Where the picture of God as a righteous, good, omnipotent Judge couldn’t be more clear. When Ben Stein asked Oxford biologist Richard Dawkins what he’d say to God if given the opportunity–as seen in the movie –Dawkins, quoting 20th Century philosopher Bertrand Russell, replied: “I’ll ask why did he hide so well.” At some other time and…
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Part of the Interview with an Ex-Atheist series. Okay. First, let me apologize. Launching this ex-atheist series took longer than I hoped. So sorry I drug my feet. In my defense, though, the reason I took so long was because I wasn’t sure this was the right thing to do. Just a gut feeling. But maybe I was veering…
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Where you take the Name That Heresy quiz to learn more about the doctrine of God as spirit. Let’s play a game. It’s called “Name That Heresy.” Here are your clues: 1. God has flesh and bones as tangible as man’s. 2. He is limited in what he knows, can do and can be. 3….
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In which you learn something peculiar about the Cold War Russian Christian’s biblical diet. Did you know that if you lived in as a Christian… Your diet of religious teaching amounted to smuggled Bibles and a state-printed encyclopedia of atheism? You have to wonder… In the face of hostile, overwhelming anti-Christian propaganda, how did these Christians NOT abandon…
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Where you discover the surprising reason for America’s dramatic dive into immorality. Let me ask you a question: How do you explain America’s spectacular moral slide? I mean, we’re just over 200 years old and it seems like the boat capsized. Is there anything else like it in history? Possibly. But in such a…
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Why it’s impossible to measure God. He is neverending. Incomprehensible. Infinite. Picture this: You’re at the Equator on a boat anchored in the Pacific Ocean. You pull anchor and raise your sails. The wind drives you east. Somehow, after 24,901 miles, you are able to sail around the earth in a straight line and arrive back…
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In which you discover if God’s righteousness is inadequate, overbearing, ethically challenged or merely misunderstood. Four classic problems plague the nature of God’s righteousness: evil, vindication, corruption and ignorance. Evil: Some claim that God can’t solve the problem of pain–if God is good, then why does evil still exist? Vindictive: Other people claim that God is…
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Part of the 10 Questions with an Atheist series. John Loftus was a philosophy instructor at a secular college when he decided to walk away from Christianity. It wasn’t easy. The only thing Loftus had known since he was 18 was learning, teaching and defending Christianity. During that time he had chased several divinity degrees and a…
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Mercy. Wrath. Jealousy. Just three of the 25 attributes of God we explore in this fast and easy guide on the nature of God. One of my original motives for launching this blog was to dig deep into the foundations of my faith…to understand whom I worship…what I believe. I could’ve done this by…
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What is the Gospel? It’s merely this: Peace with God through the blood of Jesus Christ. Granted, that’s a back-of-the-napkin summary. So much to unpack. But that’s the essence. It’s , “Peace with God,” that began with the birth of Jesus Christ. And that’s what I need to return to. Day in. And day out….
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