Richard Dawkins’ concern is the atheistic equivalent of the question, “If evolution is true shouldn’t all the monkeys have turned into people by now?,” and it has about the same level of intellectual prowess to recommend it (which is to say, not much).
Read MoreWill We Have Free Will in Heaven?
How is it that in heaven we will never sin? It seems that in heaven we will lose the kind of freedom that non-Calvinists (like myself) suppose that we have. After all, Adam was created without sin and his freedom led to a sinful choice. He was just one man. Should we not expect that millions of men and women who posses free will would likewise fall? Surely at least one of them, given the everlasting future of things, would at some point . . . do something . . . wrong. If not, then it must be that the choice to sin will not be available to them. They must not be free in the sense that we imagine. Or will they?
Read MoreBiblical Punching Bags
Scripture presents its heroes warts-and-all! Noah gets drunk, Abraham and Isaac tell lies, David commits adultery, Paul starts out as a persecutor, and the list could continue. In fact, there are very few characters in Scripture (about whom we know much) for whom we do not have at least one big sin on record. Naturally, Jesus is in the spotless category, and of course one of the reasons Joseph is often considered to be a type of Christ is because he is more or less blameless too. We often downplay the sins of biblical heroes, but we also play up the negative events in the lives of those we consider to be antagonists. What follows is a discussion of three characters, just in the book of Genesis, that we often treat with contempt unnecessarily, or without much good evidence.
Read MoreAway from Atheism: by Drew Peistrup
Becoming a teenager, I seemed to attract the wrong crowd. My girlfriend at the time was an atheist. My life was filled with doubters. I started to question Christianity, and why I believed it. I ended up giving it up completely and just quitting with religion. I didn’t want to put my faith into something I couldn’t see, nor prove.
Read MoreGuest Post - 4 Reasons Young People Should Consider Getting a Theological Education
Sarah Medicis is guest blogging for me this week. She is a phenomenal young lady who has recently gotten excited about apologetics and it has been a part of a revolution in her Christian life. In this article she will tell you why theological education might energize and engage a generation of disinterested millennials! Listen to her! She . . . IS . . . ONE!
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