“Is a scientific analysis in terms of light waves more ultimate than a human being’s perception of a red apple?… No, neither one is more ultimate. Reality has many levels, and human beings have many legitimate perspectives.” — Dr. Vern Poythress As you may recall, I blogged on an excerpt from Vern Poythress’ book, Redeeming […]
“He is there, and He is not silent.” — Francis Schaeffer This should sound familiar to some of you…. Sometimes, skeptics of Christianity or of “revealed truth” more generally will throw out various claims about the Bible or about what (they think) God would/should/could do, in an attempt to undermine Christians’ faith in what we […]
“[T]he Bible alone is the written Word of God, and as such is the only infallible, definitive standard in matters of controversy in the church.” — Robert M. Bowman, Jr., Orthodoxy and Heresy If you are a Christian (and maybe if you aren’t), you have probably heard of the term sola scriptura. It is one […]
“If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” — Sun Tzu One of the biggest issues in national security today is what to do — what can be done? — about the rise in terrorism. Specifically, the terrorism that is perpetrated and supported by those who hold to a […]
“We already have creeping Sharia law in this country.” — Mark Levin, political commentator, author, and radio host By now, we’ve all heard Khizr Khan’s speech (or part of it) at the Democratic National Convention, including his critical comments directed at Donald Trump and his ideas about banning Muslim immigrants. Khan had every right to […]
“That languages change over time is one of the strongest arguments either for the revision of older Bible translations or for completely new translations.” — Dr. James White, The King James Only Controversy I am sure that some who love the King James Version (KJV) will immediately be defensive. (Especially if they are KJV Onlyist, […]
President Calvin ‘Silent Cal’ Coolidge was known as a “quiet and somber man whose sour expression masked a dry wit.” He was a small-government conservative Republican who fought for racial equality and “embodied the spirit and hopes of the middle class.” He could also give one heckuva good speech, as exemplified here. (Fwiw, this is […]
“God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.” — Numbers 23:22 (KJV) This week, I decided to do a fun (but, it turned out, rather laborious) study on an issue that some Bible skeptics have used to mock or dismiss the reliability of God’s Word. You see, […]
“Almighty God is Creator, World Ground, and Omnipotent Sustainer. In his mind the entire plan of creation was formed with man as the climax. Over the millions of years of geologic history the earth is prepared for man’s dwelling, or as it has been put by others, the cosmos was pregnant with man…. From time […]
“16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.” — II Timothy 3:16-17 (ESV) Not quite sure how to categorize this post. It is part review of a specific […]
