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If You Knew God Really Well, Would You Like Him?
Sure, loads of folks think they like God, but do they know him well enough to be sure? And some folks don’t like God, but do they know him well enough to be sure? Here are some things that a … Continue reading
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Are We Obligated To Follow the Constitution?
Here’s a philosophical question for your pondering: When the US Government has abandoned obedience to the Constitution, are you and I still obligated to obey it? Our nation’s government was designed in the document we call our Constitution. While the … Continue reading
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The Christian Predicament: Dealing With The Bible During The Rush to Belief
It’s interesting—the unintended consequences that occur when a piece of one’s religious foundation is laid in the wrong way. It causes all manner of predicaments and there’s really no way to correct for them all unless you strip down to … Continue reading
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Could We Please Get Over This Ignorant Literal/Figurative Debate About the Bible?
I hear it practically every day—someone confidently affirming that “the Bible is literal” or that “the Bible is figurative”. Let me go ahead and state quite unapologetically that both are rather ignorant positions that bring this passage of scripture strongly … Continue reading
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The Unthinkable Christian Exercise
You can tell a lot about people by observing the patterns of their behavior. You can figure out what they think about things, and even how they do that thinking. What is surprising is to discover what things people don’t … Continue reading
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The “Stupid!” Bias
I’ve been studying cognitive science for the last three years or so, trying to understand why it’s so hard for people to correct their beliefs when those beliefs are demonstrated to be wrong. It is fairly obvious from the research … Continue reading
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The Stupidest Thing
Perhaps the stupidest thing I’ve done routinely in my life is to try to argue the facts with people who do not care about the facts. To this very day, I still find myself surprised at how someone can be … Continue reading
What Would Happen in a REAL Church Revival?
Before we get started talking about church revivals, let’s establish just how common a thing it is in our culture. If you do a Google search for [church revival], you get 192,000,000 returns. (In case you aren’t familiar with this … Continue reading
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Understanding How Bias Works in Bible Translators and Bible Readers
A great deal could be written concerning the processes and issues of Bible translation, but in this article, I have one particular goal in mind: I want to talk about how translators sometimes come upon a word or phrase that … Continue reading
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How People Think About The Bible
I couldn’t get sleepy last night at the usual hour so I decided to stay up and do the poor man’s version of a massive survey on how people think about the Bible. What I found deserves some attention. What … Continue reading
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