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Where have the men gone in the Church? By that I mean where have real, rough and tumble, men willing to fight and die for their beliefs gone in our churches? One of the saddest things I’ve noticed in most churches is a woeful lack of men willing and able to take a stand and fight. Sadly, new Christians are more willing to fight for the truth than their jaded counterparts and I believe this has to do with the feminization of the modern Church brought about by the corresponding feminization of the culture we live in. ...

 BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Hints of ’time before Big Bang’ A team of physicists has claimed that our view of the early Universe may contain the signature of a time before the Big Bang. Yes it had a beginning, but where did that “bubble” come from? It’s funny to watch someone try and solve the infinite regression problem using purely naturalistic means. It is interesting, however, to note that they admit that the universe came into existence in an ordered state. Now we just need to figure out where that order came from because I’ve never seen an explosion produce anything resembling order. ...

In Colossians 2:8 we are warned to beware lest anyone take us captive through philosophy and empty deceit and reflecting on this I wonder if most Christians today realize that, like Christians ever since this letter was written, we need to be on guard against the “philosophies of men”. I wonder, since we don’t seem to be too interested in teaching what these doctrines are in most churches, if we would even recognize what these philosophies are that we are warned about, much less have the ability to effectively combat them when they rear their ugly heads and cause “wars and divisions” within the body of Christ. ...

Just a head’s-up for those of you who’ve been reading my posts on here (and even elsewhere). As I’ve been studying, I’ve recently abandoned several philosophical presuppositions which will definatly produce a noticable change in my writing style and positions from now on. Most notably, I no longer hold to the notion that God directly determins everything that happens in the world or that we are somehow predestined to choose Christ by some sort of puppettering act of God (known traditionally as Calvinism). ...

When I decided to place my trust and faith in Christ, I did so with a very real dread that I was going to become completely miserable. I had already accepted that Jesus was who he claimed to be, that all the facts lined up, and that I desperatly needed a savior to save me from the deplorable situation I found myself in and yet my salvation was far from a joyous celebration but mroe like a solumn funeral. ...

Whenever we talk with people of other faiths ( especially with people who are not Christians), we ought to take the attitude of Paul and invite them to “taste and see” whether the claims of Christianity are objectively true or whether they are simply fanciful wishes we’ve decided to codify and believe. Christianity is the only faith that has any objective evidence to show that it’s clams are not just wishful thinking but something we can, and should, place our hopes in the future in through something called “faith”. ...

If I were to offer you a million dollars to believe that grass were red, you’d really want to believe it wouldn’t you? The trouble is; no matter how much we desire to believe something, we are built in such a way that we can only believe when we have reason to believe and the desire to believe it. In the scenario above, you would defiantly have the desire to believe that the grass were red, and you might be able to make others think that you believe that the grass were red, but you wouldn’t be able to actually believe in the concept of red grass unless you were able to remove the doubts and questions that naturally insulate us from destructive beliefs and ideas. ...

How did we get involved in apologetics? I get asked that a lot, and it helps to understand where we’ve come from in order to understand why we are so passionate about this ministry. Here is part of the road I’ve traveled to bring me to this point in my Christian pilgrimage: My story about His Glory I grew up in a “Christian” home, went to church every Sunday and Wednesday, and learned all the Bible verses and stories. ...

UPDATE: I am leaving this section up to give anyone who is interested an idea of our previous experiences but would like to add a disclaimer that I recognize (and hope you will as well) that the views and opinions expressed in these letters are from very early on in my walk and therefore display a bit of spiritual immaturity (Specifically when it comes to my view of causal determinism and how we are to listen for the voice of God.) along with being rather incoherent at times. Nevertheless, I encourage you to read these letters as they do portray a Psalmesque anguish during a fairly troubling period in our lives. ...

The most important thing we are told to do in the Bible in relationship to God is to fear him. The Bible mentions fearing God roughly 103 times. Compare that with the roughly 73 times we are told to love God and you’ll begin to understand that a solid reverence for the God who can, and rightly should, send us to the Hell we justly deserve is the bedrock of our faith in the same God who has not only canceled our debt, but called us co-heirs with Christ as well. ...