Sea Change

Scripture begins by telling an old story and ends by retelling the old story with a new and final outcome. Both narratives involve chaos and creation.

Reentry

“Why are you clinging to God? Here Gagarin flew into space and didn’t see God.”

What’s Up with God?

“What’s up with God?” This question has been posed in various forms throughout history, often in the context of the problem of evil.

The ‘Out of Sync’ Debate, Log 5-4-2017

My job is to make clear to everyone just what the secret plan is, the purpose that’s been hidden from the very beginning of the world in God who created all things. This is it: that God’s wisdom, in all its rich variety, was to be made known to the rulers and authorities in…

What is Faith?

“Let all things be done decently and in order” I Corinthians 14:40 The above verse was repeated so often by my father that it became a joking family rejoinder to whatever was askew at the moment. My Dutch grandparents epitomized the verse. Their tiny two-bedroom bungalow in Bellwood, Illinois was immaculate. The bungalow’s smaller…

Island 120

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Hold the Scotch and the Logical Fallacy of Atheism

This past week I encountered atheists on Twitter. I noticed one atheist’s snarky scorn of Christians and I responded.

Darwin’s Myopia, Our Dilemma

Darwin’s Myopia, in excerpts: “Once, Milton, Byron, Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Shelly “gave me great pleasure” and “I took intense delight in Shakespeare.” -Charles Darwin ~~~ “In his old age Darwin admitted, “I have lost the power of becoming deeply attached to anyone.” He assured Tennyson that there was nothing in his theories to prevent anyone…