Category: FAITH

GOD’S OWN END-GAME

GOD’S OWN END-GAME

The existence of God, despite the complaints of people like Sir David Attenborough who gave suffering as the reason for his own atheism, doesn't go away by invoking this problem. After all, God may be pernicious and unloving. He may be uncaring. He may be somewhere else and not able to help us yet. He may be using suffering for his own purposes.

WAR IN AND AROUND ME

WAR IN AND AROUND ME

We're all familiar with reports of war from Ukraine and Gaza. War between nations and people groups is as old as human nature, unfortunately. This is the most visible form of war, but not the only one, by far.

Rapture or Not?

Rapture or Not?

Views of the "rapture of the Church" vary enormously, from people not believing that it's a Biblical event at all and who say it will never happen, to the insistance that all true believers will be whisked from the earth any day now, in order to save us all from suffering and from what's to come upon the earth during the "Tribulation".

What Will People Be Like in Heaven?

What Will People Be Like in Heaven?

What will people be like in heaven? Will they be as they are now, except with wings? Not everyone gets along with everyone else here, so if there's not some sort of change in the transition from here to there heaven will be like our world is now: fractured, tense, decidedly unfriendly in places, and with a drastic imbalance of fortunes.

The Machines Inside Your Body

The Machines Inside Your Body

Dr. Guliuzza goes on to describe some of what he calls the "undeniable engineering" of parts of the cell. He writes that it's not only complexity that we should be paying attention to, but the fact that researchers are finding components of the cell performing functions that correspond precisely to human-engineered components doing similar things.