Death

Wes Widner on October 11th, 2011

There are some excellent questions raised in this movie.

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If you want to get a good idea of the best way materialists have to deal with the otherwise nihilistic implications of their philosophical system, take a look at this clip from the movie “Rabbit Hole“. I find it interesting how the boy makes the assertion that the notion of parallel universes are 1. infinite [...]

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Wes Widner on March 28th, 2011

Have you ever been in a small group where someone has uttered something like the couple in the video above? Papering over a deep tragedy with answers that were not only paper-thin but actually damaging if closely scrutinized? I have. And like the grieving mother, I’ve also felt like an ass when I couldn’t stomach [...]

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Wes Widner on December 29th, 2010

[HT Frank Turek]

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Wes Widner on December 6th, 2010

A section out of this story caught my eye recently: A Baptist of Calvinist leanings, Chandler believes everything is in God’s hands and foreordained in a way people can’t fully understand. As he’s tried to stay well, he’s continued to preach to his youthful audience that they should get ready for suffering, and trust God [...]

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Wes Widner on October 6th, 2010

I’ve recently come across an author for American Thinker, Robin of Berkley. I absolutely love her work and story telling style. Here is an ex-script from her post titled “Tiger, the Buddha, and me”: Here’s my favorite story about the Buddha: A grieving young mother from a poor background begged him to revive her dead [...]

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Wes Widner on June 4th, 2010

In a recent discussion on Facebook with a few Calvinistic brethren of mine, we ran across the topic of Total Depravity. Here is a segment of that conversation wherein I discuss the Reformed view of this doctrine’s flaws. Jared, your view of man’s depravity seems to be rather chaotic and confused. Much like Luther and [...]

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Wes Widner on May 21st, 2010

What should new believers expect to find when they sign up to follow Christ and thereby inherit a spiritual family? Well, pretty much the opposite of this list recently posted on a group support website for former Christians. I think it is worth noting the stark contrast between conversion stories vs. de-conversion stories. One is [...]

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