Christians and Halloween

Should Christians participate in Halloween? As a Christian, I do not think dressing up and wearing things that glorify death, murder, violence, the occult and the magical is a thing that glorifies God. As a Marine who have seen death and gore in Iraq, I’m sometimes more shock at people wanting to glorify such gory [...]

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4 Presuppositional Apologetics Links: October 21st through October 29th 2011

Here are the round ups of links from October 21st onwards that I thought were worthwhile to read. 1.) Is Atheism a Worldview? By Matt Slick.  This essay discuss whether or not Atheism is a worldview. 2.) Dawkins is Disgusted By James Andersen.  A response to Dawkins’ refusal to debate William Lane Craig. 3.) Odd [...]

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Joel Osteen on Repentance and the Gospel

I.          INTRODUCTION Joel Osteen perhaps has the biggest church in America today, with more than 30,000 visitors according to an October 3, 2005 edition of US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT.  His best selling books, televised messages and expanding popularity have caught the attention and worries from certain Evangelical Christian watch group of watering down the [...]

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BIBLICAL GENRE HERMENEUTICS COURSE: SESSION TWO: THE IMPORTANCE OF GENRE IN INTERPRETATION

GO TO PART I I.Genres are not inspired, but God uses genres a. When God inspired the authors of the Bible, the human writers used literary forms which the original audience was familiar with. i.      If God used it in communicating to us His revelation then we best understand His revelation if we get to [...]

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A Christian perspective on the Occupy Wall Street Movement

The ongoing Occupy Wall Street movement should bring Christians to the attention of what does a Biblically consistent view of Government, economy and individual responsibility looks like. Joel over at American Vision has this article you can click on here. Over at Generation Radio, they have an audio episode discussing about the Occupy Wall Street [...]

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Is the Occupy Wall Street Movement sustainable or will it implode from within?

So long as the cops don’t hurt anybody, I wonder how long will the Occupy Wall Street movement last.   Largely the reason why I wonder is because of the question of whether or not Occupy Wall Street Movement is sustainable.  Especially if they start becoming more consistent with their principles in how they run things. [...]

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Thoughts on technology, relationship and the inner celebrity syndrome and what it reveals about human nature

15 years ago: You have a question with your homework.  You call your best friend who’s in class with you.  The phone rings.  His mother picks up ask who it is and hands the phone over to him.  After answering your question, he ask if you can hang out.  You say after your homework is [...]

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The Lawman on Truth vs. Belief

The Lawman breaks it down the difference between truth and mere belief, and which one truly matters: Evangelizing on a regular basis on a college campus, I see this type of relativistic thinking on an ongoing basis. How would you answer this gentleman?

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After Eden Funnies: John C. Whitcomb

Saw this over at Answers in Genesis website.

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Book Review Longing to Know by Esther Lightcap Meek

The author Esther Lightcap Meek teaches philosophy at Covenant Theological Seminary and has written this work as an introduction to epistemology for ordinary people. Her chief thesis is that knowing God is like knowing about ordinary things in life such as the auto mechanic. In fact, knowing the auto mechanic is a repeated illustration thoughout [...]

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John MacArthur Q&A: Practical Concerns for the Local Church 2011

John MacArthur is a preacher who has faithfully delivered God’s Word with no gimmick for the last forty something years. Here he talks about the practical concern for the local church in a recent 2011 Q&A session. Click here to go to the Page at Grace to You Website. You can even read the Transcript [...]

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Apologetics Sermon Illustration #4: Why we question alleged disproof that mathematics or Christianity are not true

GO TO PART 3 Point: Presuppositional Apologetics as taught by Cornelius Van Til, Greg Bahnsen and John Frame states that Christianity as a worldview is the precondition for human experience and therefore should be for the Christian one of the least negotiable presuppositions to be reconsidered.  In the same way, from the illustration of the [...]

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Presuppositional Apologetics Links: October 8th to October 20th 2011

These are links for those who might be interested in Presuppositional Apologetics, with materials from the World Wide Web: 1.) Monergism Q&A: Twenty Common Objections to Christianity from Skeptics, by Steve Hays. 2.) Reformation 21 Review: The End of Christianity, as reviewed by Steve Hays. 3.) Do Christians reason in a Circle? By Dusman. 4.) [...]

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World Ending October 21st, 2011?

Over at James White’s website, their blog has pointed to this new message by Harold Camping.  Harold Camping was the false teacher that claimed the world would end earlier this year on May 21st, 2011.  He has since reset the date to October 21st, 2011….and it is coming right around the corner. For those who [...]

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Does reality support the thesis that poverty causes Jihad?

Those who’s philosophy of history is bent towards a Marxist explanation of things (mode of production determines history, and since our mode of production currently bring about poverty then this in part explain why Jihad occurs) need to consider whether or not it’s true in explaining that poverty causes Jihad. Two-thirds of British terror suspects [...]

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