Religion

Nature’s Calendars, Part 1: Ice Cores and Sediments

Posted by on July 21, 2019 at 6:30 pm

I didn’t post one in June, but this week I’d like to continue my series of excerpts from Hugh Ross’s book A Matter of Days, 2nd ed., about scientific measurements for distance and, especially, time (e.g., the age of the Earth and certain things on it). Whereas in May we looked at radiometric dating, this […]

Forgiving Liam Neeson

Posted by on July 14, 2019 at 7:00 pm

“Forty years ago, Liam Neeson roamed in Black neighbourhoods across Northern Ireland looking for an innocent Black man to attack—a Black man like me….”  — Samuel Sey I have recently become aware of the writings of Samuel Sey at the Slow To Write blog. Sey is a Ghanaian-born Canadian who writes with brutal honesty — […]

Headcoverings and Christian Country Clubs

Posted by on June 23, 2019 at 11:22 pm

MORES (pronounced like “morays”): “folkways of central importance accepted without question and embodying the fundamental moral views of a group”  — Webster’s Dictionary Bible reading can be… confusing, at times. And, even when it doesn’t seem to be, sometimes we misunderstand what is actually being advised, commanded, described, or otherwise referred to. One of the […]

Three Cheers for Pastor Platt!

Posted by on June 9, 2019 at 9:07 pm

“If you think President Trump is a terrible person and you’re mad that a pastor chose to pray for him, then you need to swiftly reexamine the gospel message — and your own heart. Trump’s sin should not deflect our desire and responsibility to pray for Him — indeed the more sin we observe the […]

Stop Using Jeremiah 29:11 This Way!

Posted by on June 2, 2019 at 8:26 pm

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”  — Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) God’s Word is filled with words of wisdom, encouragement, and comfort, primarily for those who put their trust in Him. Unfortunately, many […]

Necessary Conditions for Reliability in Radiometric Dating

Posted by on May 19, 2019 at 8:47 pm

“Each timepiece has its own purposes and limitations…. When used outside of its intended purposes or limitations, any dating technique can produce incorrect and unreliable results. When used within its intended purposes and limitations, radiometric dating can and does serve as a reliable and trustworthy tool, just as satellite pictures and Doppler radar do in […]

The Ten Commandments on Easter?

Posted by on April 21, 2019 at 8:34 pm

“Then the Day of Unleavened Bread came when the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover meal for us, so we can eat it.”… So they went and found [the guest room] just as He had told them, and they prepared the Passover.”  — Luke […]

How to Build a Totalitarian State That the People Love

Posted by on April 14, 2019 at 7:14 pm

“Its prophetic voice has remained surprisingly contemporary, both in its particular forecasts and in its general tone of semiserious alarm.”  — author/editor/publisher Martin Green Something a little different for you today… In 1946, Aldous Huxley wrote a Forward to the new edition of his Brave New World (1932). It was part retrospective, in which he […]

How the “Equality Act” Could Make Your Life Hell

Posted by on April 7, 2019 at 8:17 pm

“[The Equality Act is the] most extreme threat to religious freedom, free speech, privacy, and to women’s rights that has ever been proposed by Congress. [It] will be used as a wrecking ball to churches, religious organizations, religious freedom, and free speech.”  — Liberty Counsel The Equality Act has been around for several years, and […]

Measuring Astronomical Distances

Posted by on March 24, 2019 at 10:35 pm

“If the distances are wrong, then an object may appear small and dim not because it is incredibly distant, but because it really is small and dim. And faulty distances mean that any theory based on them — such as the big bang — is faulty too!”  — Andrew Rigg, freelance journalist and amateur astronomer, […]