World (June 20, 2009) quoted London journalist Matthew Parris, who wrote in The Times:
“As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God. Missionaries, not aid money, are the solution to Africa’s biggest problem—the crushing passivity of the people’s mind set. …
In Africa Christianity changes people’s hearts. It brings spiritual transformation. The rebirth is real. The change is good …
A whole belief system must … be supplanted by another.… Continue Reading
How is it that the universe seems so ably designed for human life? Cambridge physicist Brand Carter, speaking at a 1973 conference in Poland honoring 16th century astronomer Copernicus, suggested that what we observe is the anthropic principle. The anthropic principle states that the laws of physics seem to be biased toward life. As physicist Freeman Dyson put it, “the universe knew we were coming.”… Continue Reading
Pulitzer Prize winning author Jared Diamond cites the “Anna Karenina Principle” in explaining why early man was able to domesticate some wild animals (dogs, cats, etc.) but not others (like foxes). Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy begins his classic Anna Karenina with this sentence: “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
Tolstoy meant that happiness in a family comes when many different aspects such as sexual attraction, agreement about money and child rearing and other vital issues all work out.… Continue Reading
In his book, Why Good Arguments Often Fail (IVP, 2006), James W. Sire tries to help Christians make more persuasive arguments for Christ. He discusses logical fallacies that plague us, and ways to speak the truth without falling into these fallacies. He also draws a distinction between causes for what we believe, and reasons for what we believe, especially as they relate to faith in God.… Continue Reading
Remember the Rubik’s Cube? That little six colored cube presented quite a challenge to most of us. I remember feeling proud of myself for getting a couple of sides all the same color. In June 2023, Max Park bettered his own world record for solving the puzzle by solving the puzzle in 3.13 seconds. Since there are 43 quintillion unique combinations possible (we’ll take the word of the mathematicians on this), it is truly mind boggling to me that anyone could solve the puzzle in 3.13 minutes, much less 3.13 seconds.… Continue Reading
When God called Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egyptian bondage, Moses was afraid. “And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you” (Exodus 3:13-14).… Continue Reading
Scientist John Haldane once suggested to theologian Ronald Knox, that in a universe containing millions of planets, it was inevitable that life should appear by chance on at least one of them. Knox replied, “Sir, if Scotland Yard found a body in your Saratoga trunk, would you tell them, ‘There are millions of trunks in the world—surely one of them must contain a body’?… Continue Reading
I read of a Victorian era lady who arranged her library so that no books by male authors were placed beside books by female authors (unless they were married, of course). I’m not exactly sure what she thought those books might do, but it does seem that books do take up more and more shelf space! Keeping up with my books is a big job.… Continue Reading
Allah is the name given to the one God in the Qur’an [Koran], the holy book of Islam. When a Muslim prays, he prays to Allah. The name “Allah” is the Arabic form of a simple generic word for god found in the Semitic languages (Hebrew, Arabic, Akkadian, etc.) The biblical word is El which is found more than two hundred times in the Old Testament.… Continue Reading
It is impossible to avoid hearing it. Watch TV or listen to the radio long enough, and someone will say it. From “Oh My God!” to “Oh God!” to simply “God!” These are not holy supplications but expressions of shock, excitement, frustration, and even anger. It is a reactionary statement said without thought and is so common in our culture that it has been abbreviated for texting purposes, “OMG.”… Continue Reading
Names are important. It is difficult for us to conceive of things apart from their names. The many different names for God in the Bible describe and demonstrate His character. Jehovah (usually rendered “Lord” in the King James Version) appears often in the Scriptures. Jehovah means “the Eternal One, the Unchangeable One, the One Who was, and is, and is to come.”… Continue Reading
Check out the Videos from World Video Bible School’s “Search God” Campaign
The web address is: http://wvbs.org/video/
I am going to embed these short videos in this post, but check out the site often because WVBS is always adding more good videos.
If you enjoyed these short videos, watch a deeper look at the existence of God: http://youtu.be/YW80lpOMIaI… Continue Reading
