Reflections on the intersection of Christianity and everything else
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Defending God’s Existence: Why Morality, A Finely Tuned Universe, The Soul, Beauty, and Desire Point to God (Audio)
One of the goals of Christian apologetics is to look at all the different features of reality and show how they are best explained by the Christian worldview. If Christianity is true, we should expect it to make better sense of the world around us than any other competing view. For someone examining Christianity from…
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Apologetics Class #4 – God is the Cause of the Universe (audio)
During week 4 of the Apologetics class at PVCC, we discuss the Kalam Cosmological Argument. The argument basically goes like this: Everything that begins to exist has a cause. The universe began to exist. Therefore, the universe has a cause. From here, we look at would could be the cause of all space, time, matter,…
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Apologetic Class #3 – Worldviews and Apologetics (audio)
This week at Pleasant Valley Community Church, we continued our discussion of apologetics. We discussed the following topics: What is a worldview? What does a worldview consist of? How do we test worldviews? What is apologetics? How is apologetics beneficial? Is apologetics Biblical?
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Science vs. Bible – A Christian’s Guide to Genesis 1 (Audio)
Here is the 2nd Apologetics class I taught at Pleasant Valley Community Church. During this class we covered the following topics: An overview of last week’s “Faith & Reason” discussion Science and Christian Doctrine as fields of knowledge The importance of dealing with competing truth claims How a Christian can respond to the conflicting truth…
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Faith & Reason – Audio from PVCC Apologetics Class
Here is the audio file to the first class in a series of 10 classes that I will be teaching at PVCC on Christian apologetics. The first class explored the following topics: An overview of my own personal struggle with belief in the Christian worldview Understanding the need for knowing why we believe The war…
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Marriage: What is the Government’s Role?
Governments, broadly speaking, are institutions put in place by groups of people and ordained by God (cf. Rom. 13:1) to carry out certain functions unable to be fulfilled by the individual members of that group. Example functions of good government are as follows: carrying out justice, restraining evil, protection of God-given rights, public works projects,…
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Are Homosexuals Born That Way?
Lady Gaga’s song, “Born This Way,” reached the top spot on the Billboard 100 charts in 2011, echoing the sentiments of America’s youth. Some of the lyrics go like this: “Rejoice and love yourself today, ’cause baby you were born this way, no matter gay, straight, or bi, lesbian, transgendered life, I’m on the right…
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Are Christians Hateful and Intolerant Toward Homosexuals?
Christians who disagree with homosexual behavior and same-sex marriage are often branded as intolerant and hateful. But is this a fair assessment? Well, possibly. Let’s first look at the definitions of these words and then compare them to Christian behavior. According to Dictionary.com, to tolerate is to “put up with” or “permit.” Tolerance presumes a…
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The Same-Sex Marriage Debate Is NOT About Equal Rights
Proponents of same-sex marriage often complain they are denied equality – deprived of the same rights heterosexuals possess. This complaint is usually lodged against the opposition of legalized same-sex marriage and the benefits associated. Is this a just charge? Are homosexuals being denied constitutional rights because of their sexual preferences? No. As it stands, homosexuals…
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Can Marriage Be Redefined?
The latest issue of Time Magazine tells the story of how in just two generations, same-sex marriage went from the unthinkable to reality – one of the fastest moral transformations in history. And with a Supreme Court decision on California’s Prop. 8 coming soon, the issue remains front and center. In light of this, I…
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