My last post was about a number of reasons why arguing for the existence of God may be futile. At the same time, I feel like measuring the validity of arguing for God’s existence may be too narrowly defined by its success in making converts. Allow me to explain.
By and large, we live in a society […]
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The issue of arguments for (or against) God’s existence continually crops up in my thinking. Sometimes I wonder if they’re a misguided use of time and energy. At other times it seems like the very continuation of faith in our culture depends upon it.
It can easily be understood that, in a pluralitstic society that embraces relativism, […]
My friend Karin has embraced her freedom from writing papers by raising some thought provoking points about God-talk on my last post. Specifically, she raised the point that I had used male pronouns in describing God, which can be very problematic in today’s culture. Fair game, and a great point to be raised.
God-talk (that is, […]
And he told me that I’m right about everything.
Joking aside, this seems to be an ongoing problem in today’s (Western) church. We seem to be deeply uncomfortable with this notion that God can speak to people; that he might speak to me or someone I know. I was pondering why this might be and came up […]
Today I suddenly had this overwhelming feeling like I’m a fraud waiting to be discovered. Does anyone else ever feel that way? Let me give you some context:
Tomorrow is the first day of orientation here at SSU and, although classes don’t officially start until Thursday, this basically means that my summer’s over. I know people have […]
I’ve come to realize that I can’t always be inspired to write things here myself. Today I’ve had two gems come my way that I’ve just loved. The first is the third verse of the hymn “The Love of God” by Frederick M. Lehman. We sang it in church this morning and the visual imagery […]
