Patoya wrote a letter to her church family in an effort to help shepherd them through many of the challenges loving Christians are trying to handle well! I think her insights are valuable to us all: Hello family. I’ve been reflecting on a lot as of late. I thought I’d invite each of you into…Continue reading Guest Post – Christian Leader, PaToya Hall on “Race” Issues
Intermarriage There were multiple commands from God to the Jews not to intermarry with the Canaanites and other tribes they were conquering in the Promised Land. “You shall not intermarry with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons, 4 for they would turn away your sons from following me,…Continue reading My Theology of Race – Part 4
Tower of Babel The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-8,9) “Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth.” This passage, which is among the shortest and most obscure in the entire Bible to…Continue reading My Theology of Race – Part 3
Shem, Ham, Japheth A common Jewish tradition is that the three “races” were the progeny of Noah’s three sons, Shem, Japheth and Ham. Gen 9:18-19 “The sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) 19 These three were the sons of Noah, and from…Continue reading My Theology of Race – Part 2
Throughout Christian history, people have made great use, and sometimes great abuse, of the Holy Bible to seek to explain the diversity of human beings. Obviously, in various ways, people are different from one another, and sometimes those differences are obvious – like skin tone. For years, people have used those skin tone differences to…Continue reading My Theology of Race – Part I
In addition to this article, I include several other links in this article. I would love to encourage you to check them out, either as proof of my claims or in an effort to support a short article like this one. I have heard some people say that abortion, since Roe V Wade being overturned…Continue reading Taking a Stand on Abortion
I am sure that unless we are still shooting people’s hobby balloons out of the air, the recent alien hype is out of the headlines – unless it is back in it yet again! 2. This is my second-best and totally different guess: What we are seeing are expressions of the spiritual creation, which is typically invisible…Continue reading UFOs are in the News (again) – Part III
Now, why would God be three and one – what difference would that make? For a long time, many Christian theologians, I think, were taught like I was… that the Triune aspect of God’s nature was academic and interesting, but of no real practical value. I hinted earlier that recent discussions have focused in on…Continue reading Is the Trinity Rational? Part III
Consider this kind of a Christmas movie bingo. The more of these there are, the more likely the movie is to be a true Christmas movie: So far: comedy or epic with warm feelings at the end. things come together for the protagonist. new friendships are made. an old relationship is restored The “Grinch/Ebenezar” character…Continue reading Christmas Movies Defined Definitively Part 2
A man decides that one of their goals in life is to have a very nice watch. For them, whatever brand, is a measure of success… a $5000 watch. But they can only set aside $100 per month. 50 months… a little over 4 years. That’s a long time to wait for a goal. Now…Continue reading Examining the Temptation of Pornography – Part II
The Thief comes to steal, kill and destroy; I have come that you might have life and have it abundantly.” Jesus Christ. For years I have talked to mostly men, and a few women, about issues connected to the temptations particular to pornography. Since the incidents of women engaging in pornography is apparently on the…Continue reading Examining the Temptation of Pornography Part I
So, Actual Final Words Again, in this case, I am not arguing against pacifism at the “personal conviction” level. Of course, any human might determine that it is wrong for them to engage in almost kind of activity; examples might include sex, gambling, drinking alcohol, smoking, reading certain books, etc – that may be completely…Continue reading Christian Self Defense or Pacifism Conversation Part VIII
Continuing to Engage with the Biblical Arguments for Pacifism Don’t fear death This argument, based on Matt 10:28 (“do not fear those who kill the body…”), says that Christians should not defend themselves because of what Jesus teaches here about us not “fearing death.” Here in the midst of Jesus’ instructions to His Apostles before…Continue reading Christian Self Defense or Pacifism Conversation Part V
Nehemiah 4:9 “And we prayed to our God and set a guard as a protection against them day and night.” In debate, there is a focal point of debates called “burden.” I am starting this conversation with what I see to be the burden of the Christian pacifist. I will warn you, this part isn’t short. …Continue reading Christian Self Defense or Pacifism Conversation Part I
Guest Post by Mark Legg This is a great addition to the series about Christ and ancient myths. What about how the ancient account of Gilgamesh overlaps with the account of Noah? Though there are many accounts of a flood that extended back many thousands of years ago, the epic of Gilgamesh is remarkably like…Continue reading Noah and Gilgamesh
In this series of articles, I am responding to the claim that the story of Jesus is merely a recapitulation from a different ancient myth. All that I am doing in these is giving a report on the traits and narrative of these myths with very little comment. I leave it to the reader to…Continue reading Osiris and Horus
Make sure and read part I of this article first! I recommend reading the actual story of Horus and other gods in the link below and deciding for yourself if Christianity and they are connected. (keep in mind that links will not be active until an article has been published). My own opinion, as I…Continue reading Christ and ancient myths – part II
Here is a possible process description I think is reasonable. Basically, in a raw form: God started life by forming a single celled organism in the dirt. This was nothing short of proof of His existence. Life proceeds from life, even simple life. The complexity of the most basic amino acids and DNA structure is…Continue reading The Creation Debate – Part V
Option 3 – The Medieval Roman era church and the Jewish Zealots worked to take over or to overthrow the worldly culture. This is also the modern efforts of Islam. This is what the church attempted starting in the 400’s and what the Roman church did. Christianity became the main factor of the culture. In time, kings…Continue reading Citizen of Heaven & of The U.S. – Part 6
The issue here is that I have never had to give thought to the role of government in marriage before, since, as mentioned above, it pretty much perfectly coincided with the Divine concepts. The main argument for the government being involved in marriage is based on the idea that the government’s job is to encourage…Continue reading Citizen of Heaven & The U.S. – Part 3