Considering answers to those faith-questions we all ask…
Category: FAITH
Do we need to have a feeling before we believe God is there? Do we have to see strange things happening which are unexplainable in ordinary everyday terms? Does something mystical have to happen before we can believe that there's a world just out of our sight? Is God hiding so that we need to hunt for Him?
From my earliest days as a Christian I've seen and heard confusing and conflicting things being preached on the subject of the Holy Spirit's work and ministry. I've witnessed others being in similar confusion and doubt. I found myself being discriminated against and looked down upon in the Church because I didn't have this and I couldn't do that. I was a second-class Christian at best in the eyes of the enlightened, super-spiritual ones, especially the ones who had decided that they were apostles.
How old is the world? It pains me to hear Christian ministers explaining away the word of God, when the motivation can be nothing other than having a greater respect for the word of man. This comes into play in a sharp and stark fashion when the creation and the age of the earth are mentioned. Suddenly ministers claiming to be fully on board with the inspired word of God are reciting explanations and excuses for what the Scripture "really says".
Accusations have been thrown around for the past several years with the intention of frightening the West away from conservatism and into a progressive form of Marxism. What about it: Are all those on the political right inherently racist? Is Christianity white? Is it wrong to stop anyone who wants to come flooding over the borders? Are borders ethical or are they hateful? Are white people evil? Are nations a relic of imperial domination, or are they simply a line of protection for citizens within?
According to mainstream science fish evolved into tetrapods, and eventually, humans. The Darwinian story of evolution involves the rise of all the forms of life we see on earth today from non-life, and via an original single ancestor-the first living cell on earth. The alleged transition of life from fish to tetrapod-a walking animal-was the … Continue reading A Very Fishy Tale: The Fish-Tetrapod Transition
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