Category: APOLOGETICS

SHOULD CHRISTIANS BE INVOLVED IN POLITICS?

SHOULD CHRISTIANS BE INVOLVED IN POLITICS?

It’s common for unbelievers, particularly atheists, to say that Christians should not be involved in politics. Why might that be so? A large percentage of the population, that is, millions of people, are professing Christians: should we Christians forego our right to vote and to engage in the dialogue and the system because of what … Continue reading SHOULD CHRISTIANS BE INVOLVED IN POLITICS?

DID DINOSAURS HAVE FEATHERS?

DID DINOSAURS HAVE FEATHERS?

I’m cheating here, summarizing an article published in the June 2012 issue of “Acts and Facts”, which is a free publication of the “Institute for Creation Research”, or “ICR”. The article, written by Frank Sherwin and Brian Thomas, was prompted by a recent fossil find in China which is said to be “another” specimen of a fossilized dinosaur … Continue reading DID DINOSAURS HAVE FEATHERS?

R*P*NT!

R*P*NT!

Is it wrong for a Christian to say that something is wrong? A little more specifically, is it wrong to say that a certain lifestyle is wrong? I’ve been amazed, not to find how many people outside the church say that it is – that’s a given – but how many professing Christians think that … Continue reading R*P*NT!

HOW THE WASP GOT ITS STINGER

HOW THE WASP GOT ITS STINGER

My son and I had a rather unpleasant confrontation with the inhabitants of a wasps nest yesterday, who must have decided we were trespassing on their territory. In the ensuing battle my nine-year old son received ten stings and I got just two. The event got me wondering how the wasp may have “evolved” its own stinger, … Continue reading HOW THE WASP GOT ITS STINGER

WAR, RELIGION AND ATHEISM 6: MAO’S CHINA

WAR, RELIGION AND ATHEISM 6: MAO’S CHINA

INTRODUCTION TO PART 6 Wishing to make this post a lot shorter than previous parts of my series, I've had to exclude a lot of interesting detail...  My intention in this series is to debunk the notion that religion causes most or all war, and instead to show that war comes from the inner nature of … Continue reading WAR, RELIGION AND ATHEISM 6: MAO’S CHINA