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‘Jesus Discovery’ Has ‘Zero Percent Chance’ of Being True, Say Experts

A Christian Post article today argues that the sensational anouncement this week of archaeological evidence against the bodily resurrection of Jesus was mostly just media hype for the sake of increasing book sales.  W e might add that it was also

‘Jesus Discovery’ Has ‘Zero Percent Chance’ of Being True, Say Experts

A Christian Post article today argues that the sensational anouncement this week of archaeological evidence against the bodily resurrection of Jesus was mostly just media hype for the sake of increasing book sales.  W e might add that it was also

The Best Things in Life

There are many kinds of success in life worth having. It is exceedingly interesting and attractive to be a successful business man, or railroad man, or farmer, or a successful lawyer or doctor; or a writer, or a President, or a ranchman, or the colonel

The Best Things in Life

There are many kinds of success in life worth having. It is exceedingly interesting and attractive to be a successful business man, or railroad man, or farmer, or a successful lawyer or doctor; or a writer, or a President, or a ranchman, or the colonel

A Month of Junk: The Treasures We Cling to

Verna’s a hoarder, and she knows it.   Her house is stacked, floor to ceiling, with 16 years worth of stuff. She collects everything, it seems—broken furniture, empty plastic bottles, yarn. Underneath, mice and rats live and die, unnoticed. Verna abandoned most of her house long ago and now lives, essentially, in the attic: To [...]

Ronald Reagan on Fatherhood

What does fatherhood mean today in America?   I guess the same as it always has.   Fatherhood can sometimes be walking the floor at midnight with a baby that can’t sleep. More likely, fatherhood is repairing a bicycle wheel for the

Michael Denton on the Failure of Traditional Materialism and the Correctness of Meyer’s Argument about Life’s Origin

On today’s episode of ID the Future , the prominent biologist Dr. Michael Denton predicts the breakdown of the mechanistic explanation of cellular phenomena (traditional materialism in biology) and discusses the failure of chance hypotheses to

Run! Zombies!

The only reasonable thing to do when you see a zombie—if you don’t have a large-caliber weapon, a flamethrower or a bazooka handy, that is—is to run.   Countless zombie flicks have been built on the premise of shambling, scraping, rotting undead creatures pursuing their brain-carrying prey: us. See a zombie, you better get out [...]

Does it Matter How You Dress for Church?

Does it matter what we wear to church?   A colleague broached this question a few days ago and it reminded me of my early days as a Christian, back at Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa, California.   By the time I accepted Christ in high school the

Has Focus on the Family Overemphasized Critiquing Darwinism?

A critic of Focus on the Family’s commitment to addressing scientific issues (especially Darwinism) as a prominent part of our defense of the Christian faith has written this: I really don’t understand the need for this. Having been through a