Our God is a God of order, who does all things well. “God is not a God of disorder but of peace” (1 Corinthians 14:33). With God, disorder and chaos give way to order and peace. We see both order and chaos in the first book of the Bible, Genesis. In the beginning, God startedContinue reading “God and Chaos”
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Holy What?
I found this out the hard way during the fall of 2007. I had recently purchased a 1965 Ford Mustang that was barely functional (not the wisest purchase). As I turned to pull onto our street after work on a seemingly normal day, I started to press the brakes…and nothing happened. I pressed again andContinue reading “Holy What?”
The Line of Despair
The Loss of Antithesis The loss of antithesis in American culture led to what Dr. Schaeffer coined the “line of despair” or giving up all hope of achieving a rational unified answer to knowledge and life. Schaeffer outlines what he believes are the various steps below this line of despair. He begins with the GermanContinue reading “The Line of Despair”
The Hinge of History
It would be a sad day, should it ever come, when the resurrection of Jesus is passed over for other topics in the Christian life. Yet the temptation is familiar. It is all too easy to assume familiar truths like “Christ died for our sins” and “was raised on the third day” — as ifContinue reading “The Hinge of History”
Solitary Confinement May Be Hell After All
In his Heaven book, Randy describes hell with Scripture quoting Christ as saying, “The unsaved will be thrown outside, into the darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Then he says, “I don’t believe hell is a place where demons take delight in punishing people and where people commiserate over their fate.Continue reading “Solitary Confinement May Be Hell After All”
Did Christianity Evolve?
Skeptics sometimes argue that the Christianity in its early years looked different than modern-day Christianity. Specifically, they question whether Jesus claimed to be God or if he was deified by a band of disappointed followers after his crucifixion. Christianity is grounded on the view that the claims of the New Testament are true,]. The gospelsContinue reading “Did Christianity Evolve?”
The Natural Law
The most fundamental question in politics is this: What is the proper source of law? Does it originate simply in the will of the powerful, imposing their wishes on the weaker? The “powerful” might be a tribal chief. Or a king backed by armed warriors. Or a technocratic state that claims the support of theContinue reading “The Natural Law”
Why Are There So Many Versions of the Bible?
Why are there so many different translations of the Bible? Go into any Christian bookstore, and you can find an entire shelf—sometimes an entire section!—of different Bible translations. There’s the King James Version (KJV), the New King James Version (NKJV), and the Revised Standard Version (RSV). There’s the Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) and theContinue reading “Why Are There So Many Versions of the Bible?”
What Does God Look Like?
The one true and living God of the Bible does not, strictly speaking, “look like” anything. First of all, even if our finite, physical eyes could perceive His true divine nature, there is nothing in all of creation to which we might compare God and say that He “looks like this” or “resembles that.” Further,Continue reading “What Does God Look Like?”
Rethinking Everything
There are moments of discovery and experimental success that are so unexpected and profound they nullify everything before them and restructure everything that follows. For years, everyone knew people couldn’t fly. Birds could fly, but they had wings. People didn’t have wings. Then, in a little place in North Carolina, the Wright brothers got anContinue reading “Rethinking Everything”
