Once in the Garden of Eden, at the beginning of our sorrows, the pre-incarnate Christ walked within the Garden looking for Man and Woman. He knew what had occurred. He knew His creation had rebelled. He knew the pain and suffering that was to come. We can almost hear the pain as we read the … Continue reading
The crowds had gathered to hear his oration They turned on their TVs across the nation The Prophet of Profit was about to speak Words of despair not meant for the weak The season of consumption was about to arrive And the reason for it he was about to contrive The season lost meaning from … Continue reading
A question for you to dwell upon tonight: are you a free spirit? Nietzsche argued that the greatest human beings were free spirits—those rare individuals who transcend mankind, who break free from the shackles of value systems, who no longer follow the herd, who fully embrace what it is to be human (all too human), … Continue reading
Reblogged from The Christian Watershed: A long time ago in an ancient kingdom, the young peasant decided one day to go throw rocks at the king’s castle. As the young peasant was walking along the street with an angry look on his face, an old fellow with a big bushy mustache and a thick German … Continue reading
The past few years has brought about a consistent theme in American politics, which is that Democrats want to increase the taxes on the “rich” (though sometimes their definition of rich tends to include the middle class) while the Republicans are against any and all tax hikes, but have no problem taking away benefits from … Continue reading
We’ll take responses for a month (voting ends July 7, 2011). After that we’ll tally them up and get to work on the series (hopefully to be posted soon after, but we’re both busy, so you never know).
(A note: This is all meant in good fun, with a bit of serious reflection at the end. Also, this isn’t directed at those who were duped, but at Harold Camping who did the duping and made a fortune off of it.) As we all know, the rapture occurred yesterday, May 21, 2011. After all, … Continue reading
As you can tell, we’ve changed our look once again. We have moved back to a WordPress format for a few reasons: iWeb didn’t allow any filtering of the comments and we had no control over what got through and what didn’t No web traffic! Being removed from the WordPress site alienated us from most … Continue reading
Among Christians there has been quite a bit of disagreement on the problem of evil, particularly on the evidential problem of evil. While Alvin Plantinga has all but ended the debate over the logical problem of evil (is it possible for an all-good, all-powerful God and the lack of good to co-exist?), the evidential problem … Continue reading
Our nation sits on a precipice right now, with it slowly dividing into polarized camps. This is taking its toll on society so that those who stand up for civility and discourse in disagreement are often trampled on. If one takes a stand on an issue, those who disagree with that issue automatically place a … Continue reading
