Most popular posts in 'Front Page' category.
Archive for the 'Front Page' Category
Some people have “it.” Some people don’t. Some people get “it.” Some people won’t.
Recently, I have been teaching a series of messages on what it means to have “it” as a believer. I mean, when you consider that Christians have a direct line of access to the God of the Universe, doesn’t it make sense that we should be expressing evidence of something special about us? Shouldn’t Christians be the most amazing, interesting, weird, and cool people on the planet? » Click here to read the rest. «
Popularity: unranked [?]
Would Paul be a liberal or conservative?
Published by Jeff, on November 11th, 2010 in Front Page, Tough Questions.
This question was posed to me on facebook recently, so I thought I’d share my answer here as well:
Thanks Jeff. Where would you place, say the apostle Paul on the political spectrum (or could you?): » Click here to read the rest. «
Popularity: unranked [?]
Last Sunday, I did a live Question and Answer session for the second half of my message. Here are the questions I was asked along with my answers.
Popularity: unranked [?]
Thoughts on Evolution, Creation, and Adam and Eve
Published by Jeff, on October 26th, 2010 in Front Page, Tough Questions.
For a few weeks now, I have been teaching in my church on the topic of belief and doubt, so I have been on a personal journey to understand the mind of the atheist so I can better understand the mind of the serious person who cannot cross the line of faith and possibly understand the mind of the person who wants to believe but is having difficulty taking the final step of commitment.
In the process, I have been learning things about the Theory of Evolution that have really interested me. I’ll get to a couple of those things in a moment, but first, let me tell you my perspective on the whole evolution and creation issue. » Click here to read the rest. «
Popularity: unranked [?]
Over the past two days, I have been watching an online video of a debate regarding the constitutionality of same-sex marriages and whether or not they should be legalized.
Gay Marriage Debate at Fora.tv
Parts of the discussion were fascinating, parts were offensive, and parts were really informative. One issue that I had not thought about was this: » Click here to read the rest. «
Popularity: unranked [?]
Why do non-Christians go to church? (postponed)
Published by Jeff, on May 20th, 2010 in Front Page, Tough Questions.Okay, it’s finally time for me to begin tackling this question. The problem is that I don’t really know the answers so this is going to be a general musing with some of my own hunches. Therefore, I’m really interested to know your opinions on it too. Perhaps together, we can figure some of this out.
That is how I started writing this post, but that was two weeks ago, and I still don’t have any really good answer for this question, so I’m posting this now just to let you know I’m still working on it.
I’m going to be reading a book called Surprising Insights from the Unchurched to figure out the major factors leading people outside the world of church to explore the church world in the first place.
Popularity: unranked [?]
In our day today, many Christians oppose the increasing tolerance toward extra-marital sex. Of course, some are militant, but others are honestly opposed to the proliferation of loose sexual morality while remaining non-judgmental.
On the other hand, many Christians are being ostracized by the media and others for their “conservative” and “irrational” or “archaic” views on sexuality. The continuing crisis of pedophilia among ministers doesn’t help us on this front.
However, the thought came to me today that in ancient Greek society, pedophilia (in the form of pederasty) was a natural and common part of early education. Boys who grew up without having an adult male sexual partner were outcasts. The ancient Christians opposed this practice heavily. Who was right?
Of course the lesson I take away from this is twofold:
- Societal sexual morals have always been loose and opposing that looseness in the past has proven to be the right course of action.
- Christians, especially leaders, must live well by a higher standard if we ever expect anyone else to follow suit.
Popularity: unranked [?]
"Our biochemistry is about 97% the same as a mouse.
Our biochemistry is about 50% the same as a banana.
Human Cytochrom 'C' is closest to that of a sunflower.
Human eyes are closest to the eyes of an octopus.
Human skin is closest to that of a pig."
Explain to me, how this fits in with primates??? With all due respect, i think his aim with "god set it up that way" was meant to be an insult of some kind. He sounds very passionate about this subject and with passion comes biases. While i'm not researched in anyway on this specific argument, generally speaking i'm convinced these people only look at their "evidence" with one prospective; 1st proves evolution or doesn't.. They don't even consider any other possibility of what it could mean..Taken at face value because i don't know anything about the human gnome and could be missing key things due to pure ignorance. Start of video; You had plenty of time to research and form a "theory" on something then proceed to drop this well researched project on someone and expect them to refute you on the drop of dime?? I dont think you need a PHD to say; you should allow someone to try refute your findings within a respectable time frame. That seems like the most objective thing to do. Although i think this would show insecurity on "Ken's" part. (To have holes punched in something your just presenting would be kind embarrassing. or was it arrogance?) Rest of video: Sounds like its not an exact match, "within 15 bases", and something about Telomeres not belonging? The choice of "correspond with" instead of something like is "exactly like", implicates some differences as well?.. But i could be completely wrong.. "no reason, no rhyme" sounds like he is insulting the bible as well. Would be very interested in hearing a completely objective view on these findings..