My yet-to-be-announced neighbor is building a new house across the street from me. Over the past three or four months, we have watched the workers bring the house–one small step at a time–out of the ground. And now that we can start to see what it will finally look like, boy, is it a beauty! With multiple roof-line angles, a full basement, and about 5,000 square feet (at least that’s what one of my other neighbors told me), this is truly somebody’s dream home.

Here’s the thing: this house didn’t just pop up out of nowhere in an instant. Long before the first shovel of dirt was moved, someone somewhere  Continue Reading »

When should we let our brains decide what is true about the world? After all, God gave us a brain (I know this is debatable, but allow me some latitude here), and it is only natural that He wants us to use it. Nobody could argue with this.

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My friend Brian converted from Christianity to atheism a few years ago. He changed his faith from God’s truth revealed in the Bible to man’s truth as revealed by evolutionary theory. For a period of time we met and discussed the issues intensely, but to no avail. Brian was lost to science, a casualty of an intellectual war with heavy spiritual consequences.

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[This is Part 2 of a 2-part article. For Part 1 click here.] 

Why didn’t God stop Adam from sinning in the first place?

So we have an explanation of death and suffering’s entrance into the world. But, if God is so powerful and so good, why didn’t he just stop Adam from sinning in the first place or suspend the consequences of Adam’s actions? Good question.

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[This is Part 1 of a 2 part article. Click here for Part 2.] 

You may not know this, but Ted Turner once planned to be a Christian missionary (if you aren’t aware-that is, if you live on Mars-he is now a vocal atheist). His slide from faith started when his younger sister, Mary Jane, came down with a horrible disease. The National Review put it this way:

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