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What You Might Not Know About Easter

Published on March 31, 2024 By sirrahc

Due to a mild case of procrastination, exacerbated by multiple distractions of varying importance, I almost didn’t get a blogpost prepared for this week. First, I wasn’t sure whether or not I wanted to do something Easter-related this year. I did have a potential source article to draw from regarding pagan origins. But, once I […]

Cops, Conservatives, and Christian Apologists

Published on November 28, 2021 By sirrahc

This is a slightly belated Thanksgiving post, but… it’s still the Thanksgiving Weekend, right? This year, I would like to take note of three things I am truly thankful for. Well, I guess I should say they are classes or categories of things. First, I want to acknowledge the U.S. military, intelligence services, and law […]

Creating Life in the Lab

Published on February 21, 2021 By sirrahc

This month marks 10 years since Fuz Rana’s book, Creating Life in the Lab (2011) was published. I have owned a copy for awhile, of course, but it finally made it to the top of my Read List late last year. It was a little different than I expected, yet I’m not quite sure what […]

Recommended Resources for a Christian Having a Crisis of Faith

Published on October 21, 2018 By sirrahc

“I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.” — I John 5:13 (HCSB) If you are like me, you sometimes find yourself going through long-neglected directories on your computer, ostensibly in search of ancient or otherwise unneeded […]

Review of Four Views on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design

Published on May 13, 2018 By sirrahc

“[The goal of the book] was to give a snapshot of the state of the conversation about origins among evangelical Christians in America…. I think readers will see fair and accurate representations of the four positions.” — J.B. Stump, general editor of Four Views on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design and Senior Editor at BioLogos […]

So, You Want to Learn about Old-Earth Creationism…

Published on December 6, 2015 By sirrahc

“Increasing our understanding of truth constitutes a large part of our assignment here on Earth…. As scientists discover more and more about the realm of nature and everything within it, including ourselves and our beginnings, we can be certain that the evidence for its divine design as well as for the divine inspiration of Scripture […]

Why People Believe and Why People Kill: Countering Dennett and Harris

Published on March 22, 2015 By sirrahc

A few weeks ago, I said I would be sharing a few more passages from Dr. David Bentley Hart’s book Atheist Delusions. In this citation from early in the book, Hart is in the midst of pointing out some of the bad arguments, poor understanding of both religion and history, and sanctimony in the anti-religious […]

Hugh Ross: In the Beginning

Published on July 27, 2014 By sirrahc

This post is a little different — a break for me (since I wasn’t sure I’d have something else ready in time) and, hopefully, a treat for you. It is a video from a conference held not long ago at Woodcrest Worldwide Church called “In the Beginning” — not to be confused with another conference […]

Fun Facts about Bellybutton Lint

Published on June 15, 2014 By sirrahc

Have you ever been posing for a picture and the photo-taker tries to elicit smiles by announcing, “Everybody say, ‘Fuzzy navel!’”? Or, maybe you or someone you know ordered the mixed drink — usually, peach schnapps and orange juice — called a “Fuzzy Navel”. Ever wondered where the name came from? Me, too. I haven’t […]

Response to a YEC about Creation and the Bible, part 2: Plain Readings and Explanatory Power

Published on April 6, 2014 By sirrahc

Unless you somehow missed it (and how could you?!), the previous post was the first part of my response to a Young-Earth Creationist, who expressed several concerns about my Old-Earth Creationist comments at the STR blog. I don’t recall the exchange being contentious, but “Doc” sure did think I was in danger of compromising the […]