Luke 24:13-32 Behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. 14 And they talked together of all these things which had happened. 15 And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. ...
In a recent exchange this was said: “I’m pretty much gonna ditch everything else and focus on one key thing: “What sort of evidence-based reasoning would you expect to find in support of special revelation?” That’s a tricky question to answer. It would take a weight of evidence. A little weight could persuade me from ...
How do you respond if a loved one learns that they have what is possibly terminal cancer? That is what I’ve been considering today. The truth is, one does not form a theology of pain, suffering, grief, and loss in ten minutes. Normally it is not formed within twenty-four hours. It is because I have ...
The Joyful, Self-Sufficient Glory of God God is happy being God. Does that shock you? Does it surprise you that God and joy can be spoken of in the same breath? Well, they can. In fact, God is the epitome of joy. “ Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is ...
“The question whether miracles occur can never be answered simply by experience. Every event which may claim to be a miracle is, in the last resort, something presented to our senses, something seen, heard, touched, smelled, or tasted. And our senses are not infallible. If something extraordinary seems to have happened, we can always say ...
In the same way that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so questions sound different in different ears, according to what each hearer brings to them. When the Editor asked me for a contribution to the ‘Is Christianity credible?’ series, he almost apologized that the question sounded defeatist and reductionist.* But to me it did not ...
In a recent post I argued for the fact that man is not as rational as he would like to think due to the fact that he is a fallen, sinful creature. That is bad news. The good news is that this can be changed. The bad news I gave from Romans 1:18-32 is given ...
After having seen many miracles, the majority of the people of Jesus' day did not believe Him. Why? Simply because they were not inclined to do so. They wanted God on their terms, not on His terms. God is rejected, not because He has not performed miracles, but because men don't want to accept Him. ...
As I have stated in previous posts those who believe in evolution cannot hold to absolute truth. Neither will they have a moral standard that stays the same. In a case related to capital punishment, “Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in the majority opinion that “evolving standards of decency” in the United States forbid capital punishment ...
When man embraces the truth of God he will find that many things fall into place. Christian theism is a very coherent system. God's truth is reasonable truth. Man's reasoning leads us downhill. After all, when you leave God, there is no other way to go but down. ...