“The mere fact that we believe in something doesn’t actually do anything for us. In order for belief to have heart-changing and life-changing significance, it must have the triune God of Scripture as both its source and object (Ps. 68:26; I Cor. 2:5; Eph. 2:8,9)” — Burk Parsons, co-pastor of Saint Andrew’s Chapel in Sanford, […]
“These aren’t people, these are animals, and we’re taking them out of the country at a level and a rate that’s never happened before.” — President Trump, in response to a California sheriff’s frustrations with state “sanctuary” law making it difficult to deal with MS-13 You’ve probably heard about this story already, but allow me […]
Derick Dickens is a Facebook friend of mine whom readers may recall from a previous post. He is a speaker, college Professor, and current PhD candidate. One of his areas of expertise is Christian theology, particularly from a Reformed perspective. As such, he invites questions from his FB friends and engages in many theological and […]
“[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 […]
“The exercise seems aimed primarily at avoiding contact with antiquated beliefs, racist language, and sexist assumptions.” — Thomas D. Williams, PhD I confess, I’m not really a “classic lit” sort of guy. Although, I have read a few of the usual entries in whole (e.g., The Holy Bible, The Hobbit, Mere Christianity) or in part […]
“3 Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort. 4 He comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction, through the comfort we ourselves receive from God.” — II […]
“26 For you are all sons of God through trusting in Messiah Yeshua. 27 For all of you who were immersed in Messiah have clothed yourselves with Messiah. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female — for you are all one in Messiah […]
“[S]tupid. Asinine. Ridiculous. Ludicrous. Imbecilic. Witless. Obtuse. Fatuous. Harebrained. Doltish. Preposterous.” — Ben Shapiro, commenting on Rabbi Kolton’s claims Originally, I was going to blog on something more politically-oriented this week, like infamous memos & dossiers, or maybe the budget deal. But, I came across something else that piqued my interest much more, so… The […]
“He pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the leaders and all the people in it. And the dead he killed at his death were more than those he had killed in his life.” — Judges 16:30b (HCSB) It wasn’t all that long ago — certainly within my lifetime — that instances […]
“Christians want to be under rather than over Scripture, yet we do not want to be anti-science. So what do we do with this apparent antinomy* between the book of Scripture and the book of nature?” — Jud Davis Believe it or not, I don’t always have a science/faith book in progress. But, prior to […]
