Thinking Critically
Let’s say you go see a movie.  You get to the theater, buy your ticket, and grab a seat, maybe after a quick stop by the concession stand for an $8 bag of popcorn.  The previews drag on for about ten minutes, and then the movie finally starts.  You sit on the edge of your seat throughout the whole showing, totally engrossed in the story that flashes in front of you on the silver screen.  After about

Workin’ It Out
   The other day while I was at the gym, I had a thought cross my mind.  In fact, the thought was about my mind. As I lifted __ pounds of iron without hardly breaking a sweat, I got to thinking  about how our minds are kind of like our muscles.  When we work them out, exercise them, and challenge them, they develop and grow stronger and we are better off for it.  On the flip side, if we let them take it easy all the time and only tackle what’s within — or below

A Quick Look at Atheism – Part II
This post is the second of two posts on some of the inconsistencies in the Atheistic worldview.  If you have not read the first entry, you may want to do so by reading the previous post entitled “A Quick Look At Atheism – Part I”. OK, let’s check out the next two inconsistencies in atheism that Dr. Bahnsen addressed.  First, we covered the problem of inductive inference, detailing how Atheists cannot rely on past occurrences/information to draw conclusions about the future, since they believe all processes are governed by random chance.  Next we touched on their inability to employ logic and concepts in reasoning.  Consideri

A Quick Look at Atheism – Part I
Over the past several weeks I have been listening to some audio lectures by the late Dr. Greg L. Bahnsen, a strong defender of the Christian faith and an highly skilled apologist.  Throughout the series (Defending the Christian Worldview Against All Opposition) Dr. Bahnsen outlined numerous tools Christians can use when defending their faith, in addition to providing examples of how to use them when witnessing to people who hold particular worldviews.  One of the worldviews he touched on was materialistic atheism.   I’ll be honest.  Before I listened to this series of lectures, atheism was one of the opposing worldviews that intimidated me the mo

Limit The Bellybutton Examinations
Many Christians live out their faith as if it only addressed spiritual matters.  In doing so, they miss out on so many of the blessings it has to offer.  When considering Romans 12:1-2, we are given a broader view of how we should live out the faith: “Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your spiritual act of worship.  Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.  Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will.”