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Let’s review in brief… Many on the Left (and perhaps some anti-Trumpers) have run with the claim that Charlie Kirk’s assassin was actually a far-right nutjob from a rival pro-Trump wing competing with Kirk’s Turning Point USA. This is what Jimmy Kimmel was referring to in the statement that, in part, got him taken off […]
“Science is not only compatible with spirituality, it is a profound source of spirituality.” — Carl Sagan A number of years ago, the late Chuck Colson wrote a piece discussing worldview ideas in film, especially those of a New Age flavor. After talking about Avatar, he brought up the movie Contact, and that’s where I […]
“Alligator Alcatraz is in fact, like we’ve always said, open for business.” — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis To refresh your mind about this “Alligator Alcatraz” business, this is the nickname for the recently opened immigration detention facility being built at an isolated, unused airfield in the Everglades. It is a project undertaken by the State […]
When President Trump announced earlier this month that he wanted the Census Bureau to conduct a new, national census that would not include illegal immigrants, there was a bit of an uproar — mostly on the political Left. But, why is the President pushing for this (again)? And why is the Left so worked up? […]
Last week I cited from Chapter 1 of the book Old-Earth or Evolutionary Creation?: Discussing Origins with Reasons to Believe and BioLogos (2017), quoting representatives of RTB as they clarified their organization’s approach on a few things. In that same redirect, Robert Stewart (one of the Southern Baptist theologians acting as moderators) also commented and […]
As I recall, this is not the first time I have posted on the topic of concordism in Christian apologetics, particularly as used by the Reasons to Believe (RTB) organization. This time, the source is Chapter 1 of the book Old-Earth or Evolutionary Creation?: Discussing Origins with Reasons to Believe and BioLogos (2017), which addresses […]
Some readers might be familiar with, or at least aware of, “Red Pen Logic” (RPL). For those who aren’t, RPL is the work of Christian apologist Tim Barnett, aka “Mr. B”, who addresses questions and challenges to Christianity in brief videos. The challenges usually come in the form of a text that he reproduces on […]
“So often in the age of presentism, we in our narcissism and arrogance confuse our technical and material successes with automatic moral progress.” — Victor Davis Hanson I know, I know. I just had a post not long ago in which I quoted the author/commentator Victor Davis Hanson, a respected classicist and military historian. Normally, […]
I sometimes enjoy reading or watching things about major wars, events, and persons that impacted American and world history. Just the other night, for example, I watched the movie Lincoln (2012), starring Daniel Day-Lewis. I am not what you would call a history buff, but I like to think I know a little something about […]
This particular Bible mystery doesn’t quite qualify for the “Weird Bible Passage” series I did a few months ago. It is more a matter of different translational possibilities. Specifically, the verse in question is 2 Kings 23:8, which is within the passage describing the actions of Judah’s King Josiah when he was instituting reforms. It […]
