For those unfamiliar with philosophical terms, “cosmological” simply means “an explanation of the beginning.” So to say something is a “cosmological argument” merely means, “It’s an argument about why everything exists.” I have been reading bits and pieces of St. John of Damascus’ book The Orthodox Faith. I’m currently re-working my way through Peter Kreeft’s … Continue reading
Related Book: Generation Me: Why Today’s Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled – And More Miserable Than Ever Before by Jean Twenge In exploring what is wrong with the world, I think we must discuss the aspect of selfishness. It’s not difficult to realize that we live in an incredibly selfish society, mostly because … Continue reading
Whenever we see of Islamic threats or Islamic violence in the world, it is quite fashionable to offer the retort, “Islam is a religion of peace…these are just fringe extremists.” While such a statement might have been partially true at the turn of the 20th century, such a statement doesn’t stand the test of history … Continue reading
Related Book: Seeing Through Cynicism: A Reconsideration of the Power of Suspicion by Dick Keyes One of the biggest problems with the world right now is cynicism and sadly enough, it’s difficult to point it out because the cynic will only begin to mock you and others will join in so they’re not mocked as … Continue reading
G.K. Chesterton wrote the book, “What’s Wrong With the World” and what I find so interesting is the lack of punctuation in the title. Is it a question? Is it a statement? Could it be both? Undoubtedly, all of us come to the point when we read about how the world has forgotten about so … Continue reading
In reading a site that generally mocks all things Christian culture (mostly warranted I might add, but sometimes with a taste of bitterness), I was struct with conflicting ideas upon reading this post. Mother’s day is something that we usually pass over and think little to nothing of those who may have struggles. What immediately … Continue reading
Let me say upfront that I understand this article it not a proof for Christianity. Rather, I am explaining that if one cares for the weak in society, then one must adopt the Judeo-Christian worldview. Likewise, if one is a naturalist, one must not care for the weak or, at the very least, admit that … Continue reading
In looking at the continuing immigration debate in the United States, I think that Christians are, in some ways, put in a difficult situation. Christians have the moral obligation handed down by Christ to take care of the poor and no stipulations were given on whether or not “poor” is to include legal or illegal … Continue reading
Too often in evangelical Christian circles salvation is thought of as a pit stop rather than as an invitation into a relationship with the Triune God; the Bible is quite clear that humanity has salvation from Christ on the cross, who died in order to open a way for humans to be adopted by God. … Continue reading
