Confidence for the Christian | A Challenge for the Skeptic
5 P’s to lead your family well
There I was….feeling like a failure… Once again, I FORGOT to read the Bible with my kids at bedtime. I forgot…or I was “too busy.” Which is a pretty lame excuse considering I’m adamant about keeping the commitments I make. Nevertheless, I break that one far too often....
The power of love motivated by the Spirit of God
I received some excellent responses the other day when I asked the question, What is God teaching you right now? I learned of struggles I had no idea folks were facing. I learned of lessons that, really, I need to be learning myself. Thanks so much for your responses....
What we love, we’ll defend
When we really love something, it’s not hard to defend it. For example: Your family. Wouldn’t you defend your family if they were being falsely accused or afflicted? Your freedom. When push comes to shove, many of us stand and fight for the freedom we enjoy here in...
The Bible and Phenomenology
To the extent possible, I want you to place yourself in the shoes of the ancient Hebrew writer. You have no “modern” scientific knowledge. You don’t know that stars are balls of gas. You don’t know how big the world really is, etc. (That is NOT to say they were...
Join me for the 2020 Creation Celebration
The Core Academy of Science, led by Dr. Todd Wood, has been instrumental in terms of my growth as a creationist and—frankly—as a Christian. Todd is a pretty well-known figure in the “New Creationism” I’m always harping about. In fact, he is one the leading researchers...
Mark and Avoid
Yesterday, I released a podcast episode about creationist cancel culture. I figured I would follow up with some thinking around the concept of marking and avoiding false teachers, as we’re instructed to do in Romans 16:17. It says this: Now I beseech you, brethren,...
Creationist Cancel Culture
Have you ever heard of cancel culture? It’s a shame that this thinking has often drifted into the church. In this episode of the Bible Nerd Podcast, I spend a couple minutes dealing with an example I’ve seen of creationist “cancel culture” and what we can do to be...
The Consistency of Young Age Creationism
Last week my family took an impromptu vacation to Kentucky to see the Creation Museum and the Ark Encounter. We went about three years ago, and now that the kids are a bit older, we thought it might be a bit more fun and even a bit educational. We were right! They...
Truth As Polemic
In response to my blog yesterday, a reader and friend responded with some thoughts of his own. One struck my attention…it seems obvious, but I had never really thought about it before. The observation is that truth always functions as a polemic against what is false....
How to Do Biblical Theology Without Sacrificing “Literal” Truth
As I have expanded my horizons a bit and start learning from teachers who don’t always fit within my theological “comfort zone,” I have found an…interesting…phenomena that seems to be a result of bad thinking. I love the theology of the Hebrew Bible. More and more, I...
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