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Steps in the Right Process for Belief Change (Part Six)
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Cultural Issues and the Transcendence of God Major, widespread changes in professing Christianity occurred in what people term, “cultural issues.” For the purposes of this article, I refer “cultural issues” to standards of dress, music, entertainment, art, language, and aesthetics. Biblically […]
A True View of the World: Inside or Outside?
Anthony Kennedy and Casey In the Supreme Court decision “Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania V. Robert P. Casey” in 1992, Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in his opinion: At the heart of liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life. Is […]
God the Highest and Its Ramifications
Our Father, Which Art In Heaven The model prayer of Matthew 6 and Luke 11 begins with the words: “Our Father which art in heaven.” Very often, I will follow this model and pray something like the following: “Dear Father, I ask that you will be praised. You are high and far above us.” What […]
Roman Catholicism Versus Protestantism: Candace Owens Show (part two)
Part One Why criticize in particular a debate between George Farmer, Candace Owens’ (Farmer’s?) husband, and Allie Beth Stuckey? On the other hand, why not find better representatives for a debate between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism? I say, George and Allie bring a teaching moment in this controversy. They deal with the issues on more […]
Textual Criticism Related to the Bible Bows to Modernity
Christianity is old. There is no new and improved version of it. It is what it started to be. Changing it isn’t a good thing. Let me expand. Modern and Modernity Right now as I implement the term “modern” I am using it in the way it is in the word “modernity” or “modernism.” I […]
Perverting Beauty Perverting Truth and Perverting Truth Perverting Beauty
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four God and Beauty God is one. All truth, goodness, and beauty proceed from God. Since God is one, His truth, goodness, and beauty are one. You can’t take away from one of these three without taking away from the other two. Each of those […]
Bifurcation in Beauty: Dualism of Spiritual/Sacred and Natural/Secular
Part One Part Two You have heard, “Life imitating art or art imitating life.” In that vein, art imitates worldview.” Even when someone says, this is his worldview, his art may contradict what he says is his worldview. The art or his aesthetic is a better or more accurate expression of his worldview than […]
The Prime Directive Isn’t a Biblical Directive
The Star Trek series began in 1966, when I was four years old. In my home in a small town in Indiana, I grew up watching our black and white tube television set. I became a “trekkie” with Captain Kirk, Spock, Scottie, and McCoy. If someone held up his hand with only his middle fingers […]
The Command to Worship the LORD in the Beauty of Holiness
Without doubt, scripture teaches that worship of God must be regulated by what God says. The point of this post comes from Psalm 29:2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. I’ve seen this verse many times. Many. Yet, something occurred to me when […]
Is Piercing One’s Self or Having One’s Self Pierced Compatible with God?
In the history of the world and then the more specific history of the United States, new beliefs and practice begin that differ from what was previously believed and practiced. Those beliefs and practices are either corrections or improvements to what was previously occurring or they are perversions, corruptions, or deterioration to or from what […]
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