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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 […]

Child Sacrifice and Jephthah’s Vow to God

Published on July 9, 2023 By sirrahc

“The Bible’s weird, but maybe not as weird as it seems at first.” — Robby Lashua, Stand to Reason This post is about one of those passages in the Bible that makes one say, “He did WHAT?!!” It is from Judges 11, in which the Israelites (specifically, those east of the River Jordan in the […]

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 […]

RPL

Published on February 14, 2021 By sirrahc

“A good teacher doesn’t merely tell his students that they’re wrong. A good teacher shows his students why they’re wrong so that they don’t make the same mistake twice. He corrects because he cares.” — Tim Barnett Years ago, I did a series of posts on informal fallacies in logic. Never finished the series, but […]

Giving Thanks Through the Tough Times

Published on November 29, 2020 By sirrahc

“We remind ourselves that everything we have is a gift from God to be used for God, and that our hope is not found in the things of this world but in Christ alone.” — Jonathan Noyes, Stand to Reason Yes, this is a post-Thanksgiving thanksgiving post. You’re welcome. I was listening to Greg Koukl’s […]

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 […]

A Biblical Argument Against Religious Inclusivism

Published on May 7, 2017 By sirrahc

“Therefore many other signs Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.” — John 20:30-31 (NASB) I’ve mentioned […]

Truth and Compassion: A Christian Response to Transgenderism

Published on October 9, 2016 By sirrahc

“The legal/cultural battle over whether biological males who have a female gender identity (or vice versa) can use the public bathroom, spa facility, or school showers reserved for the opposite sex is consuming the attention of the national media and the national conscience. Christians find themselves caught in an awkward situation, facing another obstacle they […]

7 Sine Qua Nons of Classic Christianity

Published on February 28, 2016 By sirrahc

I am really behind in my podcast listening. I just can’t keep up. In fact, I am more than a year behind on my Stand to Reason podcasts by Greg Koukl. Up until mid-2015, Koukl did a weekly 3-hour show, and I can typically only get in two hours on the weekend. So, I’m constantly […]