One challenge to the Christian faith is the claim that the uneven distribution of faith around the globe may challenge some of Christian claims about God. This topic is nicely described in this abstract: According to the much-discussed argument from divine hiddenness, God’s existence is...
This series covers important and varied discussions about the real, serious, and difficult challenges to faith. The following posts make up the series: Discussions with Dale – Introduction Discussions with Dale – 08/13 Divine Hiddenness and Demographic Distribution
This post is part of a Series entitled Discussions with Dale. We all have activities which we seem born to do – where we lose track of time, and just don’t seem to tire of them. For me, one of those is discussions about ideas...
There are many forces which pressure us away from the ministry of grace and gospel – personal finances, demonic and human opposition, our own doubts and faults, not to mention fear. But there is one more force that might be slowing us down in our...
Studying the book of Isaiah, I found a description of how God tended to Israel, and realized that I could find principles applicable to planting and building a new church. Isaiah 5:1-2 Now let me sing to my Well-beloved A song of my Beloved regarding...
This sermon is on returning to the basic disciplines of faith, as described in Romans 12:1-2, including: Bring yourselves to God Stop being conformed by this world Be Transformed Also discussed are Time Alone with God (TAG), and the possibility and pitfalls of exploring a...
Young earth creationists (YEC) have long maintained that the earth and universe are very young (less than 10K years old!) primarily based on their reading of the creation story and genealogies of Genesis 1 in the Bible. In order to make this jive with science,...
I have a confession – while I hold to the traditional Biblical views regarding the unnatural and immoral nature of homosexuality, I have not been ardent about preventing gay marriage. Why? Because I believe in limited, secular government – not secular society, and not the...
