Reflections of Songs that Impacted my Life: “Beautiful One” by Daniel Amos
As I continue going through the Christian music from the 1980’s that I listened to growing up, I feel compelled to share a song from the group Daniel Amos, a Ch...
Month: October 2015
From the Holy Mountain, and into the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Part 2)
If you have grown up in an American Evangelical culture, no doubt your view of the Israeli-Palestinian Crisis is that Israel can do no wrong, and all the Palest...
From the Holy Mountain…and into the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Part 1)
***I originally wrote this four years ago, and have now revised it a bit. If you find this post, along with the next few posts, to be challenging and thought-pr...
Reflections on “A Song About Baseball” by Bob Bennett
Anyone who has known me since I was a kid can tell you one thing: I was a baseball nut. I not only collected baseball cards, I used them in my almost pathologic...
The “Seven C’s of History”…according to Ken Ham (Do you see the glaring problem?)
One of the “teaching tools” often used at Answers in Genesis is what is known as “The Seven ‘C’s’ of History.” These are the seven “big events” that affect the ...
Thoughts on Songs from my Childhood: “All I Ever Have to Be” by Amy Grant
Having been through the “academic track” that has gotten me two master degrees and a PhD—all in Biblical Studies—one can say that I’ve spent quite a lot of time...
A Logical Explanation for Noah’s Flood…A bit of satire….
As real, Bible-believing Christians know, young earth creationist extraordinaire Ken Ham has shown us the way, the truth, and the life…about Genesis 1-11. But p...
C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity: Faith
I want to finish Book 3 of Mere Christianity with a short discussion on Lewis’ view of faith. He devotes two chapters to the topic of faith. In 3:11, Lewis emph...
C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and the Importance of Myth (…and how it relates to Genesis 1-11)
One of the biggest controversies within many Evangelical circles today revolves around the interpretation of Genesis 1-11. As I have written about many times, y...
Understanding the Bible: Why I Don’t Like the Term “Inerrancy”
Most people think “inerrancy” means believing that the Bible is true. Well, no, it does not. Throughout Church history, people have believed the Bible to ...