I still occasionally get some foaming-at-the-mouth comments surrounding my posts about Oprah and Ekhardt Tolle. Since I said that I won’t publish these comments, I have refrained from doing so, since they add nothing to what has already been said and addressed here.
The one comment made by Oprah, and echoed by many others in speeches [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Who decides?
Posted in General Christian on September 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Leaving Church (or why doctrine matters)
Posted in General Christian on September 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The Washington Times has this story: Americans Leaving Churches in Droves.
In it, we read several anecdotes about people not going to church any more for various reasons, and also some statistics that seem to bear out that church attendence is dropping. In a follow-up discussion, I also read some comments that hit on most of [...]
The Ongoing Culture War
Posted in Apologetics, General Christian on September 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
It seems as if every four years, when the presidential elections roll around in the USA, we get to take an uninhibited look at what the culture in this country looks like. It seemingly provokes the worst in people, removing the thin veneers of civility and allowing us to see deep into their beings, their [...]
Is war immoral?
Posted in General Christian, Theology on September 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I had a question from one of my regular visitors about the morality of war. The general theme of the question is whether we, as Christians, should consider war to be immoral by default, and is justified only in cases expressly commanded by God.
Let me start by making a couple of comments. Firstly, while I [...]
The “Creationism” Conflict
Posted in Apologetics, Evolution, General Christian on September 2, 2008 | 4 Comments »
With the nomination of Gov. Sarah Palin came the usual slew of liberal attacks on everything from her pro-life stance and actions, to the DUI her husband had in 1986…22 years ago. All of these attacks are of course because the left does not really want to discuss the issues, but prefer to fling insults [...]
