Rhett Dodson, “Our Hearts, Desperately Deceptive“: When [Diane] Sawyer was with ABC’s 20/20, she did an exposé on “Prostitution in America: Working Girls Speak.” It was one of the saddest television programs I’ve ever watched. … Why would beautiful and intelligent young women throw away their lives this way? “Glamour” and “money brings happiness” were [...]
Archive for the ‘god’ Category
Sin is About God, Not Pears (or Sex, or Money, or Fame)
Posted: March 19, 2012 in augustine, god, joy, judgement, obedience, quotes, sanctification, sex0
Somebody asked [Martin Luther], “Is the hardening of the heart in the Scriptures to be taken literally or figuratively?” [cf. Rom. 9:18] The doctor replied, “Literally, but not actively, because God doesn’t do anything that’s bad. Yet his omnipotence does everything, and as he finds man, so he acts on him. Pharaoh was by nature wicked; [...]
Why I Love (Pure) Religion, But Hate False Dichotomies
Posted: January 13, 2012 in christianity, church, current events, evangelicalism, god, gospel, grace, history, Jesus, theologyAs I’m sure everyone who has Facebook knows, Jefferson Bethke’s “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus” video is lighting up the internet. Currently, his video has over 6.5 million views on YouTube. Clearly, something about his message is appealing to many people (it also helps to get a shout-out from The Resurgence). In light [...]
Enervating the Normative Force of Morality
Posted: December 15, 2011 in apologetics, atheism, god, justice, philosophy, secularismMatthew O’Brien, writing for the Witherspoon Institute: If you are going to make a moral argument, whether in the seminar room or in the public square, people today expect you to avoid invoking God. Atheists and theists alike share this expectation, with atheists eager to show that their moral knowledge and action are uncompromised by [...]
One of the truly incredible things about gazing up at the stars is that we are actually looking back in time on account of the inestimable distances between us and the heavenly bodies. For example, the Sun is 149.6 million kilometers away from the earth and its light takes a little over 8 minutes to [...]
The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard. Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the [...]
Election Keeps No One Out of Heaven
Posted: September 16, 2011 in calvinism, election, god, gospel, soteriology, theologyA helpful explanation of the biblical doctrine of divine election: …God stands at the door of heaven with His arms outstretched, inviting all to come. Yet all men without exception are running in the opposite direction toward hell as hard as they can go. So God, in election, graciously reaches out and stops this one, and [...]
Consistent atheists recognize the nihilism and relativism demanded by their worldview. However, they often “borrow” categories of ought from the theist that do not (logically) belong in their thinking. As Doug Wilson recently put it: You cannot throw away your suitcase at the beginning of your journey, and then, as you are nearing the end of the [...]
