examined on charges of witchcraft. Witnesses would later testify that she had engaged in witchcraft, ridden on brooms and poles, appeared as an apparition and tormented children, and otherwise...
apologetics, philosophy, worldview
I realize the title of this article can be interpreted in at least two ways. Some will read it expecting that I might cite a particular argument King may have made as evidence for God’s existence. But that isn’t exactly what this is about. Not exactly. Actually, I...
grace, hope, parenting, success, theology, time management, worldview
Highlights. We are addicted to highlights. We subject ourselves to a continuous media stream telling us what is noteworthy and what isn’t. Is it re-tweetworthy? Is it worth a share or a status update? We have come to value style over substance and flash over...
philosophy, politics, social justice, worldview
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels provide a helpful case study in the inherent limitations of government. Their landmark publication, The Communist Manifesto (hereafter, TCM), was first printed in 1848, and offered to some the hope they had been desperately seeking....
