Considering answers to those faith-questions we all ask…
Category: Philosophy
As in science, secular historians tend to ignore and trash Biblical accounts, even though archaeological finds frequently embarrass them and prove them wrong. Today I'm aiming more at some implications of secular accounts of history, and going beyond history I'm looking at the border between mythology and actual realities of the past. Listening to two … Continue reading Babylon, The Bible and the BBC
Watching scenes of mass rioting in France with only a token resistance (I feel sorry for the police and emergency services sent out there) and the scenes and reports of hundreds of young Muslim men entering the United Kingdom every single day-upon a red carpet laid out by the government-I can't help being further confirmed in my conviction that the kingdom of "iron and clay" as spoken of in the book of Daniel is upon us. What's happening in our world is spiritual, not just political.
Mark calls the Messiah "the Son of God". He quotes God as saying through Isaiah that He would send his messenger ahead of this Son of God and would tell His messenger to "make straight paths for him" (Mark 1:1-3). So then, the "Lord" whose way John was to prepare was Jesus Christ - not just an earthly master as some try to define the word "lord" here, but the Son of God.
The danger of leaning on grace and liberty is in thinking that how I live doesn't matter.
Perhaps the most complex and even unfathomable part of the universe is the human mind. It's my observation that the human mind-and I include my own in this indictment-is susceptible to delusion and illness in multiple forms. Our thinking can become warped or may have always been warped depending on our background and our influences.
