Reflections on the intersection of Christianity and everything else
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Easter and the Problem of Evil
Easter is here. It’s a Hallmark holiday for most Americans, a holiday filled with bunny rabbits, Easter eggs, family meals, and a church service. In fact, my family still has an Easter egg hunt (for the adults) and there are lots of prizes – it is really fun! But for many, the Easter weekend, along…
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He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not: A response to the two wills of God
I recently blogged about the difficulty Calvinists have in being able to say that God truly loves everyone. You can read my comments about that topic here: Does God Love Everyone?. The gist of that argument was this. If God loves everyone, then he would want the best for them. The best for them is…
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Why Christians Don’t Think – Part 1
“Most Christians would rather die than think – in fact they do.” –Bertrand Russell Os Guinness wrote a powerful book nearly 20 years ago that I just discovered a few weeks ago. Though written to a previous generation, the truth rings more clearly today. The title of the book is Fit Bodies Fat Minds: Why…
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Faith and Reason: Friend or Foe?
Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” In our culture, there seems to be a big misunderstanding about the relationship between faith and reason. What’s more, this is a misunderstanding held by the majority, regardless of worldview or religion. Atheists and skeptics often accuse Christians…
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Does God Love Everyone? – A Calvinist Struggle
I have three young children, ages 4, 2, & 10 months, that I tuck into bed every night. Most nights we read together, talk, and conclude with prayer. One of the things that I attempt to do regularly, especially in prayer, is to speak the truth of Christianity, specifically the attributes of God, the work…
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Revenge – TV Show Reveals Eternal Truth
My wife and I recently finished watching season one of an ABC TV series called Revenge. Here is a basic plot summary from the IMDb website: “As a summer to remember ends in the Hamptons, new arrival Emily Thorne dazzles the members of high society by making herself known in the exclusive social circle of…
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Raising Risk-Takers
“No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life in a great cause.” – Theodore Roosevelt My wife and I recently had a “discussion” about whether or not our 4-year-old son should wash the dirt off his hands before eating…
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Evidence for Christianity – Consciousness, the Soul, & the Will
“Why naturalism fails to explain matters of the mind” Following the publication of Darwin’s Origin of Species in 1859, western culture experienced an enormous shift in its foundation of thought. Darwin proposed a purely naturalistic mechanism to account for the diversity of life on earth, eliminating the need for a deity of any sort. Beginning…
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Put God Back in Public Schools? It’s an Oxymoron!
In response to the shooting at Sandy Hook, Christians have been quick to blame God’s absence in the public school system as the primary cause of the tragedy. “We need God back in the schools,” they say, “and this wouldn’t happen.” In part, I am sympathetic to this notion, for the rejection of God is…
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Gun Control – A Christian Perspective
In wake of the Newtown shooting, everyone is asking how we can prevent yet another tragic shooting. Many have suggested mental health care treatment while others have advocated putting God back in the schools. However, one issue has inevitably been thrust front and center of this debate: gun control. Liberals love the idea and gun…
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Jordan D. Tong 