Month: February 2016

The Problem of Evil

Leave a Comment

If God is good, why does he allow evil to exist? The problem of evil is probably one of the most debated subjects in philosophy, as well as one of the most used arguments made by non-theists as a way to prove that God doesn't exist. When addressing a subject such as this, it often comes hidden with a lot of assumptions depending on who’s asking it. Is the person asking an atheist who’s looking for ways to disprove God? Did the person just loose a loved one or suffer some tragedy and is just trying to make sense of life? Every person who asks this question is coming into it with certain experiences that shape the way they approach the question and the way they will react to its answer. As a Christian, I must always make love my primary goal, and put the needs of the questioner above my [Read more...]

World Revision

Leave a Comment

Before you read this, you should read the following 2 articles so you don't have to simply take my word on some things. This caused quite a stir in the Christian community this past week. http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2014/march-web-only/world-vision-why-hiring-gay-christians-same-sex-marriage.html http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2014/march-web-only/world-vision-reverses-decision-gay-same-sex-marriage.html (Note: In this post, I am taking for granted the facts that Scripture teaches homosexuality to be a sin and that marriage is taught to be between a man and a woman. Such lengthy issues will have to be addressed on their own on a separate date.) Before I say anything, I just want to compliment World Vision on reversing their decision. It takes a lot of courage to [Read more...]

What Makes a Man Great?

Leave a Comment

In the introduction to Eric Metaxas's book 7 Men and the Secret of Their Greatness, Metaxas wrestles with the ideas surrounding manhood, ultimately arising from the question, "What makes a man great?" What does it mean to be strong? Today, we live in a culture that has redefined these terms to mean something completely different from God's meaning of those terms. There are two false prevailing notions in culture about what manhood is. Metaxas describes them as the idea of being "macho," and the idea of being "emasculated." I call them the bully and the wimp. Interestingly, both stem from misconstrued ideas of strength. The bully feels insecure about his manhood and so abuses his strength to dominate and sometimes hurt others in order to prove to himself or others that he is strong. [Read more...]

Questioning Authority

Leave a Comment

I have just started reading Eric Metaxas's book called 7 Men and the Secrets of their Greatness. In his introduction he starts by lamenting the fact that in our culture today, we have no role models to look up to, no heroes to emulate ourselves after, due to the fact that we tend to only focus on people's faults, rather than their strengths and goodness, all in the name of questioning authority. Take, for example, George Washington. Traditionally, he has been affectionately known as the "Father of Our Country" who led our country to independence while denying the opportunity to be made king, but is now instead being viewed as a wealthy landowner who hypocritically owned slaves. But is this really what questioning authority should really mean? Metaxas makes a very interesting point about [Read more...]